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Mark Bishop (mark_b) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Northwest (WA)
About Me I've been backpacking for 25 years and made the conversion to UL hiking in 2007. I've learned much here and now all of my equipment has has been replaced with UL gear and clothing. It's made a huge difference. (check out my gear list below)
CityBellevue
StateWA
CountryUSA
My PDF Gear ListMark's 3 day / 3 season gear list

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2008 favorites
My top three choices, all are new to me in ’08: 1. Montbell UL Down Inner Vest 2. Golite Ultra 20 3. SMD Serenity net tent (designed for the Gatewood Cape, another great product)

In Editor's Roundtable » 2008 Backpacking Light Staff Picks
December 21, 12:27pm

best weight savings for the $
Some very good ideas have already been mentioned but one more that I've benefited from is the elimination of a water filter and replacing with Klear Water which I carry via a BPL dropper bottle.

In GEAR » best weight savings for the $
October 21, 8:20pm

SmartWool Adrenaline Socks $5.93
Brad, thanks for posting this - big savings on a nice sock.

In Gear Deals » Men's SmartWool Adrenaline Socks $5.93
June 19, 10:26pm

Recovering fuel with 12-10 stove
I have the 12-10 stove & CC and would like to recover fuel but I haven't figured our an effective way to snuff out the stove. Placing a tin foil lid on top didn't work, the flame just...

In GEAR » Suggestions 4 Storing Caldera Cone
May 21, 8:38pm

Caloric density
There's been numerous posts regarding energy bars and lots of positive comments about Bear Valley Meal Pack bars having the highest calorie per weight ratio. 3 oz = 420 calories. I've si...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Caloric density
May 07, 2:14pm

Re: Argh!
Nia, The Zinio reader does have a search feature, it's in the upper right hand corner. The Zinio search tool doesn't have as many features as the Adobe pdf reader but it works.

In BPL.com News and Info » UPDATE: BPL Issue 9, Digital Edition, and More!
April 18, 8:35pm

Steam Bags $$ and Gussets
Sarah, I'd be curious to know if you're able to re-use these bags several times? I found these at my local supermarket today and they were on sale - buy 1 box of 10 bags for $3.99 a...

In GEAR » what can you cook in 600ml? 700ml?
April 18, 7:02pm

A nice surprise
Jon, For space planning on your hard drive, the Zinio viewer required about 56MB and the BPL magazine was just shy of 10MB.

In BPL.com News and Info » UPDATE: BPL Issue 9, Digital Edition, and More!
April 18, 2:58pm

Offline reading is nice feature
I'm really excited to see there is a way to download to my laptop hard drive and read the magazine offline. I have a business trip on Monday and will take full advantage of this. The Zinio vi...

In BPL.com News and Info » UPDATE: BPL Issue 9, Digital Edition, and More!
April 18, 2:24pm

Which One?
I cast my vote a few weeks ago by purchasing a Flexair pillow from the BPL store. Comes in a pack of 3 and are very inexpensive - combine with another purchase or you'll pay almost the product ...

In GEAR » Which One?
April 10, 9:24pm

All Reader Reviews by Mark Bishop

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Pro Lite Gear customer service
The very positive comments and recommendations from others here in the BPL forums was how I found out about ProLite and I'm certainly appreciative of that. So now I should add my own feedback by ...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
March 29, 7:54pm