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John Brochu (JohnnyBgood4) - BPL Forum Member
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re: Zpacks sleeping bags Glad to see Joe and his products getting so much love around here. He's made probably more than half the stuff in my current kit! |
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re: Best knot for Triptease line? I use line locs for the adjustable end and a simple overhand loop for attaching to my tarp. The overhand loop, despites it's nickname in climbing circles (European Death Knot) is very secure. I... |
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Grommet for Tarp Set-up with Tentpoles I want to switch from trecking poles to cf tent poles for my tarp and I'm wondering how to use the tent poles. With my trecking poles I just stick the points into the ground and wrap the guylin... |
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re: Magical Metrical Mystery Tour - confessions of an old Fart >>>So how do I make my brain comprehend grams without mental conversion into lbs and ozs?<<< The only way to achieve this goal is to start selling cocaine. |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Twin ropes. Ha ha - I don't use them either. And I never will if I have to carry all those extra biners! |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Twin ropes. >>>John Long's How to Rock Climb book says "whenever two ropes run through one anchor they should be clipped into separate carabiners".<<< Art, are you sure yo... |
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Re: Re: Twin ropes. It's very rare that ropes unclip themselves and usually it's the result of improperly backclipping. If ropes were unclipping all the time there would be a ton more accidents since the great... |
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Re: Twin ropes v.s. Double ropes >>>Twin ropes, when used in climbing, are "both" supposed to be clipped in to every piece of protection. Its best to use a separate biner for each rope at each piece of pro.<&... |
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Re: Bump Some of the AT trail guides are available online for free. I know it's not a map, but I find just the trail description is generally fine for the AT. (Of course I understand if your insisten... |
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Re: no insulated parka I agree, he doesn't need a full on parka. But he was asking if he could ditch the upper body insulation layer completely and I don't think that's smart. Something like a fleece or do... |
All Reader Reviews by John Brochu
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zpacks Company I first bought a Blast 18 which is now my go to pack for extended weekend trips. Since then, Joe has made me a custom cuben fiber cat tarp, a custom cuben fiber rain skirt, and a custom stake bag. ... |
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ULA Conduit Used this pack on 5 or 6 overnight trips ranging from one night to 7 nights and a base weight ranging from 8 to 12 pounds. The pack is outstanding. It carried well up to 28 pounds. The hip belt po... |
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Sierra Designs Isotope Jacket 2007 I bought this jacket a while back mostly to bring on longish alpine routes as a wind/emergency rain jacket. I've only actually used it climbing once, but have carried it up several climbs in my ha... |
