Starting today the Outdoor Adventure will be posting a series of videos called “Survival Saturday”. We’ll be keeping the tips simple and fun and challenging others to get involved. We want this to be something people can do with family and friends. The purpose is to encourage each other to …
Read More »Cheesy Bacon Taters – Backpacking Recipe
When it comes to backpacking meals it’s important to pack meals that are lightweight to pack, taste great and are easy to cook. In preparation of hiking the John Muir Trail this summer, we’ve been testing easy backpacking meals in our Campsite Cooking Meal Series. We’ve tried backpacking recipes with …
Read More »Jetboil Helios Cook System – Great for group cooking
One of the challenges of backpacking with a family is finding a cook system that gets the job done quickly. Enter the Jetboil Helios. The Jetboil Helios is a canister stove system with 2.1 liter pot that shares the Flux ring technology that made Jetboil system famous. It’s been on …
Read More »Deconstructed Trail Pizza for a Crowd
A couple weeks ago I took some friends down the Choro Trail in the rainy season. To combat the discouragement of wet weather we decided to pull out some awesome meals using the Jetboil Helios that I picked up from the Sierra Trading Post. Yes, I had made a simple …
Read More »Good eats and cold feet – rainy season on the Choro Trail
When some friends came over to visit from various parts of the world, I knew I had to take them on the Choro Trail… even if it was the rainy season. We ended up being caught in a snowstorm at around 16000 feet and slipping down the Incan paving stones …
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