The Schwinn 140 Upright Exercise Bike might seem like a bizarre product review for a backpacking web site, but I like this product so much I want to tell everyone I know about it. (If Chris Wallace, the new head of Backpackinglight.com's Wilderness...
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Despite its title, Hike Your Own Hike, is not just another Appalachian Trail memoir. It's a book about applying the lessons of the trail to everyday life and giving yourself the freedom to be happy.
Anyone who's backpacked for a few hundred miles...
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I've owned the same Suunto A10 Compass for years and can recommend it highly for 3 season hiking. The markings on mine are a little worn, as you can see, but it has all of the key attributes you need for following a bearing or orienteering...
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I bought two 4-packs of Nite-ize Figure 9 guyline tensioners a few months ago and finally got to try them out this week on vacation with my Zpacks Hexamid ultralight tarp shelter. They worked very well for that application.
I use a number of different...
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I bought another new water purifier from Seychelle USA a few weeks ago called an Advanced Pure Water Straw. It's a full fledged water purifier in straw form, capable of filtering out 99.9999% of viruses and bacteria as wells as 99.99% of Guardia...
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You drop your camera or cell phone into a stream, a puddle, or worse. It stops working. How can you dry it out and bring it back to life?
One method of resurrection that's worked for me, is to put the camera (or whatever) into the freezer. I did...
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One of the oldest pieces of gear that I still carry with me on overnight trips is a portable travel toothbrush, called The Toob. It's a completely self-contained toothpaste and toothbrush system that lives in my bear bag.
It's quite simple really....
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