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Mark Verber (verber) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Mark Verber
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Re: FS: Platypus Lil' Nipper PM sent. |
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Re: "Best way to survive bug season?" My recommendations are pretty much the same as everyone else's. Tight woven clothing treated with Permethrin. short gaiter to protect ankles. Hat and a headset, I like little fly designs but t... |
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Re: thanks for all the comments with vapor barrier clothing the idea is to keep the surface of your skin at an ideal humidity to minimize perspiration. The smaller the "humidity" zone, the better. The reason many people... |
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Re: Help me find my perfect baselayer Why are you wearing ANYTHING below? The VaprThrm material's inward facing material (at least what I used several years ago) was comfortable enough to use against the skin. I do use an ultralig... |
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Re: Who has a wife who backpacks with them who always has cold feet? My wife had this problem. Out solution was she would use my versalite sleeping bag down to 40F (and something warmer below this?!). while wearing primaloft booties + warm hat. Normally this worke... |
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Re: Patagonia Lightweight Travel Pack I had the first generation of both the pack and the courier style bag. Durability has been surprisingly good. I don't remember how many years ago I got it, I think something like 3 or 4. The ... |
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Houdini Windshirt, Serki Level 1 Base, PrincetonTec EOSR bump |
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FS; Men's (All size L) Clothing + Headlamps Prices include US shipping, payment via paypal. AVAILIBLE Patagonia Houdini, Blue Color (2012 in very good condition), $45 Serki Level 1 Powerdry Long Sleeve with neck zipper Base, off brown ... |
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Re: Re: Hexamid Solo+ tent for winter use > umm... it really isn't a winter shelter, unless you live in the low desert. Dale's in Georgia and he talked about south east, so I assume the winter he is talking about is fairly mi... |
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Re: Active fleece hoody; R1, Piton or Cap4 I love the Cap4. It's best used as an active base layer. For me (I run hot) I can wear the Cap4 (+ windshirt when appropriate) between around 30-60F and be reasonably comfortable. At the cold... |
All Reader Reviews by Mark Verber
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Sealskinz Ultra Grip Black Glove I tried these for part of a season and gave up. My fingers often felt cold and damp. Deterity isn't as good as I would have expected given the modest thickness of these gloves. I hated them. |
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Santa Cruz Down Works UL Down Balaclava What to say. It's light. It's warm. It's reasonably priced compared to equiv. warm options. I mostly use this for sleeping with my quilt. |
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Playpus 2L Big Zip I find that I am more consistent in drinking when I use a hydration system. The BigZip is lighter than most other hydration systems, while still having a large opening which makes filling it easier. T... |
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Gossamer Gear Gorilla A perfect size pack for most of my trips and handles my standard 15-25 lbs comfortably. The use of light weight stays and a foam sit pad provides excellent carry comfort. I mostly like the extra wide ... |
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Patagonia R1 Hoody With all the talk of this item, I can't believe that there are no reviews of this item. This is arguably the best base, or light mid layer for high aerobic winter sports. Made from PowerDry grid, ... |
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Trail Designs Caldera Stove I am using the UL Caldera Cone with a MLD 850 pot. I use both alchohol and esbits, though I am using esbits more than I expect to. There are more fuel efficient / lighter stoves like the Ion. The... |
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MLD 850ml Ti Mug The MLD 850 rocks for simple solo cooking in the pot! The pot practically hold around 800ml which is plenty of room for anything I make for myself on a solo trip. There is room to boil water and to co... |
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ZebraLight H51 This is the best headlamp I have used for backpacking... ever. It's light 1.2oz (3.5oz with battery and headband) headlamp that runs on a single AA batteries. It has 6 light levels from with go... |
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iTP A3 EOS Upgrade Edition This is one of the best flashlight values: $20 for a high efficiency AAA flashlight with good regulation and a nice range of brightness settings (in lumens: 1.5 for 50h, 18 for 4h 80 for 55min). Thi... |
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Zebralight H50 5/5 for camp lighting 3/5 trail hiking 2/5 if you really need to use it for challenging night time navigation The headlight is small, energy efficient, has good regulation, and a nice set of brig... |
