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Garmin Colorado GPS

Reader Poll: Do you know how to use your GPS?

I had a reader contact me recently who wanted to learn how to use her GPS.  She wrote: That got me thinking – there must be other people out there in the same boat. I know this is a potentially embarrassing topic, but please share your experience . How many of you own a GPS [...]

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Sierra Designs Cloud 15 Ultralight Sleeping Bag

Gear Closet Raffle: 15 Degree Ultralight Down Sleeping Bag: Your Most Memorable Wildlife Encounter

This week, I am raffling off the Sierra Designs Cloud 15 ultralight down sleeping bag that I reviewed a few months ago. This sleeping bag retails for $500. Weighing 28.8 ounces with very high end 900 fill goose down, this is an impressively warm ultralight mummy bag that is ideal for early spring or autumn [...]

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The MSR Nook, 2 person tent

Haiku Gear Raffle: MSR Nook Two Person Tent

This weeks raffle prize is a lightweight two-person, three season tent from MSR called The Nook (2P) that I wrote a detailed product review about a few months ago. This tent only weighs 3 lbs 8 ounces and can be pitched as a freestanding tent on tent platforms or rocky ledges where you cannot use [...]

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Hyperlight Mountain Gear Expedition Backpack

Gear Raffle: Hyperlight Mountain Gear Expedition Backpack

This gear raffle is the first of 4 raffles that I’ll be holding on Fridays this month and will run concurrently with the Hiking Author summer reading guest post series that I’m hosting on Section Hiker this August. This weeks raffle’s prize is a Hyperlight Mountain Gear Expedition Pack, a standard HMG Design based on [...]

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Hiking Memoirs

Section Hiker Summer Reading and Raffle Series

Starting next Wednesday, August 1st, I will be hosting a 3 week series of guest posts by famous hiking authors. It’s an all star cast including Chris Townsend, Tom Ryan, Justin Lichter, David ‘AWOL’ Miller, Bill Walker, Dennis Blanchard, Ron Strickland and many others. I know you’ll enjoy their articles which will be published exclusively [...]

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Velcro Perimeter Enables Closed A-Frame Ends

Gear Closet Raffle: Ultralight 10′ x 10′ Tarp from Brooks Range Mountaineering

I have a lot of review gear piling up in my gear closet that I need to redistribute to SectionHiker.com readers, so stay tuned over the next couple of weeks if you want to win some great hiking and backpacking gear. This week, I’m raffling off an Ultralight 10′ x 10′ Guide+Tarp from Brook Range [...]

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Personal Locator Beacon

Reader Poll: Most Expensive Hiking Gear Mistakes

I used to waste a lot of money buying the wrong hiking gear – everything from wrong sized clothing and hiking boots to an emergency personal locator beacon that was illegal in the country I expected to use it in (despite the advice of the retailer.) Thanks goodness that major retailers now offer no-questions-asked return [...]

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Reader Poll: Backpackers’ Favorite Lies

Most backpackers you meet are honest, down-to-earth people. But they can’t resist spinning a yarn about their backcountry exploits when they gather around the campfire and it’s not uncommon to hear about feats of strength involving overweight backpacks, daring winter hikes in white-out conditions, or close encounters with van-sized grizzly bears! What tall tales have you [...]

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