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Any users of Aarn universal balance bags?
you can clearly see that her torso is flexed forward from the hip and a noticeable amount of cervical flexion.. I don’t have a goniometer handy but it looks like her torso...
Adding Down to Box Baffles
So my favorite bag ever (now 20 years old, I believe) is a MontBell Super Stretch Down Hugger. This is pre-Spiral. Even pre-single color. This is one of the old black-on-bottom, color-on-top...
Lightweight desalinization water filter
Interesting article in New Atlas today about a portable desalinization water filter that's up on Kickstarter now. Combines a traditional filter with a desalinization membrane for fresh water output of 2-3 liters...
BeFree prefilter
Monty, Just cleaned out my filter with distilled water per your instructions. Now letting it dry to see how it works. Thanks, Has anyone tested the BeFree with a liter of water...
why tents fail in the wind
Geoff, Re: "Except that all the major shelter failures I’ve actually seen in the field have been caused by breakage of bendy poles." "While 7075 T6 aluminium trekking poles are going to...
Titanium stoves for hot tents
** When I use a woodstove in any configuration I like to have it “air tight”—... The WiFi, for instance, is far from air tight. There are permanently-open breathing holes in the...
2020 Bob Marshall Wilderness Open
My trip report: I tried to shake a stomach bug. Puked my way up soup creek and down gorge creek. Pulled the plug at meadow creek. The End. Congrats to those who...
First backpack help
Hi All, My wife is joining me next year for her first hiking trip. We'll be going to France (Britanny) and hike along the coast. I've made her a quilt and now...
Making a DCF 8x8 Mid
Hey all! New member here, excited to get in on the backpacking action! So as the title states, I'm going to be making a 1.0oz/y^2 DCF Pyramid tarp, approx 8.5'x8.5'. I've found...
Sterno Inferno Sale KaBoom!
Coming this 4th of July Excusive sale for BPL members. A Kit containing the popular Sterno Inferno with added bonus features to make your upcoming walkabouts and hikes memorable. You'll see something...
Sierra High Route Ski Gear Notes
I just finished skiing the sierra high route with my buddy over the last 10 days. It was the trip of a lifetime ( so far) and the things I've learned on...
Google Earth
Been spending time searching for and looking at trails on Google Earth. You can see trails from space. Sometimes you can even see hikers on the PCT on Google Earth. I'm wondering...
Latest Dry Bag Comparisions for a sleeping bag inside a pack?
Digging through the archives here, it appears that several previous vendors of cuben fiber dry bags have ceased making this product. People seemed to like Lawson's cuben fiber dry bags, but he...
Lightweight Trekking Poles: Gear Guide
You have a technical error in this review - Force is NOT measured in lb-ft. lb-ft is a unit of torque NOT force. If the expectation of the article is to inform...
Sleeping: high R sleeping bag vs puffy coat/pants/summer quilt
Hello, I am looking for advice as I am gearing up to build a new sleeping quilt. My current climashield 5 oz quilt with drawstring footbox and 2.5oz jacket are great, but...
Massdrop Announces Dan Durston X Mid Tent: 2 People, 2 hiking poles, 28 oz, $199
Hi Roman, I looked at the tear strength spec back when we were selecting the material but that was over a year ago. I don't seem to have it on hand anymore,...
Taking a -20 F. down bag to -40 F?
Last year I got a new LL Beam -20 F. 750 fill goose down bag. At -10 it was fine. But it got me to remembering earlier winter trips with +20 F....
A strategy for older people for thru-hiking?
My husband just retired. So now we have the time. I am 67, he is about to turn 62. He has had some back issues (3 successful surgeries) but we deal with...
Who carries crew gear?
The crew leader and I worked with a plan that would divide out all the gear pretty evenly among everybody, scouts and adults included. We're a small-ish crew (6 scouts, 3 adults),...
Worried about my hiking speed
First off, let me just say thank everyone that helped me out in a thread a couple of months ago after my first trip. I upgraded two big pieces of gear so...
