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Jon Solomon (areality) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Jon Solomon
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Re: Re: Wire Brim I have the Drillium and a companion piece, the Rab Bergen Pant, both of which have been on pre-season sale. I'm really happy with them (although I dream of something similar at half the weight,... |
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Re: RAB eVENT pants Received the Bergen pant in the mail. Very nice articulated design in the softer (compared to 30D) 40D version of eVENT 3-ply. 3/4 length waterresist zips are more like 2/3 length IMHO, but have du... |
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RAB eVENT pants Rab's Bergen Pant made with eVENT and featuring 3/4 length side zips (340g/12.5 oz manufacturer's weight) is on sale at a number of online retailers in the UK. (Try Tower Ridge, for example... |
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Re: Re: New Mont Bell Single Wall Tents Hey, Dondo, it's great to hear from you, too! Yeah, I miss everybody from TLB and here, too. I've compared Breeze Dry Tec (yup, it's waterproof) against Gore Tex in a head-to-head t... |
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New Mont Bell Single Wall Tents I apologize if this information has already been posted here (I'm awfully busy and don't get to check here often enough), but I was having a look at Mont Bell's Japan website, and there... |
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Re: Miserable Environment: The Worst Conditions? Ryan, Taiwan fits the bill *perfectly* in every way you mention(plus, you might add, lots of off-trail or unmaintained trail walking)--except (and this is the deal killer, I suppose) for the lo... |
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Ortlieb Daypack I have an Ortlieb Daypack that fits the bill. Tough it is! Pricey, too, but you get a lot of functionality and style. Since I use it in town as well, this was important to my choice. Features inclu... |
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Re: Re: Weather Instruments Those are all helpful responses. Thanks. First off, I can see I'm effectively joining the "weather geek club". Nice to know who I really am! Next, it seems clear to me that the intruments have a pl... |
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Weather Instruments Unusually, I purchased almost on the spur of the moment a Kestrel 4000 Weather Tracker that is selling on sale at www.backcountry-equipment.com for US$199, a pretty good deal compared to other on-l... |
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Big Agnes Sarvis 1 and 2 eVENT These tents are selling for 50% off retail price on the Big Agnes website. www.bigagnes.com I take this as a sign that BA is going to have to discontinue making the eVENT models of the Sarvi... |
All Reader Reviews by Jon Solomon
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Mountain Laurel Designs Doumid ('09, spectralite) This is a fantastic shelter that accompanied two avid hikers on a planned ten-day trip through the 2nd southern tier trail and its environs in the Central Mountain of Taiwan (peaks approach within met... |
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Fujifilm Natura Black F1.9 This is a specialized P&S officially sold only in Japan. Web sellers (e.g. http://www.unicircuits.com/shop/index.php?cPath=31&osCsid=650a569263565cefe00de0a7e871340b)will ship to North America and oth... |
