Infographic: The Basics of Hammock Camping

The last infographic I had dug up dealt with something that I do not often, or really, ever do – rock climbing. I stumbled upon this one, which hits closer to home… and I had to share (because I love my infographics)… here is one on The Basics of Hammock Camping, from HammockForums.net UPDATE 2/18/13: […]

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Backpacker Magazine Weekly Gear Giveaways

Everyone likes free gear, right? Almost as good as free beer. Well, if you didn’t know, Backpacker Magazine has a weekly giveaway. Now, by the URL they have for it, you would think it expired a long time ago: http://www.backpacker.com/2010-gear-guide-gear-sweepstakes/articles/13771 See the “2010 Gear Guide Gear Giveaway” in there? Well, they just keep re-using it. […]

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AMC’s Great Outdoors Resource Packs (GORP)

This GORP is not the trail mix kind, no… although a lot of folks think we are a bit nuts for the things we love (like backpacking in the freezing cold winter, to name an example…). This GORP is from the AMC and stands for Great Outdoors Resource Pack, and, as you may have guessed, […]

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The Crovel

I just stumbled across this thing… I do not own one, so this is less of a review, and more of a “COOL! LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND ON THE INTERNETS!” post. The Crovel Extreme Ultimate Survival Multi-tool. This site has a hilarious review of it. By judging from their site, they’ve had a few […]

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