Tips for Lightweight Winter Backpacking
For 3-season backpacking, one of my primary goals is to go as light as possible, and I've gotten pretty good at putti...
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Connecting Life with Minimalist Hiking
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"How do you wash your clothes?" is one of the most frequent questions I get asked, closely followed by "Where do you ...
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DIY Chew-Proof Bear Bag
Four years ago when fellow hiker Lee Fields and I were preparing to do a long distance hike on the AT, I ran across a...
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Tips for Keeping a Trail Journal
Keeping a trail journal is one of the time-honored traditions in the hiking community. It serves as a personal diary ...
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Solo Hiking Risks and Rewards
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While I do enjoy hiking with others, I find myself planning many adventures without ever contemplating who I'm going ...
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Easy Foot Care for Hiking
Sore feet and blisters can be a major problem for both beginning hikers and experienced backpackers. I had never seen...
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DIY Self-Tensioning Guylines
One of the popular fabrics for making lightweight tarps and shelters is silicon-impregnate ripstop nylon–silnylon or ...
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Simple DIY Mini Toilet Paper (WAG) Bags
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Technically speaking, a WAG bag is designed to collect human excrement (poop) and allow you to pack it out. In some l...
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Ode to my Trusty Alcohol Backpacking Stove
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Through snow, rain, wind and in the dry of the desert-you are always there for me. You never fail to perform your dut...
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Courage to Go Backpacking Solo
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Love backpacking but have a hard time finding companions? You are not alone, and ultimately if you find yourself drea...
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How to Walk Straight while Hiking
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Over the years of my thru-hiking endeavors I have progressed in my ability to be a better hiker. I think most long di...
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The Art of the Bail
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View from the Wonderland Trail Remember the Clint Eastwood movie, The Eiger Sanction? During the climbers meeting, C...
