Gear Lists
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Presidential Range Day Hiking Gear List
You need to be on your best game when you venture above treeline in the Presidential Range on Mt Washington…
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Scotland Coast-to-Coast Backpacking Gear List Explained
I’d planned to backpack coast-to-coast for the third time this May (in the annual TGO Challenge) along a 185 mile…
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A Woman’s PCT Gear List Explained
The PCT Continued… In the spring of 2019, I set out to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) solo from…
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Winter Backpacking Gear List Explained
Winter backpacking is very different from three-season backpacking. It requires more gear, good decision-making, and many new skills. It’s almost…
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SectionHiker’s Gear Closet: Backpacks
I have a collection of backpacks that I use for day hiking, backpacking, bushwhacking, winter peak bagging, and fly fishing.…
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Cape Wrath Trail Backpacking Gear List, Explained
The Cape Wrath Trail travels up the west coast of Scotland, beginning in Fort William, and ending at Cape Wrath…
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Pennsylvania Appalachian Trail Section Hike Gear List – Spring 2018
I’m headed down to the Pennsylvania Appalachian Trail this spring to finish section hiking the state. It’s tough living in…
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Backpacking Gear List for New Hampshire and Maine
Most of the backpacking trips I take are 1-3 nights in length in the mountainous terrain of New Hampshire and…
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Gear Closet: Backpacking Clothing and Footwear
You don’t need a huge wardrobe for backpacking, day, hiking, or bushwhacking but you do need clothing and footwear that’s…
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Section Hiker’s Gear Closet: Sleeping Bags, Quilts, and Sleeping Pads
I’m very picky about my personal backpacking gear, the stuff I use on personal trips when I’m not “working” and reviewing…
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Hiking Mt Washington Gear List
Mt Washington is a serious mountain with unpredictable weather despite that fact that there’s a weather forecasting station on top.…
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Appalachian Trail Section Hike Gear List – 2016 – NOBO – VA to PA
This backpacking gear list is for a 2-3 week Appalachian Trail section hike I’m taking in early spring from northern Virginia…
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Winter Backpacking Gear List
I don’t believe in the idea of ultralight winter backpacking and I’d be hesitant to set an upper bound on…
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Gear that Worked, Gear that Didn’t on my Appalachian Trail Section Hike
I took an 18 day/ 250 mile backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail through Northern Virginia in April and thought I’d give you…
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