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Harrison Carpenter (carpenh) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale St. Vrain River Valley
About Me They call me Carp-Dawg, Dr. C, The Rodent Whisperer, and/or Rat Man-- depending upon who they are and what they see me doing.
StateColorado
CountryUSA
My PDF Gear List3-day, 3-season, Solo

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All Forum Posts by Harrison Carpenter

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The culprit
Ah, thanks Franco. I think you've hit on my problems. One, it was rather dry when I had the tent up (no recall, but on average our region sees 20-25% humidity daily in late August); and two, th...

In GEAR » Tacky silicone...
September 20, 5:09pm
Responses
I used GE Premium Waterpoof silicone, and Kleen-Strip odorless mineral spirits, mixed in the ratio suggested on TarpTent's website. I'd read about the talcum/baby powder method, but had (na...

In GEAR » Tacky silicone...
September 20, 4:25pm
Tacky silicone...
OK, I experienced what I think is something of a "fail" when I was seam sealing my new silnylon tent. Evidently, I didn't let the silicone/mineral spirits sealant mix cure long enough...

In GEAR » Tacky silicone...
September 20, 12:12pm
Re:
Rambling is what hikers do, Brian. :-) I don't feel comfortable making gear recommendations, since I'm not much of a reviewer. But I can offer you a few ideas about the process of "...

In GEAR » Trying to get down to 20lb pack need advice.
September 20, 7:47am
Avoid dairy and eggs
If you can put together energy bars without including any dairy or egg ingredients, you can make some that are very shelf-stable. Personally I like to make my own date-nute bars (think homemade Lar...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Making and Packaging Energy Bars
September 19, 12:33pm
Do it yourself
First: +1 for Sarah. Second: my thoughts. Looking at your list, the first thing that strikes me is that so much of it is pre-packaged, pre-made, stuff. While that's not necessarily a ba...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » backpacking food
September 19, 6:57am
Da Porkies!
Thanks so much for sharing this. I grew up in the Keweenaw, and got my first taste of backpacking in the Porkies. It's a place near and dear to my heart. I hope you had a pasty at Syl's...

In Post-Trip Reports » Porcupine Mountains
September 10, 7:51pm
Finally!
At long, long last! I appear to have developed a three-season gear list whose base pack weight (BPW) is under 10 lb! Still, I need feedback. Tell me, oh wise ones with much more experience/know...

In Gear Lists » Finally!
September 09, 9:56am
Re:
Odd. My first word was "pointless," followed quickly by "hyperbole."

In Chaff » Backpacker just came in the mail
September 08, 8:30pm
Good to see
Good to see you find Google Scholar useful. If you're really ambitious, you might find getting into PubMed (the National Library of Medicine's database) productive. You should be able to se...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Giardia study: hikers and bad hygiene?
September 08, 8:43am

All Reader Reviews by Harrison Carpenter

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TarpTent Notch
This is more of an initial test report. After sealing my Notch's seams, and doing several test-pitches in my backyard, I took it out into Colorado's Indian Peaks Wilderness Area for an overnig...

In Shelters - Double Wall Tents
September 23, 7:09pm