Even with the Garmin inReach Mini’s many shortcomings, it’s still been a worthwhile purchase for me just as emergency insurance and occasional communicator.
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Category: Camping
The Granite Gear Crown2 60 backpack is a good compromise between weight and price.
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The Nemo NEMO Hornet 2 is a good choice if you’re looking for a fairly ultralight backpacking tent without breaking the bank, but there are some things I’d change.
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The North Face Inferno -20 is a great winter sleeping bag packed with 800 fill-power “ProDown,” which North Face says is goose down with a hydrophobic treatment to help it repel water and dry faster
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The nonstick surface of the MSR Windburner Ceramic Skillet fails in a short time
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For just ten bucks, this is the perfect lightweight knife for backpacking food prep
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Is there anything worse than being cold and wet on a camping trip and you can’t get your stove to heat water for hot coffee or a warm meal? It happened to me recently when I hiked up to camp on a ridge, and a strong wind the next morning kept my pot from coming […]
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I love to camp, but there are some things I refuse to do without when I’m “roughing it” including a comfortable pillow and real coffee. After years of reliable service from my dad’s old aluminum percolator, I decided to downsize and lighten up a teenie bit for backpacking trips with the Snow Peak titanium French […]
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When I was a kid, my parents had a great big Coleman two-burner suitcase camping stove that was powered by white gas, and I just loved the little pump to pressurize the fuel tank. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. But as I’ve gotten older and wiser, my love affair with white gas […]
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Dehydrated backpacking food has been a surprise and a revelation to me in recent years. It’s so easy and it tastes so good! Still, it does have a really high salt content and fresh veggies are so much a part of my daily diet at home that after a couple of days of “just add […]
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