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Tim Cheek (hikerfan4sure) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Tim Cheek
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class I water PFD? Dan, Do you feel that you need a PFD on a lake? I'll confess I didn't use one last summer on a trip in the Wind River Range. I pieced together a route that was arguably safer on the wa... |
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microspikes Hey, I broke one of mine on a glacier last year, so I'll take it! Sending a pm. |
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Dinwoody Creek Thanks, Eric. This photo had given me hope: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18383598 |
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Dinwoody Creek - Wyoming Does anybody know if the Dinwoody Creek is navigable/floatable by Alpacka Scout raft in late August/early September? I'm considering a route from Blaurock Pass to Downs Fork. Thanks! |
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Really really waterproof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPM8OR6W6WE&feature=youtu.be |
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Fastening paddles with compression straps Ryan, I guess I'm in the pocket or "slot" camp for packs. When I tried blade up the blades were so wide they kept the compression straps from compressing the pack. Not an issue in... |
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Fastening packraft paddles to pack without pockets Ryan, Would you post a picture of how you lashed or secured your packraft paddles to your pack? I have alpacka's Sawyer paddles and used one of McHale's bottle pocket with success, but ... |
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Google trail views Something about planning a trip with this much information in advance strikes me as wrong. I remember Colin Fletcher complaining that guidebooks were a step in the wrong direction. http://www.... |
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Knifepoint Glacier in Wind River Range I'm sympathetic to your partner. I went ahead with my trip notwithstanding a head cold and I'm still recuperating... The glacier was slick. I was on it at noon on a partly cloudy day. Th... |
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glacier microspikes I needed mine! Did you? |
All Reader Reviews by Tim Cheek
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Tarptent Contrail I thought I was going to melt in this tent on two humid sea level tropical nights. But, the netting was key to providing enough ventilation. Meanwhile the small ants that would have made tarp campin... |
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Montrail Vitesse These feel like slippers. No kidding. What a ride. Hiked the kalalau trail in Kauai, an 11 mile hike that is probably 90 percent up or down. Felt great. I got two or three bad sore spots fro... |
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Aquastar Aquastar - plus The first generation of this product failed in the first 24 hours of a six day trip on the CDT in the Weminuche. I carried the half pound the rest of the trip, and "stretched" my back up aqu... |
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Staying Safe In Bear Country DVD This is an instructional DVD on what to do when confronted with a bear in the wild. The narration, sound and film are excellent given the fact that they are filming wild bears. The 48 minutes are... |
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Lighten Up DVD with Glen Van Peski . This is a first rate DVD and worth every bit of the $5.00 cost. It does focus on gossamer gear's stuff, but the thrust is how one can lighten one's pack weight without a loss of comfort or sa... |
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Nunatak SkahaPlus Ditto. Used mine with an arc alpinist in the Wind River Range. Temperatures in the 20's and I was toasty. |
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Lightweight Backpacking and Camping by Ryan Jordan et al. I'm surprised I'm the first to review the book. The rest of you must have time to hike! This book will be familiar to members who have read this web site extensively. Some chapters are lifted str... |
