I’ve become hooked on Probars. Those of you who read my post Powerbar Bakeoff will be amused because I now like them more than Amish powerbars. It was an accident, I swear!

In order to do a fair evaluation of Probars, I ordered a dozen from Baker’s Box. They sell 12 for 29.99, or $2.50 each, [...]

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I went on a 5 mile hike today in the Middlesex Fells, a natural area close to my house that has some of the best hiking near Boston. It was a sunny day and a pleasant 64 degrees. I chose to hike the Rock Circuit Trail because I wanted a good workout and because it [...]

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I’ve owned my Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo tarp tent for about a year. When I bought it, I didn’t bother seam sealing it and it has withstood many torrential rain storms without any internal dripping whatsoever. This season I plan to spend a lot of time hiking in Vermont where it rains a lot, [...]

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Do you see that red stain on the inside of my platypus hydration bladder in the picture below? That’s mold, like the stuff that grows on our bathroom shower curtain. I only noticed it on my last backpacking trip, and since getting home I’ve tried a few things to get rid of it.
First, I filled [...]

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