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Ryan Jordan (ryan) - BPL Staff
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All Forum Posts by Ryan Jordan
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SUL and Rain Dale -- My camp on that trip was a dry bed of pine needles under a spruce tree. It rained 2.5 inches that weekend. SUL is still about skill -- with a bivy, I opted out of expansive views o... |
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SUL is so fun This is super fun. Because we all have different approaches that we can learn from, but we all pretty much agree on the same things: seek simple, go light, take less. I love that. Erik: the b... |
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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... |
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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... |
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How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags Companion forum thread to: How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags |
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Pack-and-Paddle Wilderness Route Planning: Predicting Stream Flows Companion forum thread to: Pack-and-Paddle Wilderness Route Planning: Predicting Stream Flows |
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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 ... |
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Winter Firebuilding Techniques (Video) Companion forum thread to: Winter Firebuilding Techniques (Video) |
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Re: Re: Packrafting and Kickstarter JoshP: no sweat - drop me a note via the BPL contact form. - RJ |
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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,... |
All Reader Reviews by Ryan Jordan
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Jolt Gum You guys are rookies. Look at the times at which you are posting. I consumed four pieces of Jolt two hours ago and look at me, still going strong at 2 am. There is a weird flavor to it, but I ca... |
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Mike Clelland! GOO Energy Gel I've used Mike's, and made my own per his recipe. It's nasty. The color, I mean. Like a pukey green. But then again, that may very well provide some of its social appeal when hiking or skiing in... |
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) OK, I'm partial. I grew up in Seattle. For a kid who dreamed about the wilds endlessly, my Dad taking my family from our home in the burbs to Capitol Hill was a real treat for me. I have fond me... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher If you love to WALK and you haven't read this book then you are (1) not only missing out on a rite of passage that qualifies you to even claim that you're a backpacker, (2) but also ignoring what may ... |
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Black Diamond Winter Bivy I have a few Epic bivies, one from Oware, one from BD (Lightsabre) and one from Bibler (this one, the Winter Bivy). They are both great in the summer, especially in rainy weather, where the Epic treat... |
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ULA Equipment I've known Brian Frankle for a few years. Recently, Brian made backpacks for us for the Arctic 1000 expedition. He was very attentive to our feedback, delivered on time, made adjustments as needed, an... |
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Six Moon Designs Essence Welllll, I must say, I think PJ did a fine review above, but if you're looking for additional reading insight, I don't think I can follow up. I feel like the local coffee shop guitar player with a bad... |
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ULA Equipment Relay I love the Relay. It's my favorite pack for multi-day mountain running because it's so small (tucks into the lumbar) and shaped so well (hourglass) for running. Improvements could be made by adding... |
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Montrail Vitesse This is my go-to shoe for all of my longer unsupported/no resupply treks where I absolutely cannot have a shoe fail en route. I've worn through about six pair of Vitesse now, all of them had more t... |
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Inov8 Mudclaw O'330 Far and away my absolute favorite light shoe for what the Brit's call "fell running" but what I might call "tundra" trekking. It's great in soft ground (tundra, mud) but abysmal on trails and slickroc... |
