The Perfect Trail Flask

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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Happy New Beer!

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… […]

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Excel-based Backpacking Checklist

Finally, after a few months, I am finally ready to release it into the wild. My Excel-based backpacking checklist. I am a technology geek, so, instead of using something simple like a printed notepad or Microsoft Word document, I wanted to use a tool that can help me automatically calculate weights and whatnot on each […]

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New Years Reso…whats?

With 2013 just around the corner (and now that we can enjoy it since the world didn’t end – put that in your pipe and smoke it Mayans!), what are your new years resolutions in regards to camping, hiking, and backpacking? In order to get this out there, here are my resolutions… I’d like to […]

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Hiking, Backpacking and Camping Library… for Your Kindle

In a previous post, I listed applications that I carry with me on my Android phone, one of them being Amazon’s Kindle app. Which got me thinking, I need to create a list of good books and magazines for the Kindle app, that you should have on your phone/tablet when in the outdoors. I will […]

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