New Bottle Stickers!

I am pleased to announce 2 new Bottle Stickers added to the Just Your Average Hiker product lineup! In addition to The “Big Three” Poisonous Plants and Liquid Conversion Chart Bottle Stickers, I have added two additional stickers (details below). Please let me know what you think of these in the comments section below – […]

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My Kitchen

I alluded to a post about my “kitchen” in my post yesterday about “Food on the Trail”. That inspired me to actually write this post, as I have been planning to for some time now. This is my “kitchen” for a 1-person backpacking/hiking trip. If I go hiking with my kids and we cook on […]

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Infographic: 2012 Outdoor Industry: I Bet You Didn’t Know This

This week’s infographic is from Active Junky, which gives interesting stats on the Outdoor industry. How much did you pour into the industry out of the 730 billion spent on it by consumers in 2012? It makes the size of the dent I put on my credit card for outdoor equipment and activities seem so […]

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Waterproofing Your Backpack

Recently, a post on the Section Hiker blog posted about using Trash Compactor Bags as Bag Liners. I keep a LBTB (Large Black Trash Bag) with me for this same purpose. This got me back into writing a post I started a couple of months ago, but never finished – backpack waterproofing. So, thanks for […]

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Water Filters in Winter

Like my post on Carrying Water in Winter where I touch on why I do not carry a bladder and drinking tube in the winter time – something to also think about is a water filter. For the most part – almost all filters will freeze up in the winter time, if they are not […]

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