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Paul Wagner (balzaccom) - BPL Forum Member

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About Me Decades of hiking and backpacking in the Sierra...and beyond. Check out our website for fun, stories, trip reports, photos and philosophy!
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Ridge Lake skeeters
We just got back from a trip in this same area--TR is coming, as soon as I download the photos--and heard ONE mosquito. Didn't see it. Only one. And yes, this is amazing scenery.

In Post-Trip Reports » Emigrant Wilderness - Kennedy Meadows to Ridge Lake, July 27-29
August 19, 9:14pm
OK--like this?
Apparently not. I'll have to get home to do this

In Post-Trip Reports » Thousand Island Lake area of Ansel Adams
August 12, 6:42am
Is four ounces worth it? Losing your glasses
Did you lose a pair of reading glasses? When we go into the backcountry, we often go out of our way to find more remote and private campsites. Part of the joy of backpacking is the sense of sol...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Is four ounces worth it? Losing your glasses
August 10, 10:06am
Not just dayhikers
It's easy to say that this is all caused by day-hikers, but we've found lots and lots of TP in areas that are deep in the backcountry and can't be from dayhikers. It's not a coincid...

In Philosophy & Technique » Used Toilet Paper - Pack it out!
August 10, 9:31am
How dry I am
On our last trip into the eastern High Sierra, we found ourselves camped at a lovely lake at about 10,000 feet that had all the amenities, minus one: the water in the lake wasn't as crystal cl...

In Post-Trip Reports » How dry I am
August 08, 9:24pm
fuel
Easier? Probably. You just turn on the gas and light the stove. We use less than a can of fuel for a week for the two of us...but we don't burn a lot of fuel---just a liter of water for br...

In GEAR » Fuel for 5-night Trip
August 07, 9:12am
photos
OK Dan. How did you do that?

In Post-Trip Reports » Thousand Island Lake area of Ansel Adams
August 06, 9:33pm
Photos
THanks--I know this doesn't work well here. But I use Picasa to store my photo albums, and I haven't seen a way to do that. If anyone else uses Picasa and can point me in the right ...

In Post-Trip Reports » Thousand Island Lake area of Ansel Adams
August 06, 7:24pm
Hoover
WE did a lovely trip there last year...up to Fremont Lake the first night, then to Cinko Lake, and then up Long Valley for the last night. All of those were great...but I would pass up Long Valley...

In Pre-Trip Planning » 3 Day, 2 nights In Hoover Wilderness...Where To Go
August 06, 7:21pm
Thousand Island Lake area of Ansel Adams
It's been a tough year for us to get out--I've been having knee problems, and our schedules haven't worked out. But we're just back from five days wandering around Rush Creek to Ed...

In Post-Trip Reports » Thousand Island Lake area of Ansel Adams
August 05, 10:31pm

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