Backcountry adventure and cuisine for aspiring hiker trash
72 Hours Til FT
It’s almost time to start packing Most of the time when you find somebody’s pre- or post-trip report online, it is accompanied by a beautiful photo of all of their gear, meticulously positioned for optimal “pop.” It says “look at all my cool gear!”…
2 Easy Ways To Cut Pack Weight
One cheap and one free way to lower your pack’s base weight I still remember the first backpacking trip I took with my wife. We were living near Tacoma WA around 25 years ago and we got it into our heads that we would…
Guthook’s AT App
Guthook’s trail apps just might change the way you hike One of the more time-consuming annoyances for me when preparing for a hike has always been the whole map/guidebook thing. Obviously it’s pretty dumb to ever go on a hike without a map of…
T-Minus 12 Days Til Ocala
Thank God it’s not in a national park Our dysfunctional government is still shut down, primarily due to President Shitgibbon caring more about what Ann Coulter thinks than what the rest of us want. But that’s ok- this section hike of the Florida Trail…
Good2Go Thai Curry
The best of all commercial backpacking meals I have had this meal several times in the backcountry when I didn’t feel like doing real cooking, and I’ve even made it at home a couple of times when the pantry was otherwise bare. When all…
Big Bend Plan B
Washington DC’s failures have put a crimp in my plans So, for several months I had been looking forward to leaving the Southeast and doing something a little bit more “epic.” I had settled on the Outer Mountain Loop in Big Bend National Park,…
Ultralight Christmas
Santa was good to me this year Yeah, I made sure that Santa was good to me by giving myself a couple of gifts! However, my family’s game was strong too. First up is a new Anker PowerCore 10,000 QC battery to charge my…
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