I thought I’d keep with the alcohol theme today, since, if you’re like me, you have it evaporating out of your pores still from last night, and share what I think is the best, and most economical trail flask. If by chance your pint of whatever you’re bringing out on the trail does not already […]
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Or at least I hope it will be! Pat’s Backcountry Beverages has developed a technology to carbonate beer on the trail, using a beer concentrate, a carbonator, and water. The last update on their progress was on August 7, 2012, stating that they had obtained the proper required federal permits, and would begin brewing soon… […]
In my initial post about my winter backpacking trip… I said there would be more posts… here is the next in the series. A short but sweet one. While we’re not quite doing Mt. Washington – they do have a gear list for the trek (their guided trek via EMS): http://www.emsexploration.com/gear-list-mount-washington-observatory/ Having the right gear […]
Now, a lot of hikers and backpackers keep their duct tape either in small rolls in their pack that they’ve either made for themselves, or bought it off the shelf. Another common practice is to not use up valuable space within your pack, and keep it on something outside of your pack – which also […]
TOASTY! While at REI today, doing some early shopping for my next backpacking trip – this one being in the winter – and needing to dry my boots off at night most likely from hiking in the snow all day, I saw these and thought they’d be perfect. Man was I right. I will follow-up […]
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