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When selecting a backpack for a multi-day hike, decide whether or not all of your equipment can be packed with some room to spare. Often, … Read more

For example, don’t forget that while food gets cooked, pots get filled, pans get washed, mugs get rinsed, and all of these things need water. … Read more

Food and then…will anything be cold when I want to eat it? When we’re planning a camping trip, these are the two questions that frame … Read more

The amount of fuel to bring for your camp stove can mean the difference between having dinner ready on time versus only being able to … Read more

Backpacking trips can be tricky when it comes to planning sunscreen; it sits in that middle ground between being obvious and surprisingly complicated. It’s certainly … Read more

If you are camping without a shower it’s all about the math. Time, heat source and amount of water available needs to be considered. And … Read more

When planning your next backpacking trip, you typicaly start with route and then food. In the background is the fuel that’ll turn water potable, which … Read more

Backpacking is a game of getting the fuel math correct: not carrying too much or too little and then getting hungry/cold at the wrong time. … Read more

Dinner is a backpacker’s opportunity to reconnect with the work they put in during the day; and since the numbers matter more then most hikers … Read more

Weigh your pack after a brief adventure; more than half the weight are probably in those shiny foil pouches, pillow packs, and cardboard. Repacking food … Read more

Your body can adjust its fluid and salt levels more quickely than many backpackers expect. However, it doesn’t always go as planned. The amount of … Read more