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Raymond Estrella (rayestrella) - BPL Professional Member
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Aw, shucks Thank you all, and especially you Richard, I am blushing. Yeah I got a chuckle there too. But you know what? A lot of this stuff is way new to me. Dave has been wanting me to come over to the Dark... |
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New guy (kinda) here three… New guy (kinda) here three… I guess I should have done this too, but I know a lot of names here from other sites and did not think about it until I saw the other posts. Anyways, my name is ... |
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Most expensive item Bibler Fitzroy w/vestibule |
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Xanadu materials That rung a bell so I looked at the test report my brother-in-law did on that tent. It is half and half. This is from his report: "According to GoLite the tent is made of what they call Sil... |
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Re: Quick Help Needed - Sealing up my Xanadu Hello Ian, I seam sealed two Tarptents with the mineral sprits and silicone method and it was pretty painless and worked great. Here is the instructions from Henry’s site. I mixed it up in ... |
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Heavy Weight Beginnings While I had been camping from grade-school on I only dreamed of backpacking until my first trip, a 2-nighter when I was 14. We had just moved to 29 Palms so it was in Joshua Tree National Monument ... |
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Re: UL Backpacking vs Day Hiking I started doing big (for me) day-hikes or fast packs a couple years ago. While I have done up to 42 miles in a day on those I would never get near that on a backpacking trip. Like Roger alluded... |
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Re: newbie, needs some advice All these replies are right on, so can I focus on the 7-year old. I have 9-year old twins that just started backpacking last summer. They had already loved camping and know that I spend just a l... |
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Re: It's really cool when others do this in the backcountry! Great thread! It is funny that the farther in you are the less people you see yet the friendlier they are. Here is my favorite “recipient of a good deed” story I have. A few years ago... |
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Re: Fibraplex Carbon Tent Poles Hi Ben, I have FibraPlex CF poles for my Seedhouse SL2 too and have been using them for a few years now with no problem. I use them with the tent body and with the fast-fly set-up in winter. ... |
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Osprey Exos 58 Osprey Exos 58 Backpack Size: Large Year manufactured: 2009 Weight listed: 2 lb 10 oz (1185 g) Actual weight 2 lb 9.8 oz (1180 g) Volume listed: 3700 cu in (61 L) Load weight capacity sugg... |
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Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 I bought one of the first Seedhouse SL2s in 2004. Last year I bought the new, lighter version pairing it with carbon fiber poles and Ti stakes to make a total weight package of 2 lb 15 oz (1.33 kg). I... |
