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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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, […]
About a year or so ago, I started noticing a pain in my left heel. Especially after a bit of walking. It all came about around the time my daughter was born. Due to a multitude of issues, she needed to be in a front-carrier with us almost 24 hours a day for about 4-5 […]
The infographic this week is “Why Wilderness? It’s a place to enjoy”, which comes to us from wilderness.org. So… read, and, well, enjoy!
Here today with just another average tip, but, maybe not so average? When you buy off-the-shelf waterproof matches – most you will notice only have the tips covered in wax. If you do a little searching on the interwebs… you will also find many places telling you that if you make your own, to just […]
Just Your Average Hiker 