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When you plan to hang a shade sail, there is one component that always gets overlooked: hardware. Although actual sail material doesn’t tend to fail … Read more

If this sounds familiar, you’ve probably stood in a trailhead, zipped up your pack, and realized that your sleeping pad won’t fit in space provided. … Read more

Backpackers obsess about paring their packs to the gram, yet few considers their pillow. The low-cost solution is an inflatable one; great when used in … Read more

When you unzip your old canvas tent from storage and open it up after a few months in storage, what does it smell like? Yeah, … Read more

Pulling a sled sounds easy right? It’s not till you’re halfway up the trail with sore shoulders that you realize it might be harder then … Read more

With a bell tent, there’s only one piece of vertical spine, the center pole. The problem with that? One inch too tall and your roof … Read more

Ever frantically searched for a tear in the bug screen on your tent while camping somewhere super mosquito-y? It’s not just an annoyance; it make … Read more

Measuring the tent floor prior to stuffing in the carpet saves you from certain kinds of misery. Instead of a wrinkled pile underneath your sleeping … Read more

Typically the aroma of a camp raft coming ashore is equal parts pine needles and wet rope. When physics weren’t right from the start, panic … Read more

When it comes to tunnel tents, size do matter. But not just the floor size. Because they’re designed to rise above the ground in a … Read more

Allowing for drape in the line transforms nylon shelters into intentional campsites. But how do you make it look right? Frustration arises if flags is … Read more