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Finishing What I Started: Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness, April 21-23
Background: I first attempted this trip last November, when I had to bail due to slick, sticky clay mud making walking a quite arduous activity. The route: leave from Pollock Bench Trailhead,...
Scout Camping List
Here's the list I use for multi-day scout backpacking trips. It's been tweaked and changed over the years. This is the current iteration. It's in two parts: The first is the part...
Using a quilt as a camp shawl to avoid carrying down jacket...
Hi, I've heard of people using their quilt as a shawl (sometimes under a rain/wind jacket) in camp at night before sleeping. Has anyone found this to be a practical and effective...
homeopathic "meds" for altitude
I've found two homeopathic "meds" useful for high altitude backpacking and winter ski touring. I live at just over 2,000 ft. and 8,000 ft. is the beginning of high altitude for me...
Lakeshore Trail GSMNP
Who would have thought that my computer would become a springboard for wilderness adventure? This past winter, I stumbled upon backpackinglight.com searching for a gear review (great review, Will). I shot E...
Novice PCT gear list draft 1
If you can DIY, Ray-Way's kits are very reasonably priced, especially as they come with very detailed instructions for the novice, as well as first quality materials; get the "Alpine Upgrade" for...
paper cookware lighter than titanium?
changing from other 99% post thread from mikeb. can you really cook in a paper or cup. is it really lighter than titanium? sam sam This is one of those neat tricks...
Mini Ursack?
I have a trip booked (Pictured Rocks) with bear lockers at each site but one is notorious for letting in mice.Ā Its my last site and I could opt to do a...
2024 Bob Marshall Wilderness Open
Dudes, I just wanted to let anyone who interested know that myself and my friend Keith are all in on this yearās route. We have decided to roll in Saturday morning and...
Advice for prolonged cold/wet/windy conditions - above and below treeline
It is a very well-known phenomenon in the walking world: the worse the experiences DURING the trip, the better the trip once you get home (and warm and dry and fed). Cheers...
RapidPure Filters Review
> it would be nice to pop the cell out of my headlamp in the daytime to purify my water. Now that is something I would try hard to never do. Why?...
Need help lightening my cookware weight
I have the gsi pinnacle backpacker set which I do love. I found out how much extra weight and space it took up over the past weekend when I was carrying the...
StarLyte Burner With Cap
I agree with the last post. The Starlyte is such a fine piece of gear that I love it. It packs in my Evernew .6 with the TrailDesigns Titanium sidewinder cone. Perfect...
Large mouth and clam shell packs
I purchased 500D coudura at special price of $ 6.25 yard from rocky woods fabrics. I really like working with 500D cordura it only weighs 6.5 ounces a square yard and is...
Waxing Waxless Skis??
I recently purchased a pair of waxless skis and the salesman at the store told me that I should get some wax and put it on the glide sections of the skis...
Remote Inverted Canister Winter Stove V6
Longtime Backpacking Light contributor Roger Caffin debuts the V6 model of his inverted canister stove.
Staying warm in the wet and cold
Thinking about a recent thread on jackets for wet hiking, but not wanting to derail that one too much, I thought Iād share my recent experience hiking in cold rain. Yesterday I...
Men In Tights?
"Where are the Men, The Men in Tights? Woman in tights are everywhere, Left and right!" (sung to the Robin Hood movie tune) During a recent two-week trip to RMNP I informally...
NOT backpacking light
How to hike heavy! http://appalachiantrials.com/heaviest-pack-weight-appalachian-trail-tribute-to-uhaul/ I have a friend named Yoshihiro. He's from Japan and we hiked together through Glacier National Park. I bestowed on him the trail name "Low Gear", which...
Esbit burner testing
Richard, First I want to thank you for starting this thread. It inspired me to do a lot of testing for myself, and I learned a lot along the way and I'm...
