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Trail Ambassador Lint

Gossamer Gear | Oct 17, 2011
When not drinking beer and burning wooden pallets down by the river, Lint spends his time on the long distance trail...
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Handsfree Water Bottle

Gossamer Gear | Oct 14, 2011
Do you ever get tired of fishing out your water bottle every time you want a drink? And you don't want to use a bl...
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Customer on the AT

Gossamer Gear | Oct 12, 2011
A couple photos of me and my Mariposa on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail last summer. Enjoy!… 2000 Mile mar...
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Our Target Market

Gossamer Gear | Oct 10, 2011
On our recent trip to Yosemite, we ran into this gang of likely characters. They were out in this field getting read...
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Exploring Yosemite with the Guys

Gossamer Gear | Oct 07, 2011
Dave and Michael from Gossamer Gear took a trip out to Yosemite to test gear and to be with our friend Russ from T...
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How Many Stakes to Carry

Gossamer Gear | Oct 05, 2011
Philip Werner from Section Hiker recently put out a great post describing his stake collection. It makes sense to ca...
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New Trail Ambassador Guthook

Gossamer Gear | Sep 30, 2011
Meet Guthook, aka Ryan Linn, our latest addition to the Trail Ambassador family. Ryan is a long-distance backpacker,...
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Tip for Treating your Water

Gossamer Gear | Sep 28, 2011
Water doesn't always flow from a clear spring or fast moving creek, especially during a drought. Quite often it's lo...
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What to put in a Daypack

Gossamer Gear | Sep 26, 2011
What you carry in your day pack can be haphazard at best. Here is a well thought out post by Don Meredith, one of ou...
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RikSak in Southeast Asia

Gossamer Gear | Sep 23, 2011
Here are some shots of our RikSak pack in Southeast Asia. Reuben Bolieu is a customer that like to keep us in the ...
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Backpacking Sweetwater Trail

Gossamer Gear | Sep 21, 2011
As part of a VWR trail survey, Rik and Paul hiked the 7 mile Sweetwater Trail from the Sierra Madre Road to SouthF...
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Wingsuit Cliff Jumping

Gossamer Gear | Sep 19, 2011
We must say, that this is one of the most extreme uses of our packs that we have ever seen. The idea here is to put ...
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