Trip report: A 6-day, 76-mile backpacking loop in Great Smoky Mountains NP from the Sinks to the Little Tennessee River and back.
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Lightweight Backpacking Gear for Mountain Travel (Case Study)
In this video, I walk through my gear during a 9-day summer trek in the high mountains of the western US. This was a trip with friends and family – 3 other adults and four children ages 7-11. We moved camps every day but one, and spent 70% of our miles off-trail, with camps up to about 11,600 feet. Scroll down for gear notes and trip photos!
Field Notes: The Fryatt Valley Hike
My Fryatt Valley Hike trip report – photos, gear notes, planning and prep.
Podcast 015 | Trip Short: The Tahoe Rim Trail
Ryan interviews Andrew Marshall about his recent thru-hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail. They talk about snow, gear, training, and more.
Walking in Circles: A Tahoe Rim Trail Thru-Hike
A narrative about Andrew Marshall’s thru-hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail during a big snow year.
Exploring Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Range
A quick, weekend trip into the Medicine Bow Range creates the background for this story of navigation technique and philosophy.
Field Notes: Wet, Snowy, Cold – Spring Backpacking with my Son in Wyoming with Lightweight Gear
Unseasonably cold May temperatures and a winter storm warning were too much to pass up, so we set out for an overnighter in SE Wyoming.
Field Notes: Retreat from a Spring Alpine Storm
On the leading edge of the last bomb cyclone storm cycle that hit the Rockies and Midwest this spring (April 2019), I was hoping to get in a quick 24-hour trip up in the high country of Wyoming’s Snowy Range.
Fatbiking Iceland’s Volcanoes
My intention was to link the most active volcanoes of the island. I would travel 410 miles on my fat bike, carrying all of my own food and gear, combining mountaineering and fat biking in the traverse.
24: Idaho (Video – Couples Backpacking)
Ryan and Stephanie Jordan venture into Idaho’s Sawtooth range for a couples backpacking trip.