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Backpacking Tips

backpacking tips

Hiking Yellowstone and the Backcountry Permit Process

In recent years, Yellowstone National Park has broken annual attendance records and 2016 was no exception with the park receiving…

Backpacking Breakfast Meals – Freeze Dried Breakfast

A backpacking breakfast is an important part of your trip and tends to be my favorite meal of the day.…

Layering Basics For Winter Hiking

“Layering” is a strategy for dressing for all types of outdoor activity in all seasons of the year. The idea…

Three Ways to Start a Fire Without a Lighter or a Match

If there’s one thing that’s essential to the atmosphere of camping, it’s a good, sustainable campfire. It keeps you warm,…

Sawyer Water Filter Review – Testing Out the Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter

A short backpacking excursion to Bear Lake in Emigrant Wilderness afforded my buddy Wade and I a chance to properly do…

Mountain Scrambling Guide

Maybe you’ve been on hiking trip and glanced up at a scree slope that leads to a mountain top and…

Thru Hiking

In 2005 I found myself lacing my boots, shouldering my pack, and heading out to Smoky Mountain National Park to…

How to Treat a Snakebite

A seven-mile day hike in Northern California found myself and a fellow hiker casually meandering along a trail that wove through…

How to Prevent Foot Blisters

You would be hard pressed to find a hiker who has never gotten a blister. I’ve taken off my Gore-Tex…

No Trace Camping – 3 Easy Tips to “Leave No Trace” at Your Campsite

Not everyone agrees that the environment should be protected from the human footprint with no trace camping. But if you…

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