Cooking and Nutrition
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10 High Calorie Low-Weight Backpacking Foods
The best ultralight backpacking foods are high in calories, compact, low-weight, and fast to prepare. To keep your food load…
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Gas Station and Convenience Store Resupply Guide
It’s a sad fact that many of the grocery stores you used to find in small towns along the Appalachian…
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Backpacking Stove Piezo Lighter Failures and Limitations
Many canister-style backpacking stoves, including Jetboils, have a built-in sparker to light the gas so you don’t have to carry…
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GLOP Backpacking Meals – Easy to Make, Easy to Clean Up
Many people like to eat freeze-dried backpacking meals on overnight trips or dehydrate their own food and make freezer-bag dinners…
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Backpacking Tips and Tricks: Carrying a Backup Spoon
“Oh crap. I forgot to bring my spoon,” said a backpacker I’d just met at the campsite. I know that…
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Best Backpacking Stoves and Pots for Cooking Simple One Pot Meals
Simple one pot backpacking meals are a great option if you want more variety in your backpacking diet, you want to…
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Backpacking Meals and Cooking Preferences
What’s your cooking style on backpacking trips? Do you prefer to mix up your own freezer bag meals using store…
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Tips and Tricks: How to Pack a Food Bag
One of the secrets of successful backpacking is learning how to become extremely organized and to stay organized throughout your…
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How to Pack a Lot of Backpacking Food into a Small Space
When packing food for a multi-day backpacking trip, I try to keep the space it takes up as small as…
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How to Choose a Backpacking Stove and Pot
A lot of backpackers own multiple pots, stoves, and windscreens, because like other backpacking gear, there’s often no perfect combination…
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Backpacking Stove Safety
Backpacking stoves can greatly increase your comfort and safety on multi-day trips and in challenging weather conditions. There’s nothing like…
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Hiker Resupply and Mail Drops in the US and UK
Resupply and Mail Drops Mail drops are a common way for long distance hikers to resupply on a long hike.…
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Backpacking Spice Kit Ingredients
The biggest challenge I face on most backpacking trips is eating enough. The problem is that the food I bring or…
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MYOG Reflectix Insulated Stove Base for Winter Camping
Reflectix Home Insulation is great stuff for making homemade MYOG backpacking projects. Consisting of bubble wrap sandwiched between two layers of…
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