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Ryan Jordan (ryan) - BPL Staff

My Locale Greater Yellowstone
About Me Backpacking Light Magazine Publisher and co-founder. My "home" backpacking areas are the national parks and wilderness areas of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. My own approach to ultralight backpacking currently focuses on reducing the number of items in my kit, to achieve simplicity and efficiency on the trail, and applying UL techniques and materials to long hikes w/o resupply.
CityBozeman
StateMontana
CountryUS
My Website URLhttp://www.ryanjordan.com/
My PDF Gear ListFall 2007 Absaroka Backbone

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All Forum Posts by Ryan Jordan

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bikeraftfishpacking
@DaveC: 36/18. I like it for dirt roads, and allows me to commute reasonably. I have to walk up some hills with it, though, and the kids smoke me on the downhills of course. I'm looking for a S...

In Editor's Roundtable » SUL BikeRaftFishPacking (BFRP)
May 17, 9:04am
Seasoning oil
Ed, good comments, and concerns. Free radicals released from oils can be caused by excessive heating. This is the "bad" part (carcinogenic) of oils, especially "dry" oils (th...

In Editor's Roundtable » Lightweight Fry Bake Gear and Technique (Video)
May 04, 12:11am
How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
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In Editor's Roundtable » How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
April 10, 12:09am
Pack-and-Paddle Wilderness Route Planning: Predicting Stream Flows
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In Editor's Roundtable » Pack-and-Paddle Wilderness Route Planning: Predicting Stream Flows
April 10, 12:08am
Re: Spring Raftpacking (and Packrafting)
@T.L. - I rarely take gloves backpacking between about April and September unless I'm doing a high mountain trek, so any gloves I take for whitewater packrafting are always with an eye towards ...

In Editor's Roundtable » Spring Raftpacking (and Packrafting)
March 27, 12:21pm
Winter Firebuilding Techniques (Video)
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In Editor's Roundtable » Winter Firebuilding Techniques (Video)
February 20, 1:50am
Re: Re: Packrafting and Kickstarter
JoshP: no sweat - drop me a note via the BPL contact form. - RJ

In Editor's Roundtable » Yellowstone River Packrafting
February 07, 7:38am
Packrafting and Kickstarter
Josh wrote: "Seems odd that all this coincides while Ryan trying to get his Kickstarter going. Just saying." Really? I thought that would be a strategic and intentional thing to do,...

In Editor's Roundtable » Yellowstone River Packrafting
February 06, 6:49pm
packrafting, backpacking, and bacon
BPL's Mission Statement since '07 is "To promote multi-day, backcountry travel in a self-supported ("backpackable"), lightweight style." Occasionally we'll pop ou...

In Editor's Roundtable » Yellowstone River Packrafting
February 06, 3:01pm
photos
Detective Cas, good work. The tele shots were made with the Leica 90/2.8 Elmarit (not EXIF-coded). The NEX7 is a nice all-round camera, but suffers from rapid overheating when shooting video ...

In Editor's Roundtable » Photo Essay: Spanish Peaks, Lee Metcalf Wilderness, Montana
February 01, 8:00am

All Reader Reviews by Ryan Jordan

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Nunatak Arc Alpinist
Specifically, this review is related to the standard 20-degree rated Arc Alpinist model offered by Nunatak, weighing 18 oz in the lightest fabric. Any other configurations of this particular model are...

In Sleeping Bags - Quilts & Top Bags
August 02, 1:58am