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scott Nelson (nlsscott) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale So. Calif.
About Me I've been hiking since the 70's. Spent about 20 years in the outdoor retail end of things. I now help teach an outdoor training class with the Sierra Club. I'm a docent at a nearby Nature Center and a volunteer diver at the Aquarium of the Pacific. I like making my own gear.
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One Happy Customer
I got an Aquilo last summer and used it for a week in Yosemite and for a winter trip. The summer trip required carrying a bear cannister and the pack handled this very well. The frame and padding ...

In GEAR » Elemental Horizons Aquilo
May 24, 7:18pm
Interested
I'm interested in buying the thermawrap if the sale falls through.-Scott

In Gear Swap » Montbell Thermawrap, Large
May 22, 10:34pm
All who wander are not lost, but they could be...
I got good and lost using an old map where the road had been extended since publication. The trailhead I started at was several miles west of my assumed start. I didn't realize it until I cam...

In Editor's Roundtable » The Perils of Certainty
April 26, 9:11am
Modification for Garcia cans?
I am intrigued by this idea and applaud your work. One suggestion I might add is that if you are carrying a Garcia Can, the dreaded "raised Rim" will hit you in the spine. If you add so...

In Make Your Own Gear » Bear Can Backpack
February 24, 6:05pm
No need to be a crash test dummy...
Yeah, burns are really scary. I recall this heat exchanger being presented in either "Climbing" or "Rock and Ice" in their Gear annual issue a long time ago. The copper was us...

In Make Your Own Gear » Jetboil Heat Exchanger
February 19, 5:27pm
Jetboil Heat Exchanger
AM I CRAZY? I have faint recollections of climbers making a similar heat exchanger with copper tubing to warm the cannisters on upright stoves. This is intended to help keep the cannister gas flo...

In Make Your Own Gear » Jetboil Heat Exchanger
February 16, 2:19pm
Price lowered
Bump for lower price

In Gear Swap » FS MYOG Insulated Pants
January 25, 6:08pm
bump
Still available

In Gear Swap » FS MYOG Quilt-synthetic
January 24, 11:43pm
FS MYOG Insulated Pants
This weighs 13oz. Primaloft Sport insulation creates around .6 inches of loft. Full seperating side zippers, so you can easily ventilate and put on or take off. Lightweight 1.1 oz breathable DWR ...

In Gear Swap » FS MYOG Insulated Pants
January 24, 10:27am
For Snow not water
Kevin, These gaiters are good for snow with a proper fit. They are not waterproof enough for stream crossings. The NEOS would work for that, but don't leave your boot sole free to engage a sk...

In Gear Swap » Supergaiters
January 24, 9:51am

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