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James Marco (jamesdmarco) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Re: Re: Bugs Ha, ha...don't show her. Before the white man came to America, there were few people that *lived* there. I cannot say that this has changed that much. It remains sparsely settled. Poor soil ... |
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Bugs Stephen, Generally, between late April to late September, hey, ha. Kidding, but not by much. There are several bad hatches that happen up there and really difficult to say exactly when. A few degr... |
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Re: CCF pads Well, yes. CCF pads are pretty good. Some of my worst nights were spent sleeping on bare ground during a thru-hike when my old neo-air decided it was going to balloon. It became little more tha... |
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Re: Sectionhiker review of Esbit HE alcohol cookset with pot, lid, alcohol stove and stand Yes, Philip does some nice reviews. When you are trying to get companies to send you gear, you would NEVER say their product performs poorly. You would say it performed as "well as expected&qu... |
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Re: Edge drilling Yeah, a drill bit only cuts in one direction. It will grab the corner and pull it into the but on an edge cut...hence an extreme bind. Even clamping the thing down won't help a lot. This is mor... |
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Re: Re: Hype Yes and no. With canister gas and high output WG or Kero stoves, yes, it makes sense. The process would result in more even heating of the ti, regardless of the thinness or gauge of the material. ... |
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Re: Philosophy of Thru-hiking Hi Bill, Well, that is a very GOOD question. I will attempt to give you *my* answer, but, it will be different from other thnough hikers' answers. First off, through hikes are generally do... |
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Re: Re: Esbit Under Heat Excahnger Yeah, esbit is probably not a good thing for heat exchangers. They tend to burn a bit sooty and thus will reduce the efficiency. Add in that they don't produce a high heat and you get close to ... |
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Re: Having trouble drilling Aluminum I suspect your drill press is not running correctly, as others have said, if the bit is up and just stopping. If you have a mill press, often the chuck will use a morse taper, #1 or #2. On occa... |
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Re: Re: odor proof bags may still do some good Yeah, that is pretty much how I feel. But, this is not a scientific finding. I tend to think that bears do not like human body smells, generally. We stink to many wild animals. (Sometimes, I ca... |
All Reader Reviews by James Marco
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Klymit Inertia X Frame I picked up a Xframe (full size) a couple weeks ago. I took it out for 5 nights last weekend with my daughter, Brenda. I had a good trip but was unimpressed by the pad. I tried various techniques with... |
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gossamer murmur I have used the old GG G5 pack for well beyond a servicable lifetime. Patching, reinforcing, and repatching...it finaly died and I replaced it with a 2012 Murmur, one of the first off the production l... |
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Trail Designs Caldera Stove Great little piece of gear. Light, easy to use, miserly on fuel. Keeps the heat in on the pot and does a great job of boiling water. I will complain that it does not let enough heat out sometimes...... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air The NeoAir is a good pad, with a fantisticcall price. I have a medium which just fits me at 5'9". I usually inflate this fully while setting up camp, giving it a couple of breaths before slee... |
