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Shawn Basil (Bearpaw) - BPL Forum Member
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All Forum Posts by Shawn Basil
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Base Weight poll Lightweight in pretty much all climes and places. About 12 in a southeastern summer (late April through early October) thru 18 or 19 (Winter in snow in the Smokies high-country). I was close to 1... |
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Deodorant?? The only time I ever consider any deodorant is when I am on a long thru-hike (The Appalachian Trail, Colorado Trail, Benton MacKaye Trail, etc) where I will hit towns every few days. Even after a ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Attitude Miguel, I don't see any particular anti-American rhetoric in your post, but I routinely see digs and snipes at the U. S. throughout this site, particularly from certain Canadian and Australian ... |
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Evil CorPORations (sp) REI is a member-owned cooperative, not a corporation. If you are a member, you get a ballot to vote for the Board with every dividend check. Few get sent back, but you have that right as a mem... |
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Penalties? In THIS country? I don't think it was illegal there..... ;-) |
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Savage Gulf SNA (Tennessee) Jan '08 My fiancee and I had long planned to return to Savage Gulf and complete the figure-8 we'd begun the previous Thanksgiving. However, when she injured her finger and came down with flu nearly sim... |
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Stone Door entrance Yes, I hiked the loop from Stone Door last June. It is a fantastic loop and the actual "Stone Door" offers a fantastic viewpoint. I have some pics and a couple of pages from my trailj... |
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Re: Ethics and REI Return Policy "Particularly, the down seems to leak out of the hood of the REI bag pretty easily. I've been wrestling with whether or not it's ok to return it." I work for REI. I wouldn'... |
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Re: Re: FYI missing hiker in GA This whole incident has hit a lot of us in the region very hard. For many of us, the southern AT and the surrounding community are as much a part of our comfort zone as Cheers was to Norm. To... |
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FYI missing hiker in GA "I think that pepper spray + knife is more likely to be effective in the hands of more people than a gun." You take your pepper spray and knife. Give me the shotgun. Now you face int... |
All Reader Reviews by Shawn Basil
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Gregory Z-55 After loving my old Gregory Z-Pack, I had high hopes for the beautifully ventilated Z-55. As a southeastern hiker, I usually head west to high cool mountains when summer heat and humidity begin to ba... |
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ULA Catalyst I've owned 14 packs in the last 8 years and the ULA Catalyst is the best pack of the lot. I've used in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau and Great Smoky Mountains, Nevada's Tahoe Rim Tra... |
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Princeton Tec EOS For years I used my Tikka and Tikka Plus, exuberantly satisfied with the compact, lightweight, and long-lasting nature of their light. But at times, I found that when I really needed extra light, suc... |
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Probar Energy Bar When I first tried a Probar, I though I had finally found the "perfect trail bar" to challenge the venerable Bear Valley Pemmican Bar. It packs smaller, weighs slightly less, performs just ... |
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Bear Valley Mealpack Bars Bear Valley Meal Pack and Pemmican Bars are, without a doubt, one of the most efficient foods a backpacker can hope to carry. Since I first encountered them as a scout at Philmont 22 years ago, they ... |
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GoLite Phantom Jacket This was my jacket during my Colorado Trail through-hike this past summer. It's breathability is better than most, and its ventilation is superb. I hiked many miles over two weeks through monsoo... |
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Arc'Teryx Sirrus Jacket This jacket, made in 2002 and 2003 used a combination of XCR Goretex with Paclite fabric, a combination I have not seen in other jackets. The breathability is, to put it mildly, superb. The material... |
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Mountainsmith Ghost For warm weather in areas where I don't need to carry large amounts of water, this is my favorite pack. I use the original blue 2002 version. The pack is a dream for my longer torso. For those ... |
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Gregory Z-Pack I love my old, but tough 2004 Z-pack. It served me well for over 1000 miles and is still in good overall shape. My size large weighs in at exactly 3 pounds (after trimming off nearly 4 ounces of unn... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher I first read The Complete Walker III in 1997. I'd been backpacking recreationally for 15 years, but still learned a tremendous amount and appreciated the well-written prose and humor in the book.... |
