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Douglas Frick (Otter) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Re: Lightweight synthetic sleep system >There's always a Ray-Way quilt kit My wife and I made a Ray-Way Quilt, deluxe 1-person with a third layer of 0.75" Polarguard 3D (it's my winter quilt). I cut it to my exact d... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Transition to a lighter pack >Final questions: How would you characterize your experience dealing with LuxuryLite in terms of customer and product support? I can't give you much of an answer because I haven't n... |
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Re: Windscreen foil You mean like this? |
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Re: Food for seirras? help > i was thinking 2 cliff bars a day, a little jerky, and dried fuit.. does that sound enough? Enough to get you through lunch, maybe. I think you're going to need more than that. If you... |
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SteriPEN Water Bottle Pre-Filter I picked up a SteriPen Pre-Filter (1.5 oz) over the weekend. The issue of water bottle thread contamination has come up in other BPL threads. This pre-filter fits on a Nalgene 1L bottle, and it has... |
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Re: Using Espresso Pods for pack-it-out backpacking If you Search Forums for "coffee" there are several older threads here on BPL (e.g., "Camp Coffee") that go deeply into strategies for UL coffee. I don't drink coffee much ... |
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pee bag >Drink up. If it's such wonderful stuff, how come the kidneys are discarding it? I trust my dumb kidneys more than I trust those people. >But hey, I get to stretch, unkink my ba... |
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Re: Re: Status >I might be able to go...late July or August. I don't have any permits. Bah. Not this year. :-( |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Transition to a lighter pack >I do a fair bit of scrambling but I've met a guy on the trail with one of those LuxuryLite packs and he raved about it. I was surprised by just how versatile those packs were, does it suit ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Dehydrated Water...almost I think Pedialyte is nasty tasting, at least the stuff I gave my kids (they didn't seem to mind). My solution (pun) is ElectroMIX from Alacer Corp, the maker of Emergen-C. One lightweight pa... |
All Reader Reviews by Douglas Frick
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Petzl Zipka I have the original 3-LED Zipka (1.9 oz with Lithium batteries). It is my regular headlamp (when there's little likelihood of hiking at night) and I always carry it with me on day hikes. It isn... |
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Lara Bars Cherry Pie I grabbed a bunch of random non-Cliff bars at REI before a recent trip. A few of them were wretched, some just indifferent, and a few I thought would be worthwhile to remember for next time. And then ... |
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Jetboil Personal Cooking System The good points are: fast, fuel-efficient, easy, simple, and reliable boiling water. You can hold it in your hand while you boil water, if finding a place to set up a hot stove is a problem in your en... |
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BackpackingLight.com Premium Membership I read all of the free articles, and after looking at the abstracts of the Premium articles, I immediately bought a membership. That was well worth it right there. I've also more than saved the price ... |
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Hiking Light Handbook by Karen Berger This is a great intro to lightweight backpacking. She covers all of the major gear areas in an uncomplicated fashion, giving overviews of what, why and how to lighten up. The book includes strategies,... |
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Sunday Afternoon Adventure hat I refer to it as my "ugly hat," but it's the one I always grab when it's sunny. I wear this hat in Hawaii, where hiking is hot and steamy. I just tighten the headband a bit (easily and securely adjust... |
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Brunton Helios "Stormproof" lighter I don't have a Brunton Helios lighter, but unfortunately there isn't a way to comment without giving a rating. I do, however, have six butane 'windproof' lighters/torches: a Brunton Firelight, a Solo ... |
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Beyond Backpacking by Ray Jardine This is a thick book with a lot of useful information. I found it inspiring, with a fairly well-balanced idea of hiking and camping with light gear. I've bought copies for friends, with the simple adm... |
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Superfeet Performance Green I have flat feet after wearing rubber slippers in Hawaii for 15 years. When I got back into hiking I found I could only pack for a mile or two before my feet started screaming. Superfeet solved that p... |
