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Dean F. (acrosome) - BPL Lifetime Member
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If I'm lucky, a weekend a month in the summer... ... but that would be a VERY good summer. Usually I just manage a dayhike. I also try to use some leave for a "big" week-long trip every year. This year it's the Grand Canyon again... |
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Great Review Now THIS is the detailed sort of review that impresses me about BPL. Some don't live up to the standard, granted, but in general BPL reviews are outstanding. So if the Focus LT isn't qu... |
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Re: Re: Re: Is there a decent non-lightweight forum? "None of them have a "Carbon Flame War." So they must be significantly inferior." What are you sayin'? :) |
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Oh, don't let the lunatic fringe intimidate you... This is the only backpacking forum I've visited frequently since about 2006, so I don't think I can recommend a decent non-UL forum. Most have MANY posters and thus turn into something aki... |
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light and quick dinner Some light and quick dinners that you can find in nearly any grocery store include: Anything using pre-cooked pasta. Ramen noodles, etc. If unable to find pre-cooked pasta then just find very ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Hypothermia prevention...horrible story on Ozark trail @mox "It is interesting, though, that the father was deceased but the two kids were able to be attended to for two hours. Perhaps they did have a crude shelter -- maybe that shelter was the fa... |
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Re: Re: Making fried acorn bread. "If you can't just pick it and eat it , its not "survival" food." Oh, I would disagree with that. Survival food is any food you eat in a survival situation. What the In... |
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Nankoweap Huh- I just recommended this on another thread, but... Just puttering around the Ken Patrick and rim trails and around the Walhalla Plateau is nice, but if you're looking for dayhikes on the G... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Grand Canyon Permit/planning "I take it that you've never hiked below the rim in the Canyon before? Do a little research first; you won't like hiking consecutive 20+ mile days in the Canyon. 8-mile days are reason... |
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More ideas I've got a permit starting March 8th but I applied the first day you could, November 1st. And I still didn't get the dates I wanted. March/April is COMPETETIVE. It's Spring Break AND... |
All Reader Reviews by Dean F.
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Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide -Andrew Skurka book Wow, how to rate this book? It is NOT meant for someone who is already an experienced UL hiker. There is nothing in this book that someone like that doesn't already know or can find out in fiv... |
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Klepper Double wood framed folding kayak I own a Long Haul Mark 2, which is a copy of the Klepper Double. Though the fasteners vary very slightly the Klepper frame can use the Long Haul hull-skins and vice versa. The guy who builds the Lon... |
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Sawyer In-Line Filter I have a slightly different kit- the 0.1 micron 4-way filter. Of the filters available I give it a 5. It's not perfect, but IMHO it is the best that is available, hands down. The 4-way kit come... |
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La Sportiva Crosslite Personally, I rate this shoe a 5/5 because I'm ecstatic to find a shoe that FITS! (I have mutant monkey-feet.) But generally it is probably a 4. Listen, ye, to my tale of woe... I just mov... |
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Mont Bell My wife ordered something I wanted for my birthday from MontbellUSA (not the main company in Japan). She included several ways of contacting her. Three and a half months later it hadn't arrived, s... |
