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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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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 |
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Emmigrant Overnight on Thursday Another poster put up a trip report on this trail about a week or so ago. He stopped at the Cherry Creek crossing saying the water was too high to safely cross. Just something to think about. ... |
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How not to cross a river!" Some hiker's in Yosemite weren't so lucky. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/01/BA1I1K4VG6.DTL |
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Sleeping with a CATHETER Edwin, I find it hard to believe that anyone who has used a catheter is serious about backpacking with one. Good luck with your prostate surgery. There are a number of support groups availab... |
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Freeze dried Ham in foil pouches Thanks to everyone for their input. The #10 tin looks attractive pricewise, but since I'll only do 2-3 ham based meals a summer, it's a bit of overkill. I'll try the low sodium spam i... |
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Freeze dried Ham in foil pouches A long time ago you could get freeze dried ham in foil pouches. I've seen it in bulk, but haven't seen it in 2-4 oz packets for a long time. Does anyone have a source for freeze dried h... |
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What use is a big, center mesh pocket on your pack to you? My Mariposa has full size net pocket on one side and a lower and and upper side net pocket on the other side. After years of experimentation and evolution I use the full size side net packet for m... |
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Clasps for Ti Foil wind screen for small pot Someone else suggested old fashioned woman's hairpins in an old BPL thread. They weigh essentially nothing. Works for me. |
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Tent materials in hail I spent a couple hours in my Tarptent Cloudburst in heavy pea size hail in the Sierras a few years back. No problems. |
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. ... |
