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David Bonn (david_bonn) - BPL Forum Member
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Re: your pic This is kind of fun, really. Always good to put faces to names. |
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Re: Western Waste I just realized I've been yelled at on three different contents for NOT throwing my trash out the window on a bus. North America wasn't one of those continents. I think the LNT guidelines are g... |
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Re: The Backpacker's Digicam Manifesto I like it. I agree very strongly with your comments about electronic viewfinders. For me, an EVF actually changed the way I took pictures -- I would use center-weighted metering, and pan around... |
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Re: cool "mountain towns" I specifically excluded a lot of towns in Washington and Oregon that I think are badly overmarketed already. Bend (and Sisters and LaPine and Ashland and Oakville) are already well into the proces... |
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cool "mountain towns" Alaska: Valdez, Palmer, Talkeetna, Glenallen. Oregon: Unity, John Day, Enterprise. Washington: Stehekin, Trinity, Ione, Glacier. British Columbia: Terrace, Smithers, Bella Coola. No... |
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Re: compass for a neck lanyard I usually just girth-hitch lanyards and keeper loops to my pack and keep whatever gadget I'm talking about in a pack pocket. Packs with hipbelt pockets and little pockets you can attach to shoulde... |
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Re: bivy vs. overbag Non-hooped bivys have always been pretty common, and are lighter and less expensive than hooped designs. The first bivy sacks I ever saw in the mid-80's were non-hooped designs. A lot of overba... |
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Re: Are bivy sacks useless? With such an open ended question the only possible answer is: All generalizations are silly. Seriously, it depends a lot on the bivy, on the conditions you are hiking in, and a lot on you. ... |
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Re: Sleeping with food Cambrian layer? I didn't know they had trees back then (500-odd million years ago). You probably meant cambium, which is a spring food for bears that I suppose humans could eat too. |
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Re: Ursack bear cannister on a 10 day Sierra Trip 600cc is a little more than a pint, which seems mighty small for a food bag. On ursack's web site the size of the TKO is listed as 650 cubic inches, which is quite a bit bigger (approximately six... |
All Reader Reviews by David Bonn
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Western Mountaineering Summer Coupler I think the big killer for me and my so was that it was made of cotton. It needs to be made of some very light synthetic instead. Once again, a great idea with poor execution. |
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Patagonia R1 Balaclava One other thing that I think is good is that the stretchy fabric is relatively thin -- this means that if you are exercising you can still wear the hat in quite cold weather, and if it is wicked cold ... |
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Superfeet Performance Green Thirty bucks is a lot of money for an insole. But it is way cheaper than knee surgery. I've been using them religiously for four years in everything but rock climbing shoes and backcountry ski boots... |
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Patagonia Micro Puff Pullover Lightweight, simple, doubles as a pillow. This pullover is a wonderful evolution of the original puffball pullover. |
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GoLite Phantom Jacket Awesome light jacket. Enormous pit zips help ventilation a lot. High pockets let you stash gloves and trail mix where you can get them without taking your pack off. A little heavier than some more ... |
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Patagonia Dragonfly pullover I don't go anywhere without this pullover. For everything from groomed cross-country ski tours to weeklong climbing trips to long-distance backpacks. This is probably the most useful item of clothin... |
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Patagonia Specter Jacket Wonderfully light. Waterproof. Reasonably breathable. More expensive than my first car (and more waterproof too). The big pockets help venting a bit, but it doesn't (in my opinion) vent particul... |
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ULA Equipment P-1 I've used my P-1 since March, with several trips up to two weeks (with resupply) and trips as long as seven days without a resupply. I like the side pockets a lot. I'd like them better (and give t... |
