September 5, 2008
God, I Love the Smell of HDPE in the Morning…
Among the more esoteric search topics that bring visitors to SierraDescents is the question of the scent of HDPE water bottles.
Do HDPE water bottles really smell bad, people wonder? Or was that just a marketing pitch started by the creators of Lexan?
Here at the world-renowned SierraDescents Institute for Plastic Odor Research (SIPOR), I decided to create an elaborate experiment to answer that question once and for all (more…)


Brooks Ultralight Tarp
North Peak - North Couloir
Williamson - Bairs Creek Cirque
Shasta - Hotlum-Wintun Ridge
Shasta - Avalanche Gulch