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    Jay Trent
    Member

    @jay590

    Locale: blue mountains, Australia

    Epirb and acsenders. But for my birthday today i got a GPS and rain jacket. It'll give my mum a piece of mind so she doesn't have to worry about me when i go out walking.

    Yay! going walking for a week on the 4th of jan

    #1466544
    Joe Clement
    BPL Member

    @skinewmexico

    Locale: Southwest

    You know what they say about mum (in my house anyway)……if momma ain't happy, nobody's happy!

    #1466548
    Mike W
    BPL Member

    @skopeo

    Locale: British Columbia

    #1466553
    Nate Meinzer
    Member

    @rezniem

    Locale: San Francisco

    Is it just me or did REI put everything back to full price after Christmas…..hrmmm….seems like they want full-price for items bought with the gift cards, now that gift-buying is over.

    Kind of irritating because after I saw how low they were willing to go, it's hard to pay full-price for anything.

    #1466555
    Joe Geib
    BPL Member

    @joegeib

    Locale: Delaware & Lehigh Valleys

    Kahtoola Microspikes. My Yaktrax broke in the ice storm last weekend.

    #1466573
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi jay

    > give my mum a piece of mind
    Ahhh… a piece of whose mind?

    Oh – did you mean peace of mind? :-)

    Cheers

    #1466589
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Santa brought me a BPL SUL Ti short handled spoon. 4.75" long and 0.25 ounces. Just right for my Firelite SUL550.

    #1466591
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Luckily, REI carries almost no UL stuff — so no temptation there…

    #1466592
    Brian OKelly
    Member

    @losthillsguy

    If you need to buy something, anything at all, wait till late Feb or March. My prediction is that by that time many retailers (including REI) will be selling lots of stuff for less than cost.

    #1466602
    Ali e
    Member

    @barefootnavigator

    Locale: Outside

    Umm, what happens then? should I be stocking up on Ramen? Alai

    #1466638
    Paul Tree
    Member

    @paul_tree

    Locale: Wowwww
    #1466645
    Simon Wurster
    BPL Member

    @einstein

    Locale: Big Apple

    I was a good boy:

    Zebralight H30 w/2 RCR123A Batteries and Charger
    Perhaps the perfect headlamp for backpacking? Haven't tried it for that yet, but for reading up-close thru on-trail navigation, the H30 really "shines."

    Kershaw Two-Can
    OK, I was looking for a tiny one-handed open/close knife, and decided to go with the Two-Can, a clever hybrid scissor/knife. Not a one-handed knife, alas, but still a keeper.

    Leatherman Serac S2
    Like Swiss Army and Gerber, Leatherman has jumped on the LED flashlight scene, and they've really done their homework. The single AAA light has a Cree XR-E 7090 LED, two brightness levels (5 and 35 lumens) and always turns on at 5 lumnes, and–get this–sports a clicky switch, so you can operate it comfortably with one hand.

    ID Bugaboo Bivy, eVent (in Green!)
    Oooooo, la la! Been drooling over this for months, and these never go on sale (and if they do, it's the yellow one). Really can't wait to try this baby out.

    #1466652
    Ryan Jordan
    Admin

    @ryan

    Locale: Central Rockies

    I got an AXE for Christmas. No kidding! I wanted a hatchet for backpacking as a companion to my ultralight wilderness ski hut setup, which I featured as one of my staff picks this year (the Ti Goat Vertex 8+ and Ti Stove). It's the little Gerber Backpacker's Axe, 13.5 oz, which means I can chop wood from my sleeping bag :)

    #1466655
    two pints
    Spectator

    @madgoat

    Locale: Ohio

    montbell thermawrap jacket

    XXL 10.2oz and joy of joys, the sleeves are longer than my arms. Thats new.

    #1466657
    Dana S
    BPL Member

    @naman919

    Locale: Richmond, Virginia

    GG Spinntwinn and lightrek 4 poles

    SpinnTwinn

    and a Petzl eLite

    Hurray!!!! :)

    #1466684
    Brett Grizzle
    Member

    @bdgriz

    Locale: Northeast GA

    Bearvault 500 and camp corsa ice axe, really getting excited about the pct now!

    #1466687
    Joe Westing
    Member

    @pedro87

    Patagonia R1 Hoody
    BPL SUL Long Handled Spoon
    Light My Fire Scout Firesteel
    Icebreaker 140 Tech T Lite
    Gerber E-Z Out Jr.
    Trekking Pole DVD from REI
    Allen and Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book
    Allen and Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips
    AMC's Best Backpacking in New England
    Packrafting! by Roman Dial
    an IOU from my parents for a new solo shelter (probably the Contrail)

    I was very lucky this year…a great christmas!

    #1466701
    John Haley
    Member

    @quoddy

    Locale: New York/Vermont Border

    Santa was good to me…
    A few things made it here before Christmas:
    Mountain Hardwear Beryllium Jacket
    Montbell UL Down Inner Parka
    Vargo TiJet Stove (to join the growing stack of stoves)

    On the way from the BPL Sale:
    Thorofare Shirt and Pants
    BMW TorsoLite Pad
    Several misc. items

    Ordered, being made, but not here yet:
    Nunatak Specialist Quilt
    MLD DuoMid (Spectralite)

    #1466705
    Lynn Tramper
    Member

    @retropump

    Locale: The Antipodes of La Coruna

    Well, for my pre-Christmas week hiking, I got nothing but rain…and a secret new toy I can't tell you about, and a 2 ounce trout spinning rod (which was actually for my birthday).

    Other than that, we don't exchange Xmas gifts, but we sure enjoyed sharing our famous turkey-italiano pizza with the rest of the family.

    Turkey
    Smoked Venison salami
    mushrooms
    red onions
    red, yellow and orange peppers/capsicums
    basil pesto
    pasta sauce
    feta cheese
    paremsan cheese
    kalamata olives

    #1466710
    Mark Bishop
    BPL Member

    @mark_b

    Locale: Northwest (WA)

    A modest and UL Christmas for me, I got a Stick Pic and it’s only going to add 11 grams to my base weight. I’m hoping this will generate some family interest in my solo hiking pictures since the prevailing comment seems to be: “there’s never any people in your pictures!”

    #1466714
    te – wa
    BPL Member

    @mikeinfhaz

    Locale: Phoenix

    Allison, dont you know the way to a mans heart is through his stomach?!
    stop with the teasing already, that pizza is making me drool!
    I got no gear related gifts, only thing i can use while camping is a bag of white choco covered coffee beans. And some free time to go hiking, the best gift of all.

    #1466729
    Lynn Tramper
    Member

    @retropump

    Locale: The Antipodes of La Coruna

    Oh, yeah, ya gotta have sun-dried tomatoes on your pizza too.

    You are quite right Michael- the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and the bestest gift of all is the time to pursue our outdoor interests.

    I also got a tee-shirt. It has a picture of an old (NZ) forest on it, with the words "Native Trees-Where Bigger Really IS Better". It's a size too big, but with all the pizza I've been eating I will soon fill it in!

    #1466745
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Pigmonkey,
    If you read this, what is the location of your Avatar map?

    #1466748
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Bump

    #1466749
    Chris Morgan
    BPL Member

    @chrismorgan

    Locale: Southern Oregon

    Patagonia R1 Hoody
    Bushbuddy Ultra
    ID Shortie Gaiters
    Icebreaker Beanie, Socks, and Liner Gloves (I can't get enough of this stuff)
    Hennessy Hammock Hyperlight

    And I just had to pick up a 1100 Ti Pot for the Bushbuddy, at 40% off.

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