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...
For 3-season backpacking, one of my primary goals is to go as light as possible, and I've gotten pretty good at putti...
"How do you wash your clothes?" is one of the most frequent questions I get asked, closely followed by "Where do you ...
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...
Keeping a trail journal is one of the time-honored traditions in the hiking community. It serves as a personal diary ...
While I do enjoy hiking with others, I find myself planning many adventures without ever contemplating who I'm going ...
Sore feet and blisters can be a major problem for both beginning hikers and experienced backpackers. I had never seen...
One of the popular fabrics for making lightweight tarps and shelters is silicon-impregnate ripstop nylon–silnylon or ...
Technically speaking, a WAG bag is designed to collect human excrement (poop) and allow you to pack it out. In some l...
Through snow, rain, wind and in the dry of the desert-you are always there for me. You never fail to perform your dut...
Love backpacking but have a hard time finding companions? You are not alone, and ultimately if you find yourself drea...
Over the years of my thru-hiking endeavors I have progressed in my ability to be a better hiker. I think most long di...
View from the Wonderland Trail Remember the Clint Eastwood movie, The Eiger Sanction? During the climbers meeting, C...