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Eric Fredricksen (efredricksen) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Novice bivyer needs bivy advice I'm planning to ditch the tent and embrace the wide open outdoors with tarp + bivy next chance I get (probably Sierras or Cascades, Summer or shoulder). I'm still slightly bewildered by th... |
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Re: Critique my first 3 season (L) gear list BTW, Stuart, I know Jay already kind of mentioned this, but that Tyvek footprint really is a bit heavy, and bulky too. Think of the floor of your Contrail as a ground sheet. Besides, if it gets wre... |
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Re: "Critique my first 3 season (L) gear list" "The last I knew the Contrail also required stakes for a proper setup." That's true, but the weight I gave includes them. (I broke out the pole wt. since some folks carry trekking ... |
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Re: "Critique my first 3 season (L) gear list" "The TT Contrail is a great little shelter but one could lower the shelter weight by over half with a MLD Grace Solo spinntex or spectralite tarp and a bug bivy or Soul bivy with bug netting.&... |
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Croc weight My crocs ("Caymans", size near 11) are 13.7oz. The don't go to the mountains with me any more since I've seen the "light". |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: My beercan volcano kettle "Having said that, I'd love to get my hands on a couple of the big asahi cans to experiment with, as taller/narrower *should* be more efficient if the chimney shape/size is right. However,... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: My beercan volcano kettle "The extra height Asahi kettle may be cooling the exhaust to the point where it loses velocity and prevents sufficient flow of fresh oxygen past the burner. I got around this by reducing the c... |
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Re: Re: Need a Windshirt!!!! Ideas? The MB UL wind shirt is only 1 extra oz with the hood than without. The Mistral has other differences, apparently. I have the MB UL (hoodless) and I'm not crazy about it. I think I'd go ... |
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Re: Re: My beercan volcano kettle Casey - Thanks! I cut the chimney holes with a 2-1/16" (Starret, multi-purpose, yellow) hole saw. Then I used just a little 180 grit, then 320 grid sand paper to smooth out the hole. It's ... |
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My beercan volcano kettle I mentioned previously (here) that (inspired by Tallbloke) I'd been experimenting with an alcohol-fueled volcano kettle made from aluminum cans. I came up with a novel (to me, at least) stove t... |
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Montbell UL Down Inner Jacket Fit is a bit loose around the body for a large, I think; other than that the amount of warmth it provides for so little weight is lovely. (And there I am wearing it in my avatar picture.) |
