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Pancakes I think pancakes are a great meal idea for hiking trips. You can buy the mix that only requires water (watch out for the ones that require oil and egg). I'm making pancakes at home right now... |
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Shaving Grams I've done some modifications to my 2009 Jam and I figured I'd share the details. 1) I cut the stitching on the sides of the hydration bladder sleeve (with a sharp knife and razor blade) ... |
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Further Mods Today I weighed the piece the foam used in the backpanel at 34g (1.2oz). If you were sure you never want to use this, you could also cut out the sleeve it seems and probably shave off another ounce... |
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Crypto? Does Steripen kill crypto? My understanding is that crypto is so rare in North American waters that it's not worth worrying about. I could be wrong though. I normally wait only 30 min, whic... |
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Trowel Even in my heavy backpacking days I never brought a trowel....I was too lazy to pack one. It's very easy to create a cathole without one. Just roll a rotting log over, do your thing and roll it... |
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MIOX vs. Steripen Adventurer The Steripen is an interesting competitor. It takes marginally longer to do, but then you can drink right away and then is no chemical smell or taste. The price and weight are very similar. On the ... |
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MEC Sacks I want to let BPL'ers know about the dry sacks from Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC.ca). I think these are new. MEC is sort of the Canadian equivilent of REI. http://www.mec.ca/Products/produc... |
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Q Mike C.....do you bring hand sanitizer? Or what do you do if you're wiping with a leaf and have an incident where not just the leaf contacts the excrement? Wash your hands with some of your pre... |
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Article Personally, I consider wiping without TP more of a survival skill than a hiking skill. Yesterday I weighed a full roll of toilet paper (280 sheets, 2 ply) at 88g. That's under 3 ounces and you ... |
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Updated Thanks for all the comments. I appreciate them. Mike C: Notice the quantity field beside the items. For some stuff it's zero so I'm not bringing it normally. So I don't plan to bring... |
All Reader Reviews by Dan Durston
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Spark-Lite Fire Starter (Survival Gear - BPL Gear Shop) I have this kit and the FireLite Mini kit. This sparker is a bit lighter than the FireLite Mini but I don't trust this sparker 100% like I do the FireLite. This sparker doesn't work well wh... |
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BPL FireLite Firestarter I love this FireLite Mini. It's the only thing that I 100% trust to start a fire. With a mini Bic you can run out of gas, be at too high of an altitude, get it wet or get it oily. Matches can ... |
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Hyperlight Mtn Gear Echo I I wasn't sure where to put this review as the Echo I can be used as either a tarp or a double wall tent. OVERVIEW I've given the Echo I five stars because it's quality construct... |
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Golite 2006 Reed Pants I've got the original Reed pants (4oz in a size medium) and they are prefect rain pants for UL hiking. They've been adequately durable, totally waterproof and light. I don't want ankle zip... |
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Marmot Essence I'll be the first one to give this jacket 5 stars. Marmot has made a number of changes to this jacket over the years so criticisms of the earlier models are no longer relevant. My Essence is t... |
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Baladeo 22 Grams Knife This knife is a brilliant design. Every part of it is functional and the result is a lot of knife for just 22g (or 24.3g as mine as actually weighs). When I opened the (very nice) box and first played... |
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Nite ize S-Biner After using another small biner that failed due to a poor design, I switched the Nite Ize Size 1 biner for bear bagging this summer. I use one of these to clip to my 1.4mm spectra cord to my food sack... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Revelation I really like my 2009 MLD Revelation pack. The 1.5oz cuben is great. I think it will last a very long time provided I don't take any good falls on rocky slopes. With some bungie cordage, MLD s... |
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Granite Gear Uberlight CTF3 Drysack I bought two of these Uberlight drysacks, a green 7L one for my GoLite Ultra 20 quilt and a orange 10L one for my wife's 15F rated 800FP MEC Merlin sleeping bag. The claimed weights for these d... |
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Petzl e+LITE I really like the e+Lite. It's surprisingly bright and I appreciate the red light functionality in the tent. On high, this light is nearly as bright as my Tikka yet it weighs 1/3rd and has additio... |
