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A Visit to the Middle Fork of the Kings River
4.5 days, 75 miles, and roughly 20,000 feet of climbing/descending. Day 1: Up the Copper Creek Trail to Granite Pass. 10 miles, 6,700 ft (!) gain. Day 2: Granite Pass to Simpson...
Backpackable Wood Stoves: Theory and Ultralight Application
Companion forum thread to:Backpackable Wood Stoves: Theory and Ultralight Application In before, "this is diluting the purpose of the site" and, "this is BACKPACKING light, not sit-in-a-(warm)-tent light!" If not looking for...
Any interest in EtaProof fabric?
I got an offer to buy 100m of Etaproof fabric for around $18/m, company would pay for shipping. I might have to pay some customs fees though. More info here: http://www.stotzfabrics.ch/outdoorstoffe/produkte_en.html It...
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Trail Shoe Review
Companion forum thread to:Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Trail Shoe Review Thanks for the time and effort on the review. It would be nice to see manufactures build a longer lasting shoe. Especially...
Blog host question
I've been contemplating the idea of starting a blog to share my stories and experiences from my travels, backpacking trips, and other adventures. I like Wordpress as a platform but I'm stuck...
I didn't make UL weight, but I'm still excited
I've been buying a lot of gear to put a light backpacking gear kit together. My perception of backpacking had always been that very heavy gear was required - gear that I...
New to the bivy world. Looking for advice and tips!
Greeting BPLers, I’ve decided to give bivy sacks a try and have narrowed my choices down to MLD Superlight, Katabatic Bristlecone, and Borah Gear’s bivy. I have several products from MLD and...
International trip this summer: UL backpack or daypack?
I'm relatively new to this forum and have spent some time combing through some old posts to see if I could figure out a solution to my packing conundrum for my international...
First backpacking trip - lots of lessons learned...
My son (new boy scout) and I just completed our first backpacking trip - a quick overnight with his Troop that involved a thankfully short 1.5 mile hike in and out of...
Five weeks in Scotland
Jim and I are planning our next big hike - five weeks in Scotland. I'm sharing our info in case it's useful to others, and in case there are Scottish Hill experts...
5th Annual Gathering of Gear Geeks 2013: Henry Coe State Park, California
BPLers Gathering of Gear Geeks: Henry Coe State Park January 25-27th, 2013 Corral Trail Head to Manzanita Point Group Campsites 2.7 Miles Approx. Manzanita Point Camptsite Elevation 2,270 Ft. Daytime Temps: 60F...
Plains/desert in the fall/winter bikepacking list
Here is my set-up from a 4 day trip in western North Dakota in mid October. Expected conditions: High 55-80, record 90, low 35-50, record 25. Rain on 25% of the days....
Yosemite's Cathedral Range October 4-7, 2012
Dates: October 4-7, 2012 Location: Yosemite NP Trailhead: Cathedral Lakes Temperature: Low 20s to low 60s October 4 - After putting in a full day at the office, Mark and his brother...
Sierra High Route – The Trip of a Lifetime
For the last two years I had planned to backpack the complete Sierra High Route. I had read the Roper book, visualized his descriptions along the Skurka maps and day-dreamed quite often...
More than being "light". The beauty of simplicity.
I like going light, or SUL, not only to save my knees and have the general sense of physical freedom but I'm discovering that it's the simpleness of it that I'm just...
Sheperd’s Pass to Whitney Portal: A Variation on the standard JMT route (8/19/2011 to 8/29/2011)
I try and get to the Sierra every year for an extended backpacking trip. I have never done the JMT in its entirety although it is on my list of things to...
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I try and get to the Sierra every year for an extended backpacking trip. I have never done the JMT in its entirety although it is on my list of things to...
If you could only have one backpack......
What would it be. This would be as a carry on and for doing something like the AT, as well as for just bumming around the world. Lets say you could take...
Gear Primer for Newbies
Hey all, This year I've started building up my first set of gear. I'm a single, full-time student on a budget. I've been camping my whole life, but never backpacking. I have...
How often backpacking?
I'm curious: how many times do your troops backpack each year? I have a friend whose son is in a troop that's scheduled 1 backpacking trip in the last 3 years, and...
