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Kevin Burton (burtonator) - BPL Premium Member

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About Me 35, male. Software Engineer living in downtown San Francisco.

I'm an intermediate/advanced backpacker. In excellent shape. Love the outdoors.

Avid fisherman. I always carry my rod with me when I am backpacking.

I've climbed Mount Shasta, hiked most of Yosemite, visited Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

I'm going to do a 4 week section hike of the PCT in 2013.

You could say I'm addicted.

I have a bunch of backpacking videos over at

http://youtube.com/user/burtonator
CitySan Francisco
StateCA
CountryUS
My Website URLhttp://burtonator.wordpress.com

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How difficult it is to find standing wood in winter?
I'm converting to winter backpacking and I'm going to use a hot tent setup with a stove. I'm obviously going to need wood for the stove. With small amounts of snow I imagine it...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » How difficult it is to find standing wood in winter?
January 09, 2:35pm

Re: Im in whenever...wherever
PM me your email... I'll invite you to the spreadsheet. It's a LONG way off for all of this stuff so we should just try to make steady progress.

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » Alaska, Yellowstone, and awesome group trips for 2013! Let's plan now!
January 08, 3:18pm

Re: Re: quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
I totally didn't think of that!

In GEAR » quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
January 08, 12:15am

quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
Here's a great video of some kids filming a moose while they're running a quadcopter in norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6mupfi21Ys&feature=player_embedded I suspect this ...

In GEAR » quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
January 07, 9:07pm

status
Hey gang. So I went over all the replies and here's the current status update: - There seems to be significant interest in Yellowstone in the Summer (Aug/Sep) - Glacier National Park a...

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » Alaska, Yellowstone, and awesome group trips for 2013! Let's plan now!
January 07, 8:39pm

Re: Thermocouple electric generator and mounting to the chimney of a wood stove
That was my thinking as well... They don't weigh much. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTBXydMbjc is a GREAT example of one in real use. Looks like they are getting 5V and between 300m...

In GEAR » Thermocouple electric generator and mounting to the chimney of a wood stove.
January 06, 4:38pm

Thermocouple electric generator and mounting to the chimney of a wood stove.
I posted in a comment about this the other day and wanted to surface it to a thread with the hope that someone will run with the idea. I think that for winter backpacking, when you have a stove ...

In GEAR » Thermocouple electric generator and mounting to the chimney of a wood stove.
January 06, 4:10pm

Re: Going from hammocking to the ground - and now stuck in between
I have the Warbonnet Blackbird with UQ + TQ and I'm VERY happy. It was definitely expensive. I do have to admit... but I'm super comfy in it. My only chance I would make is that I ...

In GEAR » Going from hammocking to the ground - and now stuck in between
January 06, 4:05pm

Re: my preferences.
OK... all this makes sense. I wonder if we should have TWO group Yellowstone trips. One spring and one summer... in my experience this "on the ground" experience is really valuable. ...

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » Alaska, Yellowstone, and awesome group trips for 2013! Let's plan now!
January 06, 2:35pm

Re: Fishing
I think this is a good point. For the yellowstone trip we should try to figure out the ideal time to go... The only downside I can think of a three day weekend is perhaps EVERYONE will have th...

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » Alaska, Yellowstone, and awesome group trips for 2013! Let's plan now!
January 05, 11:24pm

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