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Jonathan Shefftz (jshefftz1) - BPL Lifetime Member
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FS: Primus EtaPower Stove $60 Originally the, well, original model: http://www.rei.com/product/784351 . . . but I gave the original larger pot to my brother and then bought the small 1.7-liter pot that comes with the “Trail... |
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Already Done The avy chapter in the Volken book is outstanding -- based on the AIARE curriculum. (One of the book's coauthors was one of the leaders for my avy instructor training course.) |
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First, read this book... First, read this book: http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=810 (You can read the other referenced books mainly for the enteretaining illustrations of old-school diehard tele sk... |
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Globalstar is not the problem The well-known problems with Globalstar sat phones are not related to any problems you're having: http://www.backcountryworld.com/showpost.php?p=27764&postcount=8 As for Spot's perfor... |
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Spot impressions so far My impressions so far: Definitely have to read -- and remember -- the user manual carefully to understand exactly what the various status lights indicate. Basic operation though is pretty obviou... |
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Interpretation You may read it that way, but they could read it far differently. For example, any incident caused by an avalanche could be excluded on account of lack of competence to perform snow stability as... |
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GEOS Search & Rescue Benefit for $7.95/yr The terms are so open to interpretation that coverage could be denied for almost any incident: http://www.geosalliance.com/sar/ PLEASE NOTE This benefit does not apply if:- a) your situatio... |
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Re: Re: 60Cx? Confusing Garmin Nomenclature "Not sure which references to prior Garmin high-sensitivity models you mean..." -- Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to: "The new Garmin high sensitivity receiver fixes a p... |
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60Cx? Just want to second the other poster’s comment about the unspecified "’Unit C’ a competitor’s current (released this year), best technology handheld GPS" -- since when does BPL sh... |
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MLD Superlight Bivy vs. ??? So the quick question is: -- what products (if any) compete directly with the Mountain Laurel Designs Superlight bivy: http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22&prod... |
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Patagonia Spraymaster I bought this in part motivated by a glowing review in Backpacker magazine, plus this review from Outside: http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/gear.tcl?gear=Patagonia-Spraymaster&gear_id=2461&am... |
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Wild Things Epic Wind Shirt Note: this is for the non-hooded partial-zip pullover model. The downsides: - Heavy by BPL standards, although then again, we’re talking just a few ounces of excess over my Helly Hanson Mars or Mo... |
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Camp XLH95 Harness After using this harness for two days of training on snow (but not a real glacier) and a few indoor practice sessions, I finally used it for real the last two days on Mt Baker. (We hiked up to the ba... |
