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Carol Crooker (cmcrooker) - BPL Professional Member
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Sea to Summit poncho/tarp Are you interested in the Sea to Summit poncho/tarp? http://www.seatosummit.com/products/display/6 I have one in gray sil-cordura. It weighs 10.4 oz in stuff sack. The cordlock on the stuff sac... |
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Sasquatch brave (or maybe just holding his breath) Ha! Good plan to fool the unwary. |
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Sasquatch holding his breath Ed, Great tip about holding your breath. I'm imprinting that in my memory so I can try it next time I'm crossing an ice cold stream. |
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Sasquatch Gee - can't believe they crossed in bare feet. Guess if you're feet are numb you don't feel a thing. |
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Great article! Will, I enjoyed reading about your custom pack design process. Too bad my torso length isn't a bit shorter or I'd ask what happened to the first pack :) |
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Video Thanks Mark, Interesting to know you could survive an hour in ice water! |
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Dress on the move @ Arctic guys Hey Jason, Interesting. I wouldn't have thought to only partially dress, but it makes sense to keep moving. The cover of BPL magazine issue 7 has Jason Geck swimming across a river in the A... |
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Snow melt I've been immersed in snow melt. But just to dunk in. Never had to stay in long enough to swim - and wouldn't look forward to having to do that! One thing I hadn't considered before thi... |
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Swim Crossing techniques/clothing After talking with Justin Lichter, Kevin Sawchuk and Ryan Jordan about the joys of cold water swimming, I gave it a try a few weeks ago. I hiked half a mile to a narrow reservoir, swam about 50 yds... |
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Target I went to Target yesterday - they have a nice selection of silicone stuff. Including individual muffin cups, muffin pans like in the photo above, and a 1 cup measuring cup that collapses that proba... |
All Reader Reviews by Carol Crooker
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Coughlan's LED Clip-on Headlight The Coughlan’s LED Clip-on Headlight is light weight, inexpensive and bright enough for around camp chores. The red filter is a nice feature to save night vision. I gave it a 3 of 5 because it was fru... |
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Coughlan's Micro Lantern The Coughlan Micro Lantern is a tiny LED light shaped like a lantern. It has a clip ring on top so it can be hung from your tent zipper pull or the like. The light shines out in a 360 degree circle an... |
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Inov8 Terroc 330 - Men's I love the way the Terrocs conform to my feet without needing to be tied too tightly. So - our feet are different or your Terrocs came laced differently than mine. Mine came with a heel locking lacing... |
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Wilderness First Aid Classes by WMI/NOLS 16 hour course on first aid in the backcountry. Lots of hands on scenarios for practice. The course I attended in AZ in May 2006 was taught by an EMT from Pennsylvania and an EMT/ski patroller from Co... |
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Tilley LT5 Well I thought the LT5 was perfect until Ryan suggested it would be even better if it was lighter. But of course! And it's stylish too - at least we Tilley wearers think so. And Ryan, just slip on yo... |

