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About Me I was backpacking ultralight before Ray ever published!

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Re: advice on fastest driving route
Highway 120 is the fastest route. Much faster than Highway 140. --B.G.--

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » advice on fastest driving route
July 15, 8:15pm

Re: sorry to the women
Before I started dragging others along with me on UL backpacking trips (around 1983-1984), I put out a fact sheet. I listed the primary pieces of equipment that were needed, and I compared those ag...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » backpacking with non ULers/newbs
July 15, 11:56am

Re: distance between water
"Just because a filter weighs +/- 1LB does not eliminate it from being the lightest overall option." Besides, my gravity filter weighs closer to 2 oz. It's almost silly not to car...

In Gear Lists » 3 season typical 2 day mid-west list
July 15, 11:45am

Re: REI and all that jazz
I don't know about it now, but some years ago REI had a list of "gotta have" items. Each store had to have some in stock, no questions asked. I don't know if they still have that ...

In GEAR » UL REI STYLE - Yes it CAN Be Done
July 15, 9:41am

Re: re permits etc
There are some pretty wilderness areas, especially in some of the national parks of California. I hear so many people screaming about how terrible the wilderness permit system is in Yosemite, and h...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Total Noob Question about Backpacking -- Setting up Camp
July 15, 2:43am

Re: Yes You Can!
"Although contrary as well, I would like to see someone go UL from (drumroll)... an Army/Navy store! :)" Funny you should mention... I started into this UL stuff way back in the early...

In GEAR » UL REI STYLE - Yes it CAN Be Done
July 15, 2:18am

Re: Trekking poles w/ clips?
This is interesting, because there is a completely different sort of product that I compare these poles to. In the photography world, we use carbon fiber tripods. In one particular brand, the tw...

In GEAR » Trekking poles w/ clips?
July 15, 1:36am

Re: Re: Re: Link 4 buying prepared homemade type trail food?
http://www.hawkvittles.com/ Nutritionally speaking, I would avoid this one. --B.G.--

In GEAR » Link 4 buying prepared homemade type trail food?
July 15, 12:34am

Re: Re: Video ? this is the one...
From what I can tell, the 1M dot display is about 920,000 or 921,000, which is the same as on a DSLR. The fulltime auto-iris sounds like something in a camcorder equivalent to auto-exposure in a DS...

In Photography » Video ? this is the one...
July 14, 4:09pm

Re: Video ? this is the one...
Within the last year there have been some excellent DSLR cameras for still photography that have Full HD video capability. These are significantly lighter than the Sony product, although the form f...

In Photography » Video ? this is the one...
July 14, 12:25pm

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