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Jim W. (jimqpublic) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Re: NEOS overshoes for snowshoeing. A little more detail- super steep terrain. On soft snow, when descending I can weight my heels as much or as little as I like and therefore either "stomp, stomp, stomp" down the hill o... |
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Snowshoe boots I like using light runners and thick wool socks in Neos overshoes. The Neos are high so I don't need gaiters. My snowshoes are older Atlas with a flexible binding. A stiffer binding might pu... |
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Thumloop, full zip, grid fleece hoody for $26 I've wanted an R1 Hoody. I even found them 30% off. Still too much. So I bought an REI hoody- stretchy, smooth exterior, thumloops, pullover. It was on closeout last year so no point in r... |
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Hardest Re: ... JMT Hardest on my 2008 southbound hike were downhills with big steps such as the south side of Donahue Pass and Woods Creek. I started the trip at 43 a decade older than my previous backpacking experi... |
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How Many nights' use? Marmot Never Summer Can you estimate how many nights of use the bag has experienced? |
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Re: What are Fastest and Slowest Sections of JMT Speed, actual effort, and perceived difficulty didn't really correlate for me. Donahue Pass was hard because I had stayed up late consuming beer with other hikers at Tuolumne; had picked up ... |
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Re: XC ski travel: Any glide in unbroken powder? None for the first person (trailbreaker) Maybe a little for the second person (track smoother) Third person on it's a breeze. Ideally, go with a group of four and trade leads often. |
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Re: What is your winter layering system? Here in California the conditions on a spring day can have an apparent temperature swing of 100F. I'm talking potential frostbite to heat stroke back to frostbite in 8 hours. At high altitud... |
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Ski Gear comments (maybe out of date) You're in the PNW; my expierence is mostly Sierra. I've used narrow telemark gear and wider AT gear, leather free heel and plastic locked down; plus two days on modern fat telemark gear wi... |
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Re: Upgrade ski gear or Snowshoes? My plastic AT boots disintegrated the first time I buckled them up after 10 years of nonuse. The soles fell off my leather telemark boots when I used them after 5 years of nonuse (luckily re-attac... |
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Six Moon Designs StarLite I purchased the SMD Starlight with hip belt pockets and frame stays for a 2008 hike of the John Muir Trail. Currently it has about 5 weeks of backpacking use. Weight is per spec at just under 2 po... |
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Black Diamond Equipment Customer Service First, I'll say that usually before you call Customer Service of an equipment manufacturer it means something has gone wrong. This wasn't true for me at all- I contacted them for advice on wh... |
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Nike Lava Dome My original Lava Domes lasted me several years- Wearing to school, mountain biking, hiking, working as a land surveyor. I remember carrying 5 pound Asolo boots in my pack as I wore the Lava Domes wa... |
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Jetboil Personal Cooking System 4.5/5 for overall performance/weight. I bought a Jetboil PCS last summer and used it for testing at home, a two week solo trip, and during a few family day hikes. I love the system compared to... |
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Sierra Trading Post (STP) web shopping and service I've been shopping with STP for at least 20 years. The web made this sort of business much easier to shop. Prices are almost always great. Being closeouts, overstocks, and 2nds you have to ke... |
