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I'm converted to light wieght
Hey Doug...yeah, you have a fair amount you can ditch/lighten up. By the way, why doesn't the dog carry the kibble? CharlieDog carries his own (and my trash, as he eats his...
Top layering early Sept JMT thru hike
I will appreciate any comments on my planned top layering for a 21 day thru hike starting end of August - early September. Hate to be cold! Don't want to be too...
Backpack recommendations for a 12 yo girl...
I need help. I don't live in an area where we can easily travel to have my daughter fitted for a pack. So I would like to purchase one for her for...
Almost SUL -- Help me make the cut.
Here's the list: http://lighterpack.com/r/frg9kt The two juggernuts are the backpack and foodbag. By switching them to something lighter, like Zpacks, I could be a mere 8.23oz from SUL. So here are my...
Moving to UK: I will take all the advice you can spare
Well, BPL, on December 15th I'm off to London to start a happy new chapter of life with a lovely young lady, and a wet windy new chapter of my backpacking travails....
Snow sleeping pads for me and my dog...
Dear BPLers: I'm thinking about using a regular RidgeRest and a regular ProLite Plus, and for my very warm blooded non-outdoor dog, I am bringing a short RidgeRest and a short ProLite...
Semi-commercial sleeping gear for the jungle
Hi, I'm looking for some gear for guys who do jungle trips in Indonesia. These are mostly overnight trips in tropical rainforest with different members of the public. The main priority is...
Canoeing Mississippi River
Note to BackpackingLight readers: We have posted our report on this forum even though it is not a backpacking expedition. However, the trip was human powered and we used many of the...
Sleeping wedge? Thoughts on how to do this...
Hi All I have been reading around on the community for ideas.. but with little luck. The GG tapered sleep pads are the closest I have come... but a 1" elevation is...
most miserable cold night!
I am an average temp sleeper but I also go a bit conservative with my bag/quilt - but as another poster mentioned I got the MOST improvement from upping my pad to...
The Range of Light: Fastpacking the John Muir Trail in Under a Week
Mike, your packs are also still well used here in Japan by UL/fast packing/trail running people here in Japan. Also a lot of other OMM gear like the different rain gear etc....
Return to Goretex in rainy climates?
Over the last five years that I've been a part of BPL I've shed the hiking boots in favor of hikers, replaced Goretex with faster-drying nylon shoes, traded expensive rain gear for...
Can I Cook in my Tent?
"If a bear is crossing a mile of territory just to investigate a tent that had a pot of spaghetti in it last week then that bear just wasted a lot of...
The Insulation Mess
I'm a carpenter who finished High School, as such, making sense of the work of others on this site has been tricky to say the least. I find many other MYOG folks...
A new look at Kevlar textiles and fabric in terms of insulation, particularly for gloves and socks
Edited, see the 32nd post on this thred (by me), DuPont had a misprint on their conductivity data. It is still listed as .04, but should be .14. Arrggh However, the conductivity...
2015 Bob Marshall Wilderness Open
Not long after my BMWO, I did get to take of a photo of this little bugger, so all was not lost: Great Write up Tanner, you seem to be a bear...
The inevitable bike legalization of the JMT
Come on Tom. That two page essay has nice publishing and footnotes, but it also has quite a few holes. There are plenty of good arguments against bikes in US Wilderness, any...
Hexamid in heavy deep snow?
I started a thread looking for advice on UL winter shelters a while back... But now I'm seriously considering using my hexamid. I bought some of the lawson snow anchors, and I...
Super-Awesome TIP OF THE DAY!!! (warning, thread may be too awesome for some viewers)
I think this thread is getting hijacked by toothpaste, predictably. Let's turn it back on track. To emphasize this, I will not post my strong opinions on the toothpaste conundrum. Instead, here's...
Super-Awesome TIP OF THE DAY!!! (warning, thread may be too awesome for some viewers)
"'say whatever drivel is necessary to land a gov't job ' in the interests of forum manners, i removed that multiplicity of reasons you'd want a gov't job." Ha ha! Bravo! +1!...
