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Bruce Tolley (btolley) - BPL Premium Member
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Winter HIking - Camping + 1 to Allen& Mikes's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book from Falcon Press. The NOLS book is excellent too and includes a chapter on travel on snow. The Backpacker Magazine published a f... |
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Spam: Why not turn off guest registration for 2 or 3 days? First the good news The search engine optimization (SEO) bots are posting on this site because of BPL's rich content which results in high rankings on Google searches. As others have noted on ... |
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Site being hacked... unethical SEO bot scheme Right now the site is blocking (by human action) known "bad guys. " This is akin to keeping your front door unlocked and open and waiting to recognize the last guy burgled your house an... |
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How Necessary is a 4 Season Tent If there is wind and snow, a good 4 season tent could save your life above or below tree line. So how necessary depends on the weather forecast. I have used my BA Seedhouse SL2 in fair weather b... |
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Wilderness Survival MB- Low Impact Shelter To Justin Your said: "First of all, get it out of your head that building a natural shelter has to be a destructive act. It doesn't have to be that way." Yes, I know and that is why... |
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Wilderness Survival MB- Low Impact Shelter Good feedback. Thanks. I think I will have to reach out to the local Scout reservation. I cannot see pulling this off without causing some impact. I also will talk to some of the High Adventure... |
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Wilderness Survival MB- Low Impact Shelters I have been a MB counsellor for the camping MB and backpacking MB and am looking at expanding into the Wilderness Survival MB. Does anyone have ideas on low impact survival shelters that might c... |
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Gravity Works Unless folks really object to the taste of chlorine dioxide at Philmont, the pills work fine and do not fail. That being said, I love my Gravity Works but it does weigh more than chlorine dioxid... |
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Considering Starting a Youth Program Liability coverage I have been involved in Boy Scout high adventure programs, a couple different youth soccer programs, and supported some Sierra Club youth outreach. I highly recommend that you g... |
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Scout Adventure Race? Sounds like a super awesome idea. Just some top of mind feedback... Here in California many of the orienteering club events work closely with the local land management agencies. It might be a... |
All Reader Reviews by Bruce Tolley
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Big Agnes Sting Ridge 2 My usual solo snow camping shelter is a MLD duo mid with bivy sack. But last year I started doing base camping so I started looking for an affordable, relatively lightweight 4 season tent. After exa... |
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Black Diamond Ultra Distance The new BD poles need to be praised for applying design principle of avalanche probes to hiking poles to create a lightweight, foldable pole. The 120cm carbon fiber pole has a manufacturer's claim... |
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Arc'Teryx Gamma LT pants I bought these pants because out of the pletora of sub 16 oz. softshell pants on the market, they were about the only model that seemed to come with multiple zippered pockets (3), a built in belt, and... |
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Lightweight Backpacking and Camping by Ryan Jordan et al. I found Lightweight Backpacking and Camping for $24.95 in REI before I discovered the web site, so cannot fault it for repeating material on the web site. I had already read Ray Jardine's books so... |
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ULA Equipment After much comparative shopping, I bought a Relay Pack from ULA. It arrived only a few days after placing the order. After four short trips, the haul loop ripped out. I wrote a short email to ULA (... |
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Suunto Vector I bought this watch primarily as a watch and as an aid to navigation. More specically, my goal was to possess for a trek in the Rocky Mtns of New Mexico to have a compass to discretely double check b... |
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Osprey Aether 60 While other reviewers have noted that this pack is not truly lightweight, some of that extra weight is due to features that come in handy for winter treks. This pack has shovel pocket that you can act... |
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Hilleberg Akto The Hilleberg Akto is a relatively lightweight, one-person, double-walled hoop tent weighing in at a minimum 2 lbs. 14 oz., packed 3 lbs. 5 oz. (manuf claimed weights). I bought this tent for solo hik... |
