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Me TOO! I also wear a Bison nylon belt. Light and tough. But for hunting in winter I wear a wide HEAVY duty military style Spec Ops nylon belt. |
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Conserving Body Heat We lose body heat in these ways: 1. CONVECTION > air currents carrying off heat 2. CONDUCTION > heat lost to objects like mattresses and even sleeping bag materials 3. EVAPORATION &g... |
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Seam Sealing Give it at least 6 hours on a warm day. Eric |
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I'd go for INTEGRAL DESIGNS... ...if I had the money. But I didn't so I got Cabela's Rainy River PAC LITE Gore-Tex rain suit at about $170. for parkas and pants. "Medium Light" but tough. Eric |
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YUP! What Sean said. Eric |
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Re: Shelter for the Alps... Hard Time Deciding Miguel, If I had a Hilleberg Akto like you do I'd take it. It's THE best all around solo tent I've ever seen and can take a lot of wind, rain and a fair amount of snow. Eric |
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OLYMPUS 770SW I looked on the Olympus site. I like Olympus' quality. (I had an OM-1 in another life). No viewfinderin the 770 SW but otherwise TOUGH and backpacker proof. It had a good screen according to... |
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...When... ...you replace the battery for your digital scale more often than for your backpacking headlamp. ...you see trimmings from freeze dried food packages litter the floor during packing for a trip. ... |
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Re: Derek, go for eVENT, DIAD, or Redledge Bret, What's this ..."water must soak through the inner surface & evaporate on the outer surface" balderdash??? Ever see Gore's famous hot water demo? A jar of hot water c... |
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BEN Yeah, Ben, Cabela's may weigh a bit more but are certainly not on the "heavy" side. Less features, for me, means minimalist comfort AND paying more for less. To satisfy your curios... |
All Reader Reviews by Eric Blumensaadt
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Allen and Mike's Backcountry Ski Book "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book" is the very best book on teh eop I have ever read - and I've read most of them in the last 40 years of backcountry skiing and ca... |
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REI Kimtah Recently got the REI Kimtah eVent parka and on a Ruby Mountains, Nevada backpack found it to be as good a wind jacket as it is a rain parka. The sale price was $159.95 which is 30% off the regular ... |
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Eddie Bauer Down Sweater I purchased an Eddie Bauer Down Sweater (their term) on sale this summer for $89. It was reviewed by Will Riveted in his extensive articles of light down jackets and got a favorable, "middle-o... |
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Thermarest Trail Pro Regular I won my Trail Pro regular at a Sierra Club Outings leaders training seminar, otherwise I would not have spent the money B/C I seldom car camp. But now I have an alternative for a winter ski camping m... |
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Brunton Crux I bought the Brunton Flex because of its wider burner ring for better heat distribution so I wouldn't get a hot spot on the bottom of my pot when cooking. I was not aware that there was a Brunt... |
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tarptent moment I give the Moment a "5" because I feel it is currently the best solo single wall tent design. It has great quality, innovative design and excellent attention to detail. My previous solo ... |
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Carbelas GORE-TEX® PacLite® Rainy River Parka Cabela's Rainy River GTX PacLite parka (and pants) are THE bargain in good quality, lightweight, breathable rainwear at the 2010 regular $99. price. The Taslanized fabric is a matte finish, unlike... |
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Vargo Triad XE The XE version of Vargo's Triad is an improvement in several ways. 1. After I complained of the original removable alcohol burner being too small the company owner responded by making it larger... |
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Brunton Flex This is the newer version of the Prumus/Brunton Crux canister-top stove and appears to have corrected faults reported by Crux owners. First the number of fold-out pot supports has increased from 3... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a Regular (72") Neo-Air mattress from REI in April of '09. In backyard "camp" testing at 40 F I found it to be definitely more comfortable than either my lightweight ... |
