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could you recommend tent and pack?
Hello I am updating my shelter and backpack. I wonder if you could suggest something around the following specifications: Shelter Less than 1.5 kg/52oz Four season (will be primarily used in Iceland...
DCF Shelter failure during a hailstorm in Alaska - Skurka video
https://www.startribune.com/the-hunt-for-big-hail/600204160/ That title is on several news sites over last day or so, all written by same journalist. I wonder if a pyramid tent would be better in hail because of steeper...
Durston X-Mid Pro 2 arrived :)
The wait is over. Too bad we didn't get it before our JMT hike in July - it would have been interesting to test it in the recent monsoonal rains. Now we...
Hubba Hubba vs. Portal?
Hello, Since I learned about MSR’s updated 2022-version of the Hubba Hubba 2 I have been wondering how it compares to the Slingfin Portal 2. The reviews I’ve read of the Hubba...
Day-Before Fuelling
Question: what are you eating/drinking the day before a large/long/difficult hike? Last Sunday I did an eleven-mile training hike with about 2400' of elevation gain, with 47 pounds in the pack; ambient...
Tarp and groundsheet tips?
I'm noodling over a setup for warm nights where I use a tarp and groundsheet, with no bathtub floor or bug netting. What considerations, skills, caveats do I need to figure out...
By The Numbers: Testing the Performance of Mountain Hardwear AirMesh Garments
Companion forum thread to: By The Numbers: Testing the Performance of Mountain Hardwear AirMesh GarmentsIs Mountain Hardwear AirMesh a breakthrough product or a prisoner of wicking base-layer physics? Those tests are very...
Hacks you just learned even after years of backpacking
a bit of silicone applied to bottom of sleeping pad keeps it from sliding around on slick silnylon floor when taking your pack from TSA as carry on, chopsticks work really well...
Hacks you just learned even after years of backpacking
Coffee also tastes better with sugar than with crystal light lemonade. Don't ask me how I know. Yum! I'll have to try that....NOT! I think it's an obviuos one,( but my hiking...
Hacks you just learned even after years of backpacking
I've been pitching tents (or helping) since I was 5. How did I not know this one? Probably never needed it, but now that I'm getting older and my hands are weaker...
Dogs & Mosquitos
How vulnerable are dogs to mosquitos? I’ve thought about bringing my Cattledog to the Sierras with me in July. There’s no way a mosquito could bite her through the thick coat that...
Plastic Blanket
On summer nights that don't go below 60 F (~15 C), and are mostly at 80 F (~25 C), have you tried using a plastic sheet as a blanket? These are nights...
Bay Area Round Trek - A Special Backpacking Adventure
Country United States State California Area San Francisco Bay Area Trip Month (06) - June Report / Notes The San Francisco Bay Area has been my chosen home for the last quarter...
I Don't Mean to Brag, I Don't Mean to Boast..
 https://youtu.be/-hPYh9KpPRU But I do ❤️ Love my Borah Gear solo silpoly tarp 5.8×9 THE MOST!! In all truth there is not much to say about this tarp, or any tarp for...
Why is my base layer soaked?
Companion forum thread to: Why is my base layer soaked?Sometimes a wet base layer just can’t be avoided. Soaked-based layers happen. Here is why it will happen to you. Wicking is now...
Neoair Xlite Sucks
I finally took an Xlite out on my last trip, and It honestly seems like a huge joke that's being played all of us. I have a Tensor insulated, Ether Light XT,...
Comfortable tents
Hi Sam As it happens, your skepticism was warranted Them's the breaks. Remind me: why not pitch the outer tent first? That would mean the poles are attached to the fly, which...
Comfortable tents
I just wondered what would be an example of a 'comfortable' tent for one person. I recently read something which described a comfortable tent as being one in which you can change...
AK Peninsula Packraft/Salmon Fishing Gear List
Here’s my current working gear list for a 20 day Packrafting and Chinook Salmon fishing trip this summer on the Alaska Peninsula— https://lighterpack.com/r/k85kmr A good example of a bunch of “lightweight” gear...
Off trail shoes
Hi all, I have always used off trail runners (actually in the 90s I'd used sneakers honestly before I had access to better info and something outside hiking boots). I have narrow...
