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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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FS: Caldera Cone, Mountain Hardware Men’s Shirt, TiGoat Bivy Items for sale. PayPal only. Price includes shipping CONUS Send me a PM if you're interested. Trail Designs Caldera Cone H - SOLD http://www.traildesigns.com/stoves/caldera-keg-h New, nev... |
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Tales of a Glaciated-Scorched Earth Mt. Humphrey's from Puppet Pass Jumble Lake from Italy Pass |
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Experienced with Yosemite weather Be lightning smart - yes. Light rain lasting for brief periods (up to a couple hours or so off and on) - maybe. Also maybe strong, gusty winds, and/or heavy, perhaps intermittent rain for up ... |
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What do you use for a pillow I use a small Kookabay pillow at 1.3 oz. I lay it on my pack or just on the edge of my NeoAir pad. My wife does the same but puts hers inside a Katabatic down hood so she as a down pillow. htt... |
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Piute Pass, Humphrey's Basin, Italy Pass, Seven Gables Lakes, Merriam Pass - Thanks for all the info Thanks to everyone for the information. I'll try to post a trip report after I return. |
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Piute Pass, Humphrey's Basin, Italy Pass, Seven Gables Lakes, Merriam Pass Drew, Thanks for the photos and the info. The snow levels don't appear to be any real problem. Richard |
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Piute Pass, Humphrey's Basin, Italy Pass, Seven Gables Lakes, Merriam Pass I'm leaving this weekend for an eight day trip in over Piute Pass to explore the Humphrey's Basin, Italy Pass, Seven Gables Lakes, and Merriam Pass region. Would anyone have any recent inf... |
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Cool firestarter idea - gag birthday candles I use the gag birthday candles that you can't blow out. They weigh almost nothing and burn for a fair length of time. You can get more than one fire per candle if you try. |
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Emigrant Wilderness - Toejam Lake - July 31 - August 1, 2011 I found myself with a free Monday and decided to try and get a quick backpacking fix with a Sunday/Monday trip up to the Emigrant Wilderness. I drove up to Pinecrest Sunday morning, got my permit ... |
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Emmigrant Overnight on Thursday Whitesides Meadow August 1, 2011 |
All Reader Reviews by Richard Gless
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ZPacks Hexamid solo tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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ZPacks Hexamid Solo Tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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Snow Peak LiteMax Snow Peak LiteMax Stove I bought a Snow Peak LiteMax this spring (2009) to replace my MSR Pocket Rocket and have been really happy with it, having used it for about 20 days now. Pros: 1. W... |
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Black Diamond Orbit I saw this advertised in Backpacker Magazine (yes, I still subscribe. Every once in a while I find something useful), and thought I’d check it out. I picked it up at REI since I was going on a hike ... |
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Therm-a-Rest Neoair I recently bought size small ThermaRest NeoAir Pads for both my wife and I. We were particularly interested in reducing pack weight while retaining or improving comfort. My wife went from a ThermaRe... |
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Merrell Chameleon Wrap GoreTex XCR About twelve years ago as part of my journey to lighten my backpacking load I went from my second pair of Galibier Mountaineering boots (really heavy) to a pair of relatively lightweight Merrell leath... |
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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove I've used my BPL Esbit stove for 2-3 day solo trips for two years now. I think its a great compromise of lightweight and efficiency. You do have to recognize the stove's limitations and use ... |
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Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt I purchased the Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt in large part based on the review by Shane above. I'd been looking at the possibility of using a quilt to cut weight for some time, and when J... |
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Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite 3 It's interesting how some products work for some people and not for others. I've tried the TorsoLite and the POE UberLite. They are just too short for me (I'm 5' 11"). On duff ... |
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Zpacks Z1 I have to agree with all of Jonathan's comments. I bought this pack after seeing it mentioned on BPL and checking it out on the web. It only took about a week to arrive after I ordered it. ... |
