Thru-Hiker in the making

I spent Feb. 26-28 on my favorite section of the Superior Hiking Trail: Beaver Bay to Highway 1. The weekend was fabulous - the weather was ...

1. The BD Betalight is a massive shelter, easily capable of sleeping two people (maybe three with poles angled). I could sit up, move aroun...

To make it short, Andrew Skurka is embarking on the Alaska-Yukon Expedition , a seven month, 4,500+ mile expedition around Alaska and the Yu...

I haven't been able to get out on a non-scouting trip since October (gasp!). So I've carefully planned a trip to northern Minnesota ...

I'm heading out to Bozeman, MT to participate in BackpackingLight's Wilderness Trekking III in October. As an upshot, this trip wil...

The more I hike, the more I realize Ray Jardine had it right all along. From quilts to tarps to shorts, his methods just work. Jacci and I ...

I'm slowly converting to Ray Jardine 's philosophies - again. The evening, I chopped up yet another Ridgerest closed-cell foam pad ...

I pondered my predicament: do I hike in a given distance in the dark, or make camp adjacent to my car? I was at the trailhead of the Ice Age...

I'm heading to the Ice Age Trail in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (not a navigable gov't website this weekend (tomorrow) on t...

I'm heading to the Porcupine Wilderness in Michigan's upper peninsula this weekend for a four-day, three-night trip with HikingFemin...

...then BPL's Stix would definitely be sexy. I recently picked up a pair of lightly used 115 cm poles from a BPL forumite. They ring in...

We headed out this weekend for our first trip of the year together and with a bunch of new gear in tow. Lake Maria State Park near Monticel...

It is almost two weeks into February and green grass is all around. Only the artificial piles pushed from parking lots and driveways remain ...

The high temps (mid 20s) and the hard work overwhelmed my clothing system while hiking the first day. I sweated out my base layer and softs...