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Andrew Skurka (askurka) - BPL Forum Member
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Skurka's upcoming slideshows & clinics I'm giving 43+ slideshows and clinics this Spring, starting in the Bay Area during the week of March 5-10. It'd be great to see some BPL'ers at some of them. If you make it, please say ... |
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Post on food planning for multi-day hikes & thru-hikes To other power-users of Excel, this post may not be informative. But for new backpackers and non-users of Excel, it could be helpful. Food planning for multi-day hikes & thru-hikes Intro.... |
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Free intro chapter to Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide If you follow me on Facebook, you can now get exclusive access to the Introduction. http://www.facebook.com/andrewskurka |
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Re: ebook? There will be an e-book version. It's not available yet; probably next month, around the same time the book is formally released. |
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Re: Re: A Gear Guide for Regular Hikers It essentially is -- what I wrote above is a summarized version of the Introduction and Chapter 1. |
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A Gear Guide for Regular Hikers Jeff - Interesting thought (which I know was partly in jest). Let me comment... The emphasis on *weight* among the lightweight backpacking community often misses the point -- having a light ... |
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Re: Re: Skurka can't get no love > And for him, why would he do it himself? He has so much other things on his plate. It only makes sense if you want to run the business end of the book. Exactly! I could have made this book ... |
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Gear Guide & Boy Scouts Steven - It's a longer text than most Boy Scouts will want to read, but there are some things that they will like: - About 75 images - "Versus" charts, where entire chapters... |
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Re: Re: The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide -- Now available! Ryan - If you're as funny as the "ultralight hair pomade" guy from TrailSpace, you're welcome to mock me anytime. |
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The First Edition is now available! I am thrilled to announce that my forthcoming how-to book, The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide, will be released on February 21st by National Geographic Books. More info at this post: http://ww... |
All Reader Reviews by Andrew Skurka
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Golite Trail Fly and Tail Spike I used these shoes exclusively during my Great Western Loop hike. I would agree -- and, in fact, the GoLite Footwear people would agree -- that the durability was way less than ideal during first pro... |
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Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil I have made windscreens out of a number of different materials, but I have yet to find anything better than Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil (or a generic version of it). Why I love it: It costs... |
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Golite Jam The Jam is my favorite pack in the GoLite line. I used the same Jam for about 6,000 of the 7,800 miles of the Sea-to-Sea Route (I used the Gust during the winter). Before the C2C, I had used it on t... |
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Jetboil Personal Cooking System It is pretty well documented that the Jetboil has limited utility in colder conditions, assuming you have not kept the canister in your underwear all day in order to keep it warm (See | ||
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GoLite Tarp-Poncho Please see Will's review on this product: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/golite_ultra_lite_poncho_tarp_review.html Below are my comments on the review, as well as some add... |
