For Beginners
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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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Backpacking Knives and Multi-Tools by Steve Hanlon (hikezilla)
I’m a tool guy. I always have been. When I was a kid I was notorious for taking things apart…
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Lighten Up your Backpack: Weighing your Gear
If you’re interested in reducing the weight of your backpacking gear, the most important thing you can do is to…
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Are Ultralight Titanium Insulated Cups Worth The Premium Price?
Winter’s coming and it’s time to start thinking about gearing up your cooking system for winter backpacking and camping. One…
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What’s in My Gear Repair Kit?
I had a reader ask, “what’s in your gear repair kit?” after I went through all of the gear repair supplies I…
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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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Beginner Backpacking on The Cheap By Carey Kish
OK, so you’ve been getting out on the trail a fair amount over the past couple of summers, day hiking…
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Backpacking Gear Recommendations for Short Women
I’m helping a small (dare I say short) 5′ 2″, 110 pound female day-hiker named Lisa gear up for backpacking.…
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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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Do you Carry an Emergency Whistle When Hiking?
I always carry an emergency whistle (a Fox 40 Classic) when I go hiking, one that I tie onto my…
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Alcohol Stove Boil Time Videos: Theater of the Absurd?
What do alcohol stove boil time test videos done in peoples’ kitchens, basements, and backyards tell you about the real…
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How to Prepare for a Big Summertime Backpacking Trip
Summer is here and you probably have a big backpacking trip planned for July or August. Maybe it’s the first…
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