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Dan Durston (dandydan) - BPL Premium Member
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All Forum Posts by Dan Durston
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Cardiac Scary stuff indeed. My heart was fast but not erratic - so steady but alarmingly high while I laid there for hours. My guess was 120 BPM whereas I normally measure 55-65 at rest. |
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Dehydration & Heat stroke Great thread going here. This is something I've been meaning to get a better understanding of. Perhaps someone can offer some insight/diagnosis on my situation last August. I planned a 1 nig... |
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Methanol "Not sure why you'd want to carry methanol, Dan." I carry it because ethanol isn't readily available in Canada (it's essentially banned for public sale). I've got a stash... |
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Ethanol & Pine "Water only dissolves polar compounds well, while alcohol is better at dissolving non-polar compounds. Applications could range from cleaning pine pitch from your clothes..." Lucky I r... |
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CDT Pack Awesome. Best wishes on your CDT adventure. |
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Inflation Bag You can buy just the valve from Theramrest - it's called the "Air Tap": http://cascadedesigns.com/therm-a-rest/accessories/neoair-airtap-pump/product I would just pop an extra hol... |
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Cones Fair enough - that is surprising. |
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Starlyte "So, do you need to raise the stove, or can you just drop the pot?" Ideally you cut the cone down so the pot sits at the right height. The saves weight and the cone packs up even smaller... |
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Fabrics Out of these two fabrics, the real advantage of the cuben hybrid is that it's basically waterproof. If you hike it wet locales or packraft then that's valuable. If not, I'd go 140D beca... |
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PCT Pogo I think you're onto something here. The pogo could do for hiking what the packraft did for long distance river swimming: substantially increase both efficiency and fun. Much like shoes, the wei... |
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... |
