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Roman Ryder (RomanLA) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale Southwest Louisiana
About Me I'm an avid backpacker and whitewater kayaker, so I spend most of my free time in the mountains.
My Website URLhttp://www.riverlesspaddled.com
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Heating Air
I slept warm all night in the 30's a couple weeks back. I woke up a little early to use the bathroom. I wasn't able to get the bag warmed up again.

In GEAR » sleeping bag sizing
December 03, 3:27am
Consumables
Great job on reducing your weight! It looks like you may have included the weight of some consumables though (it's 4am so I'm too tired to do the math lol). In fact, going through some of t...

In Gear Lists » I did it! 5 lb Base Wt
December 03, 2:52am
Coral Snakes
"Now I doubt the same is true for snakes that have neurotoxic venom (coral snakes for instance)." You would have to screw up pretty bad to get bit by a coral snake. I had one pass betw...

In GEAR » VOTE: Snakebite Kit (Take it / Leave it)
December 02, 8:10pm
Dirty Switch Problems...
I let my little girl use mine to look for something. It came back very dirty and the switch was sticking. I definitely thought it was going to break at one point. I eventually got it all worked out...

In GEAR » Petzl e+ Switch Failure
December 02, 6:32pm
My 2 cents...
In the United States, you're not likely to die from a snake bite. The babies are typically more dangerous than the adults. They're afraid and will dump everything they've got into you. ...

In GEAR » VOTE: Snakebite Kit (Take it / Leave it)
December 02, 3:47pm
In that case...
I'm still not sure if some items count or not, but worst case scenario I have 53 items. (That includes some consumables like 6 baby wipes and 3 pieces of dental floss.) outside backpack: 2 ...

In GEAR » Honesty Question? Total items carried in pack:
December 02, 2:32pm
Clarification
What counts as an item? For example, if I have a sheet of 6 water purification tablets, is that 1 or 6 items? I assume we're counting containers too...ziplocs, droppers, stuff sacks, etc. I can...

In GEAR » Honesty Question? Total items carried in pack:
December 02, 8:00am
WM Bags
I didn't realize they made a 66" girth. I was able to zip up a 63" girth yesterday, but it wasn't very comfortable. lol

In GEAR » Sleeping Bag Rating
December 02, 6:12am
Thanks!
I'm definitely happy with my Montbell bag. The WM bags aren't big enough for my build. I like the idea of trying it out at home as the temperatures start to drop. I'll pick up a balacla...

In GEAR » Sleeping Bag Rating
December 02, 12:20am
First Bag
A better question would have been what rating would you suggest someone get for their first bag? I may hike the Buffalo River Trail this winter, so I would be likely to see 20F and could see 0F. I ...

In GEAR » Sleeping Bag Rating
December 01, 10:01pm

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