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Bruce Tolley (btolley) - BPL Premium Member
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Insulation under your bag and hot water bottles Is the minus 4 the coldest you expect it to be at night? If so, as others say you need to seriously augment your cats meow with a summer bag or over quilt. I use two summer pads for snow camp... |
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Amtrak Yes now that the Yosemite Area Regional Transit Service(YARTs) has moved to its winter schedule, Amtrak is probably the only and best option. Spring, Summer, Fall if you got your self to Sonora o... |
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Cheap Winter Tent The Big Agnes String Ridge 2 used to be priced at $500. BA seems to have raised the price to $599. You might be able to find one used or on sale around $450 or use your REI discount. At around 5... |
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Warm softshell The deadbird GammaMX is pretty slim in fit, even for Arcteryx. It is also a bit warmer that some soft shells, for example the Patagonia Guide Jacket. |
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Snow Shelter Question Stephen I think the right answer is, "it all depends" on expected weather, snow conditions, length of trip, elevation, itinerary, your expertise at building a snow shelter. I go out f... |
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Where will I end up? What do you get for $20/year The difference between $5 and $24.99 per year, According to RJ's post the extra $20 gets you -Member discounts on goods and services offered by Backpacking Light -Subscription to the Me... |
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Multifunction Watches +1 to Suunto I own the Vector. No GPS but the battery lasts 3 to 4 years with judicious use of the compass. Very rugged. My only complaint is that the alarm is a bit faint for early AM starts. |
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Klymit Kush vs Exped I have used the Kush pillow and the Exped UL pillow. The Exped is the essence of simplicity and the valve is a work of superb engineering. I have owned two Klymit products. They are innovativ... |
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Backpacking in Nevada +1 on Nevada My recommendation for high desert is Great Basin Nat'l Park. While you are on your way to various adventures, be sure to check out the petroglyph sites. |
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Winter Hiking Camping To the OP, If you search on this winter hiking camping section in the BPL forum, some folks have posted their packing lists and discussed gear options in various thread. There is a chapter in t... |
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Big Agnes Sting Ridge 2 My usual solo snow camping shelter is a MLD duo mid with bivy sack. But last year I started doing base camping so I started looking for an affordable, relatively lightweight 4 season tent. After exa... |
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Black Diamond Ultra Distance The new BD poles need to be praised for applying design principle of avalanche probes to hiking poles to create a lightweight, foldable pole. The 120cm carbon fiber pole has a manufacturer's claim... |
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Arc'Teryx Gamma LT pants I bought these pants because out of the pletora of sub 16 oz. softshell pants on the market, they were about the only model that seemed to come with multiple zippered pockets (3), a built in belt, and... |
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Lightweight Backpacking and Camping by Ryan Jordan et al. I found Lightweight Backpacking and Camping for $24.95 in REI before I discovered the web site, so cannot fault it for repeating material on the web site. I had already read Ray Jardine's books so... |
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ULA Equipment After much comparative shopping, I bought a Relay Pack from ULA. It arrived only a few days after placing the order. After four short trips, the haul loop ripped out. I wrote a short email to ULA (... |
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Suunto Vector I bought this watch primarily as a watch and as an aid to navigation. More specically, my goal was to possess for a trek in the Rocky Mtns of New Mexico to have a compass to discretely double check b... |
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Osprey Aether 60 While other reviewers have noted that this pack is not truly lightweight, some of that extra weight is due to features that come in handy for winter treks. This pack has shovel pocket that you can act... |
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Hilleberg Akto The Hilleberg Akto is a relatively lightweight, one-person, double-walled hoop tent weighing in at a minimum 2 lbs. 14 oz., packed 3 lbs. 5 oz. (manuf claimed weights). I bought this tent for solo hik... |
