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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question about caffeine products sold on this site Pseudoephedrine: I'm generally using it to be able to breathe easily since it's a nasal decongestant, so it's often in my system when hiking. ------------------------------------------- Yeah, u... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Question about caffeine products sold on this site Id never take caffeine pills in combo with pseudoephedrine...thats a ticket to a heart attack. Although a lot of bodybuilders do that, they call it an "ECA stack." ECA stands for "Ephedrine, Caf... |
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Possible good fastpack boot I understand a lot of UL backpackers dont wear boots. When I used to fastpack, I remember we used to shuffle, jog or walk super fast. I wore Asolo boots back then, which IMO were better than the As... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Question about how much water ULB carry When I really think about it, most of the really long distance stuff Ive done in my past was done while carrying lightweight loads, not UL, but lightweight. I was doing "fastpacking" AKA 20, 30 or ... |
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Re: Re: Question about caffeine products sold on this site Oh yeah, Im not against drinking coffee or tea. Im a caffeine junkie myself. I guess my point is, why spend a lot of money for some fancy smancy gucci caffeine food product when you can just drink ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Question about how much water ULB carry OK, most of these answers seem normal to me. Two liters/quarts has always been the norm for me going way back and it looks like most here carry 2L with additional lightweight backup. Water is nothi... |
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Question about caffeine products sold on this site Ive noticed there area variety of caffeine food supplements that are sold on this site. And at outdoor stores wherever I shope. These various caffeine products are expensive and "high fallutin" ... |
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Re: Re: Question about how much water ULB carry >You can buy soft (like platypus) bottles >from nalgene with the wide mouth. Yeah, I was looking at those wide mouth collapsible Nalgene canteens today. They are attractive, but heavier than the... |
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Question about how much water ULB carry I have traditionally carried two quarts or nowadays, two liters of water on backpacking trips. Whether the trip is a weekend trip or an extended trip, two liters/quarts has been my standard. At ... |
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Re: Fire starter idea Since a lot of the people here are DIY types, I can give you a few tips about firestarters for wet rainy weather (for starting campfires). The first method was (I guess still is) in the BSA hand... |
All Reader Reviews by Vlad Putin
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Photon Micro-Light 1 White light My Photon Micro-Light 1 is about two years old and is on my keychain all the time. Its an amazing little light...cheap, reliable, lightweight, bright for its small size and light weight. Ive found ... |
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Tincture of Benzoin I am surprised nobody has rated tincture of benzoin. Whats it used for? A whole bunch of stuff, but backpackers use it to prevent and to help treat hot spots and blisters. Prevention: You use ti... |
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Bear Valley Mealpack Bars These are the best energy bars on the market. I first relied upon them in the eighties at Philmont Scout Ranch while doing what would be considered extreme mileage. Backpacker magazine rated them as t... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets Potable Aqua has been around forever and Ive used these pills for decades. They are cheap, they work, they have a short wait time and if I am on the trail, sweaty and thirsty, Ive found that the iodin... |
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Micropur MP 1 Chlorine Dioxide Water Purifier Tablet Ive been using these chlorine dioxide pills to treat backcountry water for about a year now. Initially I was enthralled about them and to a point, still think these are good water purification pills. ... |
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Tikka XP I have nothing negative to say about this 1 watt LED headlamp. Only positive things to say. I have used it numerously in the past year and have been doing a lot of solo backpacking at night BECAUSE of... |
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Esbit stove and Esbit fuel cartridges Official brand...aus BRD I read about the Esbit stove system here at BPL and a few other ultra-light websites. Some raved about it but I was skeptical. I purchased an Esbit stove and several packs of the official Esbit brand ... |
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No Doze Caffeine pills Caffeine pills are OTC and totally legal. And a lot cheaper than the myriad of caffeine energy foods being marketed to backpackers, triathletes and other endurance oriented folks. Caffine pills are... |
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Car-boom! I was introduced to Car-boom! energy gel by a retired Air Force Pararescue guy on a BSA sponsored 50 miler. When you are really run down and "hitting the wall" you break open the Car-boom! packet and ... |
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Jetboil Personal Cooking System I have been using this as my primary cannister stove and I like it for several reasons. It is unique in the following respects: 1) You dont need to set up a wind brake around it. The way the stove ... |
