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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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Deodorant Choice? I just do a quick non-soap bath in the river or lake I'm camping at every day. Never heard of anybody using deodorant on the trail. Wash clothes, again no soap, every 3-4 days, dumping water ... |
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Re: 2007 Backpacking Light Picks My top 3: 1. Jacks 'R Better Mt. Roger's Quilt - My wife and I both really like it and have used it down to 25'F with no problems. Much better (and lighter) than sleeping bags, eve... |
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Auto eating Marmots I've never had any problems personally, but I gather the marmots like anything they can chew on e.g., brake and transmission lines, etc. At Mineral King they apparently are a real problem. ... |
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New Seedhouse SL2 Those nine stakes must add about another 2-3 oz. Thanks for the confirming info. |
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Winter PCT The Muir Trail in California has been done in winter. There was one writeup in Summit Magazine about a '70s trip, but it was a very low snow year. It has been done in more normal snow years, ... |
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New Seedhouse SL2 I'd really like to know what it really weighs complete (I work in a lab, too, 5 decimal points is fine). I'm been interested, but have seen confusing data in the sales literature and haven... |
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Cold weather experience Probably showing my age here but I've never tried to use a butane cannister stove since a winter trip on Mt. Shasta in California with a Bluet stove - basically it wouldn't work. I switche... |
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Re: Coupon I got the hoodie. Looking forward to comparing Cocoon gear with my down and fleece. I just about missed the coupon by being gone on the holiday weekend till late Monday night. |
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Dog Days of Summer Sale at Backcountry Gear in Oregon There's several items that might interest the UL crowd that are on sale at the Dog Days of Summer Sale at http://www.backcountrygear.com |
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Backpack staining your shirt I don't have any direct experience with your exact problem, but I would suggest you try a product called "Zout" - not "Shout" but "Zout". I think you can get it a... |
All Reader Reviews by Richard Gless
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ZPacks Hexamid solo tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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ZPacks Hexamid Solo Tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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Snow Peak LiteMax Snow Peak LiteMax Stove I bought a Snow Peak LiteMax this spring (2009) to replace my MSR Pocket Rocket and have been really happy with it, having used it for about 20 days now. Pros: 1. W... |
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Black Diamond Orbit I saw this advertised in Backpacker Magazine (yes, I still subscribe. Every once in a while I find something useful), and thought I’d check it out. I picked it up at REI since I was going on a hike ... |
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Therm-a-Rest Neoair I recently bought size small ThermaRest NeoAir Pads for both my wife and I. We were particularly interested in reducing pack weight while retaining or improving comfort. My wife went from a ThermaRe... |
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Merrell Chameleon Wrap GoreTex XCR About twelve years ago as part of my journey to lighten my backpacking load I went from my second pair of Galibier Mountaineering boots (really heavy) to a pair of relatively lightweight Merrell leath... |
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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove I've used my BPL Esbit stove for 2-3 day solo trips for two years now. I think its a great compromise of lightweight and efficiency. You do have to recognize the stove's limitations and use ... |
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Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt I purchased the Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt in large part based on the review by Shane above. I'd been looking at the possibility of using a quilt to cut weight for some time, and when J... |
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Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite 3 It's interesting how some products work for some people and not for others. I've tried the TorsoLite and the POE UberLite. They are just too short for me (I'm 5' 11"). On duff ... |
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Zpacks Z1 I have to agree with all of Jonathan's comments. I bought this pack after seeing it mentioned on BPL and checking it out on the web. It only took about a week to arrive after I ordered it. ... |
