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What the hitch won’t do is tell you why you’re doing it. And we mean the trailer hitch. Nobody likes weighing their fully-loaded rig out … Read more

Between two solid oak trees stand a spool of cable and a plan. On paper, it look right. You look at the distance, pick your … Read more

If you’re feeding a crowd, careful planning of your meal is necessary. Chili does not scale like most recipes; ingredients will take up different volumes … Read more

Eventually, typically on day three somewhere between a cold dinner and a steep climb, you’ll understand how much weight you’re carrying. That’s when you realize … Read more

When you’re camping, it’s tempting to improvise dinner; after all, who wants to pack a bunch of gear just to stand around a fire? But … Read more

Once you make your first hard ascent and realize you have porters lugging around unbalanced pack, the real work begins. You thought this was just … Read more

You’re cramming a gallon of milk into an overstuffed cooler and you know what happens: you get all panicky. You slam the cans to one … Read more

Your fitness tracker has nothing on the mountain. All it wants to know is if youve got the fuel in your legs and daylight hours … Read more

There’s a particular sort of panic that sets in when you’re three miles away from civilization and realize you only got enough pasta for half … Read more

If you’ve ever cooked breakfast in the backcountry, you probably have a good idea of what I’m talking about. It’s a cool Saturday morning. You … Read more

The tension is pulling hard on the trees, the webbing is tight, the straps is cinched tight around the trunks, and there you stand at … Read more