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Bruce Tolley (btolley) - BPL Premium Member
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MLD Bug Bivy heath I use the Medium Neo Air which seems long enough. I am 6'2" and a side sleeper. I had the small one and it seemed too short, mostly because of the 2 inch drop off at the edge. |
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Alternatives to Skyline to the Sea Trail If you start Skyline to the Sea from the Castle Rock SP parking lot, and not from Skyline itself you can avoid hearing the road noise from Hwy 9. There is road noise for the first 3 or 4 miles f... |
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MLD Bug Bivy Heath You might want to measure the length of the MLD bug bivy and compare with the specs on the MLD web site. MLD upgraded the bivy last year, making it about 8 inches longer. I owned the older o... |
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How late in the year can you hike in the high Sierras in 3 season gear +1 to October but I have done short trips out of Sonora pass in mid November. You can go to wunderground.com and find a reporting station near your trailhead and see the difference between hig... |
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Pre-filtering silt and gunk for platypus OK. Excellent information. Thanks For folks that use coffee filters or bandanas, what is used as a filter holder? |
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Filtering Silt and Gunk out before chemical treatment I am planning one or two spring trips to the California coastal range. I expect water to be a bit iffy and will need to get silt and gunk out before treating with chlorine dioxide. I use the narr... |
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Cracked fingers Thanks everyone. +1 to the need to avoid alcohol based sanitizer. I tried the Nexcare product already. it works well after the fact but I found it marginal as a preventative measure. When I went... |
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Source of balm containers Thanks. Lawson is out stock of mini bottles but the Hike Light 1/4 oz capacity bottles might work if I can fit my finger in to get the balm out. The BPL balm jars were 1/8 oz capacity but a bit ... |
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What to do with pack at night I assume we are not talking about Philmont. A standard lightweight practice which works well in California bear country where bear canisters are not required is to keep your food and snacks in ... |
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Philmont Tents Odd Number of Boys There are rules, there are principles, there is risk, and there is liability. My recollection is that there was a rule in the advisors guide. Even if Philmont has no specific rule disallowin... |
All Reader Reviews by Bruce Tolley
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Big Agnes Sting Ridge 2 My usual solo snow camping shelter is a MLD duo mid with bivy sack. But last year I started doing base camping so I started looking for an affordable, relatively lightweight 4 season tent. After exa... |
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Black Diamond Ultra Distance The new BD poles need to be praised for applying design principle of avalanche probes to hiking poles to create a lightweight, foldable pole. The 120cm carbon fiber pole has a manufacturer's claim... |
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Arc'Teryx Gamma LT pants I bought these pants because out of the pletora of sub 16 oz. softshell pants on the market, they were about the only model that seemed to come with multiple zippered pockets (3), a built in belt, and... |
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Lightweight Backpacking and Camping by Ryan Jordan et al. I found Lightweight Backpacking and Camping for $24.95 in REI before I discovered the web site, so cannot fault it for repeating material on the web site. I had already read Ray Jardine's books so... |
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ULA Equipment After much comparative shopping, I bought a Relay Pack from ULA. It arrived only a few days after placing the order. After four short trips, the haul loop ripped out. I wrote a short email to ULA (... |
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Suunto Vector I bought this watch primarily as a watch and as an aid to navigation. More specically, my goal was to possess for a trek in the Rocky Mtns of New Mexico to have a compass to discretely double check b... |
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Osprey Aether 60 While other reviewers have noted that this pack is not truly lightweight, some of that extra weight is due to features that come in handy for winter treks. This pack has shovel pocket that you can act... |
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Hilleberg Akto The Hilleberg Akto is a relatively lightweight, one-person, double-walled hoop tent weighing in at a minimum 2 lbs. 14 oz., packed 3 lbs. 5 oz. (manuf claimed weights). I bought this tent for solo hik... |
