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MYOG – A Winter Canister Stove using your Summer Upright Stove and the Brunton Stove Stand
The Brunton Stove Stand is a nice bit of engineering, but is it really of any use? Oh yes: it can be turned into a neat winter stove with just a little DIY effort.
Hypothermia
Avoiding and treating hypothermia in the backcountry with ultralight equipment.
Stoves, Tents and Carbon Monoxide – Deadly or not? Supplement 1: The MSR Reactor
Roger Caffin revisits the carbon monoxide emissions performance of a production model MSR Reactor stove.
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast – When the Weather Outside is Frightful and There is No Inside, What Gear Works?
Carol Crooker exposes the insanity of Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick. Three pounds of shared sleeping quilt for minus 30 degree weather?!
Master Index to ‘Stoves, Tents and Carbon Monoxide – Deadly or Not?’ Series
This page is the Master Index to the series on ‘Stoves, Tents and Carbon Monoxide - Deadly or not?’. It lists all the files in the series and all the stoves tested, with links to the appropriate files.
Yellowstone in Winter: An Igloo Traverse in America’s Oldest National Park
Chris Townsend explores Yellowstone during the winter in a group igloo expedition with skis, snowshoes, and pulks.
Fire and Ultralight, a US Forest Service Recon
Ultralight Backpackers Scouting Post-Disaster Trail Conditions for the US Forest Service.
Trekking Techniques for Early-Season Conditions
Andrew Skurka's insights and techniques for early season trekking can dramatically increase the length of your normal hiking season.
Granite Gear Vapor Day Pack Review
Lightweight, full-featured, very comfortable internal frame day pack.
Podcast: Making Unconventional Choices for a Better Life
John Coffer is out of step with modern life - and that is just the way he likes it. Carol Crooker talks with John about his journey to contentment.
Rab Latok eVENT Glove SPOTLITE REVIEW
These eVENT-lined gloves performed so well they left me wondering why eVENT gloves are not more common.
Kamik Viper Insulated Boots SPOTLITE REVIEW
Good lightweight insulated boots for travel in dry snow, but they have some major drawbacks for wet snow travel and for normal hiking and backpacking.
Arc’Teryx Squamish WindShell Review
A full-featured, high quality windshell
Affluenza: Fact-Heavy Book Carries a Lightweight Message
Affluenza, as it is defined by the authors, is “a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.”
GoLite Ultra Quilt Review
High-quality, 800-fill down quilt with Pertex Endurance “Arid Zone” patches at head and foot is a solid value.
Green Waste? Trends in Retail Packaging for Outdoor Industry Products
Attractive and durable packaging is one thing; green packaging is quite another. The best companies have both. Learn about green packaging and see the best and worst of what the Outdoor Industry has to offer.
Reducing Winter Pack Weight: Wood Fire Cooking in the Snow
For the hardcore ultralighter, cooking over wood fires in the winter offers a way to substantially reduce pack weight on longer trips, adds a bit of warmth around camp, and forces you to learn fire skills that just might save your life someday.
Backcountry Cookfires: Overview and Techniques for Cooking Over an Open Flame
Bill Stadwiser explores the practical and emotional rewards of cooking over wood in the backcountry.
Packrafting the Grand Canyon
Roman Dial leads first legal (permitted) packrafting trek in the Grand Canyon.
New Book on PACKRAFTING Sends Rapidly Growing Sport to the Mainstream
Backpacking Light Magazine to launch first book on Packrafting in June 2008.
Podcast: The Fight to Permit Packrafting in the Grand Canyon
Carol Crooker interviews Roman Dial about his experience with the NPS for securing a permit to packraft the Grand Canyon.
