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Ryan Faulkner (ryanf) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale Mid atlantic, No. Cal About Me My name is Ryan Faulkner, i am 17 years old, and have been UL backpacking for about 7 years. I have been inspired by hikers like Andrew Skurka, and Ryan Jordan, and have dedicated my trips to going light and fast. I plan on hiking the PCT and AT before finishing college, and after I hope to get some sort of a career in the backpacking industry.(I havent quite figured out how exactly, but i will :) I have some big plans for the future, but ill keep those quiet for now ;-P State Virginia Country USA My Website URL http://www.ryanfaulknerphotography.com My PDF Gear List Winds-Yellowstone Trek 2008

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All Forum Posts by Ryan Faulkner

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	Re: Re: MLD Pack! dang, the zip looks alot like the mariposa im thinking MLD borrowed a few design ideas form GG on this one :P	In GEAR » MLD Zip Pack? July 19, 6:29pm
	Re: John Muir Trail Unsupported Attempt have you loaded your pack with all your gear and food? is the 1200cu.in enough?? other than the volume concern, it looks like a great pack. IF i were you, I would go with an adventure racing s...	In GEAR » John Muir Trail Unsupported Attempt July 19, 1:05pm
	Re: Re: Re: John Muir Trail Unsupported Packlist same thing as mike may I recomend te salomon raid revo 20 SLAB pack http://argear.com/gear/grsalomonraidrevo20slabset-backpack.html one of the best AR pack I have seen, and alot lighter th...	In GEAR » John Muir Trail Unsupported Attempt July 19, 10:41am
	Re: Re: Re: eVENT hoopless bivy? the MLD alpine bivy is available in eVENT as well. you will get a more durable floor I beleive, save some money, but add some weight. just another consideration	In GEAR » eVENT hoopless bivy? July 18, 9:20pm
	Re: 1st CDT YO-YO Attempt this seems pretty amazing to me. I plan on doing some long thru-hikes in the future, and have toyed with the idea of attempting a sub-5 AT thru hike, but I would never try it on the Continental ...	In Philosophy & Technique » 1st CDT YO-YO Attempt July 16, 6:45pm
	Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: New Guy hey guys, welcome to the forums.. this website was one of my greatest resources in coming to a greater knowlege of ultralight gear, philosiphy and technique. Lately I have not posted as freq...	In Chaff » New Guy July 16, 11:06am
	Re: Pacific Northwest Trail - 1200 mi. - Summer '07 thanks for the updates sam im dying to do another long trip myself after reading this	In Post-Trip Reports » Pacific Northwest Trail - 1200 mi. - Summer '07 July 12, 2:46pm
	Re: denali-june07 great pictures thanks for sharing	In Photo Gallery » denali-june07 July 12, 10:08am
	Re: DBL YO-YO Hey Don, I understand where you are comming fom when it comes to wanting to do something big. I also have some big, BIG plans for in the future. my reasoning behind wanting to do such a long ody...	In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » double yo-yo of AT??? July 01, 3:15pm
	Re: Re: Re: Foot odor -- just deal with it? I like Jhon's idea :P I use thin wool trail running socks, either defeet or smartwool,(for some reason, I havent had as much smell problems after switching to wool socks instead of synthetic...	In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Foot odor -- just deal with it? June 27, 12:13pm

All Reader Reviews by Ryan Faulkner

	Review	Category
	BackpackingLight.com Premium Membership I am so glad I found this website, before this site I was carrying a 30-40lb pack, after reading the articles I got my list under 10, and after joining the forums, well carrying less than 4 pounds is ...	In Books and Media December 31, 10:20pm
	Snow Peak Gigapower Ti Good thought. I bring this stove whenever I need to simmer, one disadvantage of alcohol stoves. I like it much, much, much better than the MSR pocket rocket, the 4 titanium stands are much more ...	In Stoves - Canister December 30, 1:25pm
	ThermoJet MicroLite I did not buy this stove, in fact, I have never bought a alcohol stove, but have many of the MBD stoves and tonight added this wonder to my collection. I actually In Stoves - Alcohol December 09, 9:56pm
	Minibull Designs Pocket Puck I did not purchase a pocket puck from mini bull design, but from looking at pictures and from expeience from making other stoves I made my own flattened side burner stove. I like the overall design, w...	In Stoves - Alcohol October 06, 1:16pm

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