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All Forum Posts by ROBERT TANGEN
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Bear Deterrent Re: "I started thinking about all the methods that animals use to deter potential predators, especially insects, the masters of chemical solutions. Some other ideas: 1) camouflage 2) mimicr... |
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Sternum Cord On all my packs, including my MLD Revelation, I remove any sternum "straps" because they are never at the level I prefer, often riding up near my throat. I tie a little loop out of orang... |
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Drug Dealers in Hawaii? I resist going to Hawaii for fear of drug addicts, dealers, and resentful native Hawaiians, but then, I'm a cowardly little wimp. Maybe I'll send the little wifie to check it out. |
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St. Elmo I have a blow-up St. Elmo doll, is that wrong? P.S., I've heard that the warning against caves applies only to very shallow caves. If you have a cave that goes into the mountain 76.4 feet... |
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Thunderbolts When I'm caught out in a (an?) electrical storm, I make the little wifie and our ankle biters form a cheer-leader-type pyramid, to attract any thunderbolts. (Does thunder come in bolts?) I sl... |
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Wind, Thunderbolts and Lightning Re: "I'm a sucker for ridgetops ( I like me a fine view). :-)>" Since you're still here, you must have a proven system for avoiding those late-day electrical storms that ... |
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High Wind For What It's Worth: I saw a review of the BD Firstlight where the reviewer took two sets of poles when expecting high winds, and used both sets inside the tent simultaneously. |
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Favorite Packs Re: "I need to carry about 20kgs (45#s) on some 8000m peak trips." There are only 14 8,000 m peaks on the planet, and although I'm no expert, I would guess that if you can affor... |
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Sharp Things Re: "But what happens when your arm is caught in between a fallen boulder and a rock wall miles away from anyone else and you have no way of escaping unless you are willing to perform an amput... |
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Reeding, Righting, Etc I'm not allowed to actually hike: they roll me along like they did Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs." |
All Reader Reviews by ROBERT TANGEN
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Rab Boreas extremely thin soft shell 1. David Chenault: “I'm a huge fan. It's been a great layer for BC skiing thus far. I expect it to be fairly bug proof too.” 2. Noted mountain climber Nils Nielsen: “The last month I’ve be... |
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WalMart / "Starter" compression shorts (Others have written that they like these, and I agree.) The WalMart / “Starter” compression shorts are: 1. Long enough to prevent abrasion, even if you have massively muscled, Greek God-like thighs... |
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MLD 2009 Revelation Five Stars! I love the new 2009 Revelation from Mountain Laurel Designs! I haven’t wrung it out like Ryan Jordan did for the pack he recently reviewed, so I don’t have his detailed data base, but th... |
