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Gear up for Spring with Gossamer Gear’s Thoughtfully Curated, One-Stop Gear Collection

Gear up for Spring with Gossamer Gear’s Thought...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop You may have found yourself at Gossamer Gear's door when you realized your pack was simply too heavy. You probably stuck around when you felt connected to...

Gear up for Spring with Gossamer Gear’s Thought...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop You may have found yourself at Gossamer Gear's door when you realized your pack was simply too heavy. You probably stuck around when you felt connected to...

Great Divide Trail + Continential Divide Trail: A Challenging Epic Thru-Hike from Mexico into Canada

Great Divide Trail + Continential Divide Trail:...

Brian Fryer

Lead-Up to Connecting the Great Divide Trail with the CDT On September 19, 2017, I reached the northern terminus of the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail after 3 years of...

Great Divide Trail + Continential Divide Trail:...

Brian Fryer

Lead-Up to Connecting the Great Divide Trail with the CDT On September 19, 2017, I reached the northern terminus of the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail after 3 years of...

Gossamer Gear Headquarters Grand Opening Brings the Austin Hiking Community Together

Gossamer Gear Headquarters Grand Opening Brings...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop After 20 years of designing and distributing lightweight gear for backpacking out of a variety of garages and garage-like facilities, we decided to ring in March 2019 like...

Gossamer Gear Headquarters Grand Opening Brings...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop After 20 years of designing and distributing lightweight gear for backpacking out of a variety of garages and garage-like facilities, we decided to ring in March 2019 like...

Camping in Austin: 5 Places to Explore the Texas Collection’s Inspiration

Camping in Austin: 5 Places to Explore the Texa...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop As a city just shy of a million in population, Austin might not initially appear to an outsider as a hot camping destination. However, this unique city...

Camping in Austin: 5 Places to Explore the Texa...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop As a city just shy of a million in population, Austin might not initially appear to an outsider as a hot camping destination. However, this unique city...

Best Lightweight Luggage for International Travel? Same as for the Trail.

Best Lightweight Luggage for International Trav...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop We all know what it looks like. Carefully packing everything into our carry-on luggage just to have to dump it all out again at the security checkpoint....

Best Lightweight Luggage for International Trav...

Korrin Bishop

By Korrin Bishop We all know what it looks like. Carefully packing everything into our carry-on luggage just to have to dump it all out again at the security checkpoint....

Sharpie Permanent Markers: An Unexpected Backpacking Essential

Sharpie Permanent Markers: An Unexpected Backpa...

Brian Fryer

I view "doing without" as an essential skillset in pursuit of the ultralight/minimalist backpacking ideal. While, at times, I have defined my approach in terms of what I was not...

Sharpie Permanent Markers: An Unexpected Backpa...

Brian Fryer

I view "doing without" as an essential skillset in pursuit of the ultralight/minimalist backpacking ideal. While, at times, I have defined my approach in terms of what I was not...