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Backpacking in Utah: Gear and other q's
Greetings everyone. I'll be backpacking in Utah for the first time in a couple weeks (starting last week of May). Manti La Sal for the Dark Canyon Wilderness, Canyonlands, and Zion. I'll...
Klim vs Needo
Alright, did my research and found that Klim and Needo are different names for the same thing. It depends on marketing region and all that crap. So for those that don't know,...
Gear advice for a new backpacker.
Up to this point I have only made camping trips and a few day hikes. I am going to start doing overnight hikes(1-4 nights). I was hoping to get some advice on...
Haute Route Pyrenees, Atlantic to Mediterranean, Summer 2010
Barak wrote "I want to do the HRP, but im afraid that i will be thinking all the time "am i on the trail? maybe i got lost" because there is no...
Lightweight Internal Frame Packs: a State of the Market Report – Part 1C: Main Bag & Comfort
Yeah Roger I noticed . Your remark about your build and fit made sense or at least threw off the partisans. For me it was just history and luck I ended up...
Shelter conundrum
I’m going to try to walk about 10 days along the AT in Shenandoah and northern Virginia this summer, and I’m trying to decide which shelter to take along. As I contemplated...
Eating low-carb on trail
I'm 74 and have been battling insulin resistance and an elevated HbA1C. At home, I've been eating low carb along with intermittent fasting. That has helped my numbers. Most of my outings...
Sierra High Route thru-hike – 12.5 days
I've been a huge fan of the BPL forums for a long time, and I finally became a member. I figured a good first post would be a trip report of my...
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area: Rainbow Forest unit
Petrified Forest National Park in eastern Arizona has two wilderness units encompassing 50,000 acres. Small by western standards. I headed to the southern and much smaller of the two wilderness units, the...
Los Padres, Father and Son, 1/22-1/23
Setting forth into a sea of golden grasses, the sun getting low, extending shadows, a breeze beginning to stir. We pass a few quail hunters and wish them well, talking quarry and...
Best Practices: Saving Time in the Morning
Okay, I think that I have my gear dialed in for me. What I am interested in what people are doing the night before to save time in the morning to help...
Waist High: Wandering the Deep Canyons and Lonely Mesas of the Gila
Aldo Leopold, the father of environmental ethics and wilderness conservation once said that, "Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land." As a 26yr. old husband and a father of...
Waist High: Wandering the Deep Canyons and Lonely Mesas of the Gila
Aldo Leopold, the father of environmental ethics and wilderness conservation once said that, "Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land." As a 26yr. old husband and a father of...
2 weeks on the Continental Divide
Hi Everyone, I just got back from an amazing trip—my first in many years. Since most of my gear selection for this trip was informed by this site, I thought it appropriate...
Ultralight Outfitters Beer Can Stove System for Esbit Fuel
Sunny... I know eh?!?! It's crazy. You can't seem to buy metal coat hangers anymore... just plastic. I want to buy them regardless of my "inventing"... for my closet. The plastic ones...
Can anyone recommend balanced, great-tasting energy bars?
I find one bar I like, buy a ton and then hate them after number 8 or so. Or find that out on trail, they’re too dry and so am I and...
Looking for senior backpackers
Planning 1 or 2 trips to the Bob Marshal and back to the Wind River Range. I am 68 and definitely planning the Wind River Range. Experienced and know my limitations. The...
Need Some Feedback
Hello all, New to the forum and also to backpacking. Been lurking here for awhile and finally got a membership and put together a gear list to try to get some feedback....
Replacement for Glad Simply Cooking Microwaveable bags for FBC?
I discovered these a few years and was going to try some out this year. They weigh 7.98 g on my scale. But yesterday, I went hunting at several stores trying to...
HMG vs. Zimmerbuilt
Both easy to work with. Both have excellent reputations. Both cottage industries. Zimmerbuilt can be tailored, while the HMG has slightly stronger cuben and claims to handle a little more weight. Anybody...
