Have you ever tried to set up a tent of a wooden platform? It can be quite difficult if you don’t have a free standing tent. However, there is a simple trick that  you can use that will make it easy to set up a free standing tent on any platform. I just learned it [...]

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I don’t normally write about gear in my blog that I haven’t tested in the field, but I wanted to give you a preview of the tent I plan on using in early spring on the Massachusetts section of the Appalachian Trail: the Black Diamond FirstLight. The pictures and descriptions you see in online catalogs [...]

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