Now that we’ve really had our first snow up here in New England, the time has come to swap out our 3-season trekking pole baskets for winter ones. If you do not do this, then you’re wasting resources and money with an additional set of poles for winter. Most trekking poles have the ability to […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Yes, the season of winter is finally here (well, for us in the northern hemisphere…). And with that comes the time to start getting out that winter gear. Or, if you are anything like me, you’ve already being doing since Summer came along 🙂 Backpacker Magazine recently had an article on their site covering micro-crampons. […]
Photo courtesy of Backpacking Light Sleeping bag liners… if you don’t know what they are, then you are missing out. Sleeping bag liners are inserted into your normal sleeping bag, to add warmth, and help drop the rating by a few or more degrees, effectively getting your 25 degree sleeping bag down to 15 degrees. […]
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