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Cigar smoking-----It's a Marxist thing.... you wouldn't understand, Aaron. sincerely, Commandante Sub-Zero :-D (good luck on your JMT attempt) |
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re.Memory Card Question I carry 2 cards myself. A few grams of redundancy doesn't hurt in the memory card dept., if just for a little peace of mind. I have lost a card in the field. I have had a card go bad. |
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Survivor Stud Oy veh! What's next? "Big Brother Backpacks"? People could vote each other out of prime campsites. |
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Lightning Access Review Hmmm, a large (nearly 70L) pack rated to only comfortably carry 20lbs. As Queen Victoria used to say, "We are not amused". A nice premise that might be better in a smaller, lighter p... |
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Footwear in the Cascades Given your prior usage of trailrunners and healthy ankles, your Vitesses should do just fine in the Cascades for trips of the style you are talking about (including summit scrambles). Late Spring t... |
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Grammar police. Put your typing hands on the wall... That would be "Eating well". :-D> Looks delicious (except possibly the French Vanilla Coffee----but whatever spins one's frisbee?), do you do backcountry catering? How long i... |
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AT & Skaha + What a great Summer set-up. Post your total weight, por favore. In fact, a Summerwight 1/2 bag in the Cocoon series should be something BMW should consider. So we could have a total synthetic ve... |
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Unmentionable to Estados Unidos Customs A good smuggled Cohiba Esplendido on a cold, clear starry high elevation night. The only tobacco consumption I partake of, sparingly!----and in it's highest form. Serious chocolate notes. Court... |
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Arai Raiz specs. Last I heard, a kilo (the weight M. heard quoted) was equivalent to 2.2 lbs. That's a big dif---3lb. 7oz. to 2.2 lbs. And boring old gore-tex, not propreitary at all. Is what Miguel saw a di... |
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New UL tents from Japan The Arai looks fairly tiny, too. Must get dimensions. Now if you could crossbreed the two---the mystery W/B canopy of the Arai with the interior poles (allows canopy to spill wind and snow better, ... |
All Reader Reviews by kevin davidson
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Mountain Laurel Designs Zip In the Sub one pound category of packs made specifically for backpacking, this is probably the finest blend of form and function---a "practical" SUL Pack that is still composed of lightweigh... |
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Backpacking Light Firelite SUL-500 Cookpot ...but I do actually own one of these puppies, so I'll chime in. It's thin, thin, thin and I could squeeze a significant dent into it, in my hand. You don't get this extreme level of light... |
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Playpus 2L Big Zip It's never leaked in it's 1 1/2 years of use and have come to trust it. I generally use this on group trips where it's nice to have larger volumes of purified water on hand in camp situati... |
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Platypus Platy Reservoir The dedicated hydration systems by Platypus are more reliable than the "retrofit" of the resevoir into one. The Big Zip is far better to the purpose. |
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BackpackingLight.com Very efficient and friendly CS from BPL. Addie (and Ryan---when A. is on vacation) runs a tight ship----my questions and requests have been handled very promptly and services like running down to the ... |
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BMW Cocoon Pro 60 Parka Another preliminary review focusing on fit, features and construction. Although many of you might be more attracted with the (on paper) 1 oz. savings of weight of the Cocoon Hooded Pullover, the Pr... |
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Patagonia Ready Mix Softshell Pants I got these to supplement my aging Golite Synergy pants---they have several things going for them. They are very light, very water resistant and have partial leg zips to ease putting on over shoes or ... |
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MiniBullDesigns SSBIT Another very fine MBD alcohol stove. This one is a pressurized top jet design that produces a flame narrow enough to use with Heine and Foster can/pots. It was ostensibly designed to retrofit Esbit s... |
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ULA Equipment Brian is not only a great designer of packs, but a great sewer, too, when the seamstress brigades of Logan, UT are fully engaged. He also has entertained us over the last few years with on-line diarie... |
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MiniBullDesigns Stealth (ver.1) This fierce but absurdly light (.23 oz.) little side-burner is great for boiling water in a Snow Peak 600 cup. Takes about 6 min. Burns for about 8 minutes or so on 1 oz. of fuel. This was an earli... |
