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Hiker Trash Nation: ALDHA-West Gathering 2013

Gossamer Gear | Dec 16, 2013
Gossamer Gear Trail Ambassadors Whitney "Allgood" LaRuffa, Ryan "Dirtmonger" Silva, and Liz "Snokel" Thomas On the l...
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Vagabond Blues

Vagabond Blues

Gossamer Gear | Dec 15, 2013
On the Vagabond Loop this summer I pretty much went where ever I wanted: closed National Forests, private land, camp...
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5 Day Glacier National Park Hike

5 Day Glacier National Park Hike

Gossamer Gear | Dec 03, 2013
I went to Glacier National Park in the latter half of September with 3 other members of my backpacking club (Northeas...
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Thru-Hiking the Continental Divide Trail

Thru-Hiking the Continental Divide Trail

Gossamer Gear | Nov 05, 2013
The Continental Divide Trail is an intimidating trail. Still shrouded in a veil of mystery, relatively few have compl...
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Packrafting in Scotland

Packrafting in Scotland

Gossamer Gear | Oct 21, 2013
David Hine in his element In late June, I visited the far north west of Scotland, with fellow Trail Ambassador David...
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Fly Fishing Northville Placid Trail

Fly Fishing Northville Placid Trail

Gossamer Gear | Oct 14, 2013
The Northville-Placid Trail (NPT) is a good trail with some excellent fishing water. During my previous trips along t...
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The Appeal of Mountain Bothies

The Appeal of Mountain Bothies

Gossamer Gear | Sep 30, 2013
A Mountain Bothy Recently fellow Trail Ambassador David Hine joined me in the Cairngorm National Park for a few days...
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Backpacking in Yellowstone

Gossamer Gear | Sep 16, 2013
Descending an elk trail into the upper Lamar River. Why Yellowstone doesn't see more backpackers, and enjoy the not ...
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Polycryo Tarp in 100 Mile Challenge

Gossamer Gear | Aug 18, 2013
In June, Trail Ambassador Rob Kelly participated for the second year in the Allegheny 100 Challenge. The A-100 Challe...
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Desert Divide Dozen: PCT Peak Bagging

Desert Divide Dozen: PCT Peak Bagging

Gossamer Gear | Aug 12, 2013
The San Jacinto Mountains are one of the principal mountain ranges in Southern California. Multiple summits rise more...
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Walking the Camino de Santiago

Walking the Camino de Santiago

Gossamer Gear | Aug 07, 2013
Heather Knight - Renegade Pilgrim In the last three years, interest in an ancient pilgrimage walk, the Camino de San...
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Kauai a Hiker Paradise

Kauai a Hiker Paradise

Gossamer Gear | Jul 24, 2013
When P.O.D. (Princess of Darkness) and I traveled to Maui over Christmas for our honeymoon, visions of cocktails on a...
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