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Vacuum-Sealed Recycled Mylar Bags for Backpacking Food Packaging: Better than ZipLocs
Companion forum thread to: Vacuum-Sealed Recycled Mylar Bags for Backpacking Food Packaging: Better than ZipLocsMylar bags for backpacking food keep food fresh and protected from moisture. How about vacuum sealing reusable (e.g.,...
Chess in the Backcountry
The recent inquiry about mini playing cards had me wondering if there are any chess players amongst us. Though I don't play as seriously as I did 10 years ago (regular tournaments),...
Bearikade 12.5″
For those of you who are interested, they make a 12.5 inch version .. that will lay on its side, horizontally, in most of the bigger packs... I can easily get a...
Tom Doom
Backpacking since 1960, loved it all, but now I need to PACK LIGHT. My creed: Hike hard, sleep warm, eat terrific food and watch...
Ideas for no-cook diet on the JMT?
With a little over a month to go until I start the JMT (leisure pace, around 24 days). I'm entertaining the idea of not bringing a stove. Reasons for this being: 1)...
Ideas for no-cook diet on the JMT?
With a little over a month to go until I start the JMT (leisure pace, around 24 days). I'm entertaining the idea of not bringing a stove. Reasons for this being: 1)...
Ideas for no-cook diet on the JMT?
With a little over a month to go until I start the JMT (leisure pace, around 24 days). I'm entertaining the idea of not bringing a stove. Reasons for this being: 1)...
Advice – Alcohol “Simmer” Stove
I really like using the basic popcan-style alcohol stoves with my Caldera Cone, but the normal alcohol stove doesn't simmer well. There are some recipes that I've been eyeing that call for...
Justify Alcohol Stove Total Weight?
Hi Allison > What kind of close windshield do you use? With the top stoves, I have an inate fear of overheating them. I normally use a simple Trail Designs windshield coming...
flax seed
This is my first post so please forgive me if flax seed has been discussed to death. Anyway, I just happened to look at the nutrition info on some cold-milled flax seed...
Topographic intervention: reconciling terrain and neurobiology with your mental and emotional health needs
Walking is often prescribed as a catch-all fix for mental and emotional distress. But when generic advice like “go for a walk” doesn’t work, it’s not your fault - it’s the prescription that failed. This essay explores a more intentional framework: topographic intervention. By aligning terrain with specific emotional states - like using uphill climbs to metabolize anxiety or forested trails to cradle grief - walking becomes more than movement. It becomes medicine. Discover how matching physiology, emotion, and landscape can unlock walking’s real power for healing.
Relocating
Getting a payout is a plus. Â You could rent or visit a bit making sure to hold mail or forward mail to family, but seeing as your old address is being demolished...
Package a bunch of meals at once?
For the last few years, I've purchased ingredients and packaged a bunch of meals once in the spring, instead of doing that for each trip. None of my lunches or dinners are...
Massdrop Announces Dan Durston X Mid Tent: 2 People, 2 hiking poles, 28 oz, $199
Thanks both. I had seen Carlos's photos but wasn't noticing the pockets, now it's clear to me. I like how even the lower pockets are higher than the top of the bathtub....
Evaporative Heat Loss in Upright Canister Stoves (Part 1: Measuring the Temperature Drop of Evaporative Cooling)
Companion forum thread to: Evaporative Heat Loss in Upright Canister Stoves (Part 1: Measuring the Temperature Drop of Evaporative Cooling)Evaporative heat loss in upright canister stoves extends boiling times and changes fuel...
How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
Do odor-proof bags work? How do supposedly "odor proof" plastic bags for backpacking hold up to the keen nose of a Police K9?
Local Wally World carrying Mountain House
I was looking for a dry bag at the last minute and was checking out the Wally World offereings - and was surprised to see our local store carrying at least 8-12...
MSR Canister Fuel new dimensions
MSR has come out with new dimensions for its 4oz canister. I saw it at REI recently. It look like Jetboil. 80/20 blend of isobutane and propane http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/stove-accessories/msr-isopro/product MSR has come out...
Where's Hendrik?
The link to Hendrik's video series on UL backpacking disappeared from the BPL homepage last week and has not returned (yet). What's going on? A simple programming error? Has he stopped working...
zpacks Pertex Quantum Bivy
So I did some searching and didn't find anything on the new zpack bivy (says new as of 2012 on their site). http://www.zpacks.com/shelter/bivy.shtml anyone have one? Thoughts? Likes/dislikes? Thanks, I had the...
