I'm feeling pleasantly zonked and relaxed after climbing Mt Tecumseh (4,003 ft) this morning, number 48 on the White Mountain 4,000 footer list. It's the first time I've gotten out in few weeks due to a sinus infection I picked up on a business...
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Don't buy the Timex Adventure Tech Digital Watch Compass. It has a built-in leather/nylon band that you can't replace without sending it back to Timex. After about 2 months of wear, the watch band begins to fray and decompose. There's no...
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About two years ago, I started to become a lot more interested in the flowers, trees, animals, bugs, fungi, and geology that I encountered on my backpacking trips. I became an amateur naturalist. This added a whole new dimension to my walks and led to...
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I am not a fan of Camelbak hydration reservoirs, but I love their locking valves. So much, that I tear off the wimpy mouthpiece that comes with the Platypus hydration reservoir drinking system and add a Camelbak hydrolock valve to it.
Camelbak hyrolocks...
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I had to laugh when I watched this video about hanging a bear bag and all of the things that can go wrong in the process. If you've tried this yourself, you'll know exactly what I mean. How many times have you tried to hang a bear bag, with darkness...
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If you're just getting into hiking again and you want to try out a bunch of different blister prevention techniques, you should know about the new Blister Prevention Kit from GoEngo.com, co-developed with John Vonhof, author of the highly respected...
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