Backpacking Skills
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The Five Gallon Challenge: Can You Fit all of Your Backpacking Gear into a Five Gallon Bucket?
The majority of people who could benefit from carrying lighter weight gear balk when it comes to weighing everything in…
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How to Repair Hiking Pants with Tenacious Tape
How many of you have holed hiking pants laying around the house waiting for a generous sewer to repair them…
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Insect Shield Clothing for Preventing Lyme Disease on the Appalachian Trail
Lyme Disease is reaching epidemic proportions on the Appalachian Trail yet hikers still insist on hiking in short sleeve shirts and…
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Bushwhacking in Northern New Hampshire – Tips for Navigating Off Road and Off Trail
“Better bring your passport,” said Kris, “in case we get stopped by the border patrol.” Good idea. We were headed…
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Outdoor Herbivore: Vegan Cheddar Garden Herb Sauce
Outdoor Herbivore’s Vegan Cheddar Herb Sauce is a great way to dress up ramen noodles or instant mashed potatoes and…
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Unstable and Imbalanced – A Hiker’s Workout
A lot of us wish we could go hiking everyday, but we have other responsibilities that require us to stick…
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Trail Food: The Most Important Piece of Gear in Your Pack by Lawton “Disco” Grinter
Ray Jardine once said, “If our journeys degenerate into battles, in terms of lost energy and mental buoyancy, then I…
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Topographic Maps and Route Visualization
Some people can read a topographic map and visualize what the landscape should look like based on the shape of…
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Dead Men in Winter
One very important skill you need in winter is how to stake out a tent or shelter when the ground…
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A Taste for Bushwhacking by Steve Smith
As I remember it, my first bushwhack in the New England woods was a fiasco. I was working at the…
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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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Hammocks: Continuous Ridgelines vs a Two-Line System
Many hammock hangers use a continuous ridgeline to suspend their tarps between two trees. I used this technique after buying…
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Intro to Lightweight Backpacking
If you’ve ever been backpacking, you’ve probably heard people boast that their pack weighs 50 or 60 lbs. Those days…
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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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