Tag Archives: backpacking

Are you ready for the hammock-life? To be honest I wasn’t sure if I was, and am still not sure, but have found that the Grand Trunk Single Parachute Nylon is a great way to try it out. Why is this? For the single reason that the Grand Trunk hammock …

Last week I was tagged by a fellow hiker Hiking Forward to answer 11 questions as part of the Liebster Award. The Liebster Award is a Blogstöcken (Blogstöcken translated means Blog Stick.)  This award has been around for nearly a decade and the idea is to tag bloggers to learn more …

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As we start heading towards backpacking season, I figured it was time to talk about dehydrating your own food. A week or two ago Gina Begin asked around about what we did and why for this #TeamSierra post on Dehydrating your own camp meals at the Sierra Trading Post.My wife pulled …

Summer is practically upon us and that means that it’s time to lather-up with sunblock and/or cover-up with a good sun hat. One I can happily recommend, having put to a lot of use, is the Armachillo Sun Cape cap by the Duluth Trading Company. Hats are my primary form of sun …

When I hiked the John Muir Trail last summer, I needed lightweight base layers that would handle cold alpine mornings were lightweight and breathable enough to handle the hot California summer sun, and were odor resistant, durable and good looking. I chose to bring my Terramar Sports Smartsilk Dri-release base …

Meeting up with friends at night, on a trail that I had never been on, without a map and with only a marginal idea of what I’m looking for… What could possibly go wrong? I’d just arrived in Washington from Bolivia (where I had lived at around 10000+ feet for …

When out and about, whether in the wilderness or not, there are some items that we like to keep on our person at all times. A sharp knife is often one of those items (for me at least) which can be indispensable to have when prepping meals as well as …

Although there are a lot of camping mattress manufacturers, there are few that seem to master their market. Klymit is one of those companies that does it right, and the Klymit Static V is a great example of this. The Static-V is Klymit‘s entry-level inflatable mattress, but don’t be deceived …

Ok, it took us 16 days, but if you want to see that trip condensed down to just 5 and a half minutes then this is the post for you. Over the next few months I plan to put together a series of posts on preparing for the trail, so …

        Nervous tension as we got up for an easy 13 miles to Guitar Lake. The terrain had changed yet again and there was so much to see as we approached the cliffs of insanity (a.k.a. Mt. Whitney). The weather turned bad yet again as cloud came …

It was round about this time that the finality of the trip started to set in. There were less than 50 miles left to go, and although are bodies were ready for them, I don’t think our minds were.   We crossed Glenn Pass and then stormed up the ascent …