Starting May 6, I will be hosting a 3 week series of guest posts by famous hiking authors. It’s an all star cast including Karen Berger, Buck Nelson, Carol White, Gail Storey, Suzanne Roberts, Kathleen Meyer and many others. I know you’ll enjoy their articles and photographs which will be published exclusively here, on Section [...]
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Camping in a 1-Bedroom Apartment
I camped out in my Mom’s new apartment for a week durng a recent visit. It’s a one-bedroom place, a big change from the house she and my dad lived in before he passed away last year. A big change for guests and visiting kids too, because we don’t get a private room to sleep [...]
More Backpacking Gear from the Early 70s
In January, I published a post titled Backpacking Gear from 1975: A Time Capsule. Here’s a collection of more wonderful gear and advertisements from that golden era of backpacking gear. I get a hoot from looking at these old-time advertisements. Funny how some things are so different and some things have stayed the same. I [...]
RailRiders Sponsors Team SectionHiker on the TGO Challenge
I’m pleased to announce that RailRiders, the adventure apparel company and makers of the Toughest Clothes on the Planet, will be sponsoring the SectionHiker Team on our 200 mile hike across Scotland in May 2013 on The Great Outdoor Challenge. Hiking coast-to-coast across Scotland over three mountain ranges and through wild, remote country can take [...]
Buy a Section Hiker T-Shirt and Adayak will donate $5 to Heifer
This May, I will be hiking across Scotland in The Great Outdoor Challenge – 200 miles in 15 days. Many hikers use challenges like this to raise money for charity and with your help I hope to raise $5000 for Heifer International. Adayak.com, the company that prints Section Hiker T-shirts is helping me reach this [...]
Klymit Revolutionizes Lightweight Backpacking with Gas-Filled Universal Load Lifters
Klymit, makers of the award winning Inertia X Frame sleeping pad and a leading outdoor product manufacturer, has announced new Universal Load Lifter technology that can lighten the loads carried in daypacks and backpacks by up to 40 per cent. Compatible with all brands of backpacks, Klymit’s Universal Load Lifters attach to the shoulder straps [...]
Gossamer Gear Wants You to Become a Trail Ambassador!
Gossamer Gear, a top lightweight backpacking gear manufacturer, is looking to recruit Trail Ambassadors. If you’re passionate about ultralight or lightweight backpacking and like to teach people about how they can lighten their packs in order to hike more comfortably, you should apply to the Gossamer Gear Trail Ambassador program. Click here to submit an application: http://gossamergear.com/wp/gossamer-gear-trail-ambassador-application-form [...]
Following in his Footsteps
One of the keys to efficient hiking in more arduous winter conditions is energy preservation and I’ve found that you can tell if a group is working well together when everyone places their boots in the footsteps of the hiker in front of them, packing the snow a bit better for the next hiker in [...]
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