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How Big is your Backpacking Knife?

How Big is your Backpacking Knife?

This article is in response to Jason's Klass' post In defense of the knife. Jason believes that a knife is important to carry in the backcountry. His preference is a 2.6 oz. Spyderco Delica 4. A perfectly logical choice, except maybe the part... 

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New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions

People think I'm a very goal oriented person. But what I really enjoy the most is the process of achieving difficult goals that may take a long time to attain: I enjoy the journey more then the destination. That's why I make a list of New Year's... 

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Vegan Sleeping Bags

Vegan Sleeping Bags

I have a reader, named Randy, who contacted me recently seeking advice on 3 season synthetic sleeping bags. He's adopted a vegan lifestyle and doesn't want to use a goose down bag. This will be his first sleeping bag so I volunteered to suggest... 

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Hiking in Tasmania: The Overland Track

Hiking in Tasmania: The Overland Track

Frank and Sue Wall, who host Our Hiking Blog: Bushwalking Stories from Australia, have just published a wonderful e-Book called The Overland Track. This book provides up-to-date, practical advice for planning and hiking this 65 kilometer trail which... 

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Has the Appalachian Mountain Club Lost its Way?

Has the Appalachian Mountain Club Lost its Way?

This is a bound to be a controversial post, so let me state up front that I am a friend of the AMC and have been an AMC member for many years. I am a member of the Boston Chapter, but have also been active with the New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire,... 

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The Human Burrito

The Human Burrito

This is NOT a backpacking recipe! It's a technique I learned for warming an hypothermia victim during my Wilderness First Aid certification class in Vermont recently. The Human Burrito is based on vapor barrier survival techniques that I've written... 

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