If you’re not using compression sacks in your pack, you are missing out… on a lot of extra usable space in your pack! With most sleeping bags, as a gear example, you get a stuff sack. Yes, it definitely compresses your bag down to a manageable size, rather than straight-up stuffing it into your pack […]
Category Archives: Skills
I never joined the boy scouts as a kid, and have been trying to make up for it for years by teaching myself the ways of the outdoors from trial and error, research, and learning from others. To keep people and nature free from harm, while still enjoying yourself, learning basic skills to survival techniques. […]
Or, how I get all of this… Into this… If you read any book on backpacking, or hiking… you will likely find a section or chapter on how to pack a backpack. These can go from pretty generic, to very darn specific. The bible for those that walk in the woods has probably the best […]
LEAVE NO TRACE means just that… LEAVE NO TRACE. Especially treating a tree like a noteboard. This is bad for the tree. This is akin to someone coming along, and scratching their initials right into you with a knife. The unfortunate example was taken at Blue Hills Reservation, and this is not the only one, […]
This was actually part of another post, so I am kinda cheating here on JYAT’s… but I did want to call this out again in case you did not read that post. When bear bagging, of course you want to pack in your food. All of it. Also, you want to bear bag your trash […]
