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Carrying Water in Winter
Something folks don’t often think of in the winter time, as they transition from 3-season hiking to 4-season hiking, is water. The rest of the year you don’t need to worry much about your water. Toss...
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Winter Layering System: Upper Body
The winter season just offers a wealth of topics that are season specific to write about! In today’s post, I’ll be discussing the first of a two-part series on my winter layering system. Most of this...
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Trail Resources–Stratton Pond Trail, Stratton, VT
My muscles are just starting to recover from this weekend’s backpacking trip to the Stratton Pond Shelter via the Stratton Pond Trail in Stratton, VT. Not that it was a difficult trail, I am just...
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Paint the Fence a/k/a Layering Up and Down
Above: me layering up while taking a snack break on the Stratton Pond Trail. If you watched The Karate Kid (the original!), you may remember this scene – “Paint the Fence”. UP! DOWN! UP! DOWN! UP!...
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Settling Down for a Long Winter’s Nap…
This is a checklist for what to do when camping in the winter to ensure you have just as comfortable of a night’s sleep as you would any other time of year out in the sticks… Hot Water About an hour...
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Changing Trekking Pole Baskets, Part Deux!
In the first post on the subject, I suggested a way to help get your trekking poles on if it is a tough fit. I guess I spoke too soon in professing my love for my Komperdell Savannah poles, as a week...
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Just Your Average Review: Kelty Cosmic 0-Degree Sleeping Bag
Product Specifications Manufacturer: Kelty Model: Cosmic 0 Size: Long – Fits up to 6’ 6” Temperature Rating: 0° / -18°C Trail Weight (per manufacturer): 5 lb. 1 oz. / 2.27 kg Dimensions: Length: 84” /...
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Infographic: How to Survive Hypothermia
This from EMS, a special infographic for you today! For two reasons – first, the story which this appeared with on the EMS blog happened pretty close to home. And two, well, I have the next few weeks...
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Get a Grip!
About 2 weeks ago, I wrote a post on Waterproofing Your Backpack. In that post, I mentioned Rust-Oleum Leak Seal Flexible Rubber Sealant to waterproof the bottom of the pack. In this post, I am going...
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Infographic: How to Hold the Ice Axe to Arrest a Fall
This week’s infographic comes to us from Petzl, specifically a scan out of their Mountaineering axes manual that came along with my Petzl Snowalker 60 cm ice axe. Not the best scan, but, I loved it and...
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