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Skyline to the Sea Trail, Santa Cruz Mountains
I did this trail over the weekend as an overnighter. it ended up being about 35 1/2 miles, as i did a small detour to stay at sunset camp and view the...
Issues with sluggish CalTopo
Lately when I try to use CalTopo on my laptop to plot routes I find it runs extremely slowly to the point of being essentially unusable. I'm wondering if this is a...
Crossing the Adirondacks
Ari Jutkowitz goes backpacking in the Adirondacks to the tune of 161 miles over the span of 8 days. He shares his thoughts and experiences.
caldera cone modification?
I am looking to lighten my gear some more. I absolutely love my cooking setup but have a little room for improvement. My current kit is a BPL trapper mug (475ml) with...
expanding my menu
I'm moving away from freeze dried foods and making the huge jump to Pasta Sides (I know. Hold me back, right!). Can this stuff be cooked by adding boiling water and placing...
Custom Zimmerbuilt / Kifaru hybird pack.
I had Zimmerbuilt make a custom pack for my Kifaru Bikini frame. I sent the frame to him and he made a custom pack bag using Kifaru hardware and the attaching points...
My Paleo
I usually balance her on my hip... which helps a lot. She's only in the 50th percentile for size and has been since the get-go. The buffet sounds just like my LD...
I'm so confused re: daily calorie requirements
Curtis, Don't sweat it for 5 days. Over about forty years I usually figure 1.1 pounds per day of high density food 1.5 pounds per day of medium density foods. 2.0 pounds...
Use a cup as an iPhone speaker
The speaker port on an iPhone is at the bottom of the phone. If you place the phone in a cup/pot, the pot will act like a small speaker. It works with...
SUL on the Shipwreck Coast
The Shipwreck Coast refers to the Lake Superior Shoreline in the upper peninsula of Michigan between Marquette and Whitefish Point, and includes the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It gets its name from...
Yosemite " Epic snow Trip" 2011
WOW!!! I don't even know where to start. Originally this trip had around 12-13 people going up to Dewey Point in Yosemite on 3/17-3/20/2011, as it got closer to the take off...
4day/3night late October AT
Item Weight (g) weight (oz) Clothing (Carried) Teko Socks crew , green 56 1.98 Patagonia Cap1 bottom 160 5.65 Patagonia Cap 1 top 174 6.15 Land's End Down Jacket 418 14.77 Acrylic...
Who is your daddy and what does he do?
Hi Sarah, As you said in your great cook book 'Freezer Bag Cooking': "Do not take what you do not like to eat." That's a good philosophy to apply to our whole...
Beer pot + canister stove???
Just curious to know if anyone has tried a beer pot with a canister stove. For instance, a heiny keg with a msr pocket rocket, or anything that produces a focused flame....
Gram Weenie stove
This is my second alcohol stove. The first was a brass one, heavy as heck, that my well-intentioned wife bought me. I've never used it. I have a couple of MSR stoves...
cold weather clothing
I recently had the chance to photocopy a rare article from some time shortly after 1946 that had been retyped by none other than Mors Kochansky. It was written by the artic...
FORTY BELOW!
FORTY BELOW! Winter solo backpacking (Ultralight in the Nation’s Icebox) over 380 miles in just 16 days in northern Minnesota is really something! Andrew Skurka does do the dream and he leaves...
A New Use For Fruit Cake
. Fruitcake: More than a hefty holiday gift .Some people may recognize some familiar faces in the story oh man now I want fruit cake real bad Has anybody carried fruitcake while backpacking? How...
Dispatches from the Beartooth Plateau (Day 12): Exit to the Beartooth Cafe
Live dispatches via satellite from an expedition in Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness: Day 12 - Exit to the Beartooth Cafe
Sterno Inferno model 70138 High-tech Sterno?
I'd rather tip over a burning Starlyte than a burning BRS. Â ;^o That is good work, Bob. I admire your thoroughness and your artistry. Dan and I (and likely many others)...
