Our host at The Discerning Hiker dropped us off at the Pidgeon River Bridge, right where he picked us up, and I started hiking. I had pretty good cell phone service, which we didn’t have at the hostel, so I took advantage of that to make some phone calls while I was hiking. While I …
Weight is a huge thing in backpacking. If you’ve ever been car-camping, you probably filled your trunk up with whatever you needed (a cooler, a campstove, a tent, sleeping bags) and didn’t have to think much about weight. In backpacking, it is the opposite. There’s an art of packing for a backpacking trip, and you …
When I first heard people moving in the shelter, it was still dark out. Knowing that we had a long day ahead, the group of section hikers who were in the shelter the previous night had planned to start hiking early in the morning, getting up around 5 and getting on the trail at 5:30. …
I woke up, having slid to one end of my tent, the side further from the trail. I packed up my tent and sleeping bag, leaving my sleeping pad out. I took down my bear bag, sat on my sleeping mat, and made oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. I changed into my other pair of …
One of my friends told me that I should call this post “Jellyfish are Bitches” but then I thought that was less than relevant. I really like kayaking, and the camp where I work sends campers on kayking trips throughout the summer. I went on a kayaking trip this past week, which really got me …
Tae Kim is the owner of Alite designs, and he’s one of the few outdoor equipment designers in the world, and he’s designing for camping noobs. He’s aiming his designs at the people who are interested in camping, but don’t have a great deal of knowledge about the outdoors. The big idea that most outdoor equipment companies …