Are you be interested in writing a guest post for sectionhiker.com?

The purpose of this blog has always been to develop an international community of passionate backpackers that share a mutual interest in long distance backpacking and lightweight gear. Now that the blog has achieved critical mass and generated a regular audience,  I'd like to build a small group of occasional posters with an international perspective to share their experiences and knowledge. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an expert backpacker. I think we all will benefit from your experiments, discoveries and insights.

Here is a list of sample topics that you could write about:

• A product review – something you've used in the field. This includes international equipment brands not distributed in the US.
• A backpacking trip report
• A lightweight or ultralight gear list with an explanation of your selections
• A photo or video tutorial about some aspect of backpacking technique
• A novel backpacking food recipe
• An introduction to your backpacking club
• Trail maintenance activities and certification requirements
• Articles about conservation, animals or plants
• Backpacking heath and hygene
• Charitable organizations or intitiatives that benefit the backpacking community

If you are interested in contributing, send an email with a brief description of your article idea to earlylite@sectionhiker.com.

All submissions must include at least one photo or video which you have copyright for or that is licensed in the public domain. I can help you with this if it's a sticking point. All submissions must also be original, unique content written by you that are not posted elsewhere are the Internet. Submissions from backpacking gear manufacturers and internet retailers may be accepted but only if they are non-commercial in nature and benefit the backpacking community.

Contributors will receive attribution for their work, including links to your web presence and a short bio, but no other compensation is provided. I will work with all contributors to edit your material so that it fits the formatting conventions and editorial standards of sectionhiker.com. Contributors will retain copyright of their submissions, but grant sectionhiker.com the right to post their content online.

In addition, if you have an existing blog or web site, I'd be happy to guest blog on your site or trade posts. Please contact me to discuss.

Our first guest post, A Backpacking Food Experiment: MREs, appeared this week, written by amclthiker (Mark Warren). Please take a look at it and post your comments.

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