Backpacking Hacks
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Tip: Walmart Ultralight Glasses/Sunglasses Case
If you wear prescription glasses or sunglasses on backpacking trips, you need to take extra care to ensure you don’t…
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Cloth Mesh Rock Sack for Bear Bagging
The most challenging thing about hanging a bear bag is throwing a rock attached to a bear bag line over…
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MSR Evo Ascent Snowshoe Binding Repair Hack Using a Televator Wire
I broke the binding on a pair of MSR Evo Ascent Snowshoes when the pins that hold the binding to…
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Ice Axe Insulation Hack for the CAMP Corsa
The CAMP Corsa Ice Axe (8.8 oz) is one of the lightest weight walking ice axes available today, which explains…
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MSR Snowshoes Heel Strap Hack – Tape it Closed
Most MSR Snowshoes have a rear binding that closes with a stretchy ski-style strap. It’s designed that way so that…
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DIY Wet Ribs – Three Sample Projects
A wet rib is a high-volume accessory pocket that hangs from your backpack’s shoulder straps, below the padded part, in…
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How to Make a $40 Backpacking Quilt
The Double Black Diamond Down Throw is a 60″ x 70″ down comforter with a nylon cover that weighs 15…
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