Recently on walkabout in the southern highlands of Scotland, I idly pondered how many nights I have spent under the Mountain Laurel Designs Trailstar. I am not affiliated with Mountain Laurel Designs and am rarely given gear to test or review. I …
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Mountain Laurel Designs LightSnow Gaiters
MLD LightSnow Gaiters with Inov-8 Terrocs While gaiters keep my socks dry from external moisture, I’ve never found ones that keep my socks dry when my calf muscles sweat. This is a problem in winter because my socks become moist during the …
Read More »SectionHiker Gear of the Year Award 2010: MLD Superlight Bivy
I made some major changes this year to my shelter system, switching to a Mountain Laurel Designs Duomid as my primary go-to backpacking shelter, complemented by MLD’s Superlight Bivy. While the Duomid has been quite spectacular so far, my favorite piece of …
Read More »Mountain Laurel Designs Doumid Review
Here is my Mountain Laurel Designs Duomid Review based largely on my experiences using this shelter during the 13 day TGO Challenge, this year in Scotland. Andy Howell has also published a review of the cuben fiber version, which I also suggest …
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Major Gear System Changes I made some pretty big changes to my gear list for The Challenge this year, replacing leather boots with trail runners, swapping in an ultralight cuben fiber backpack, using chlorine dioxide tablets for water purification instead of a …
Read More »Mountain Laurel Designs Superlight Bivy Bag
I'm pretty psyched about my new Superlight Bivy Bag from Mountain Laurel Designs (6.8 oz) and I'm looking forward to using it in Scotland next week in combination with my Mountain Laurel Designs Duomid pyramid tarp. I got this bivy bag because …
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