LIGHT & ULTRALIGHT BACKPACKING

For those of you who haven’t tried them, trekking poles may make a huge different in your hiking style and comfort. For me, a diabetic eas...

One important topic to me, and anyone that I need to share breathing space with, is hygiene. To me, I have real difficulty sleeping when I’m...

Sorry RH, I had no choice but to post it as it gave me a good chuckle this evening.

One backpacking topic I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about (and researching) was water – how to get it and how to make sure it won’t make...

The right backpack makes all the difference in the world. Since you need to carry all your backpacking supplies, your actual backpack obviou...

Many of you likely subscribe to BACKPACKER Magazine ( http://www.backpacker.com/ ). I’ve been a subscriber for quite some time. On the posit...

This might just be my shortest blog yet – and consequently likely the only one which I will urge that you DON’T go lightweight. In a nutshel...

To a lightweight backpacker who counts every ounce, one of the first things to get cut are items from what many consider to be part of a “su...