Coming in at the #1 spot: The Big Agnes Copper Spur 3. This is the second of the two new 2011 purchases to make the list. Many of you are familiar with my love for my solo tent, the Tarptent Rainbow. Because I love that tent so much I purchased the Double Rainbow for the times [...]
This is one of my 2011 additions. I go through a lot of cook gear combinations and I think I’ve finally found the right one (okay, until the next greatest thing comes out). I wrote about the Jetboil Sol Ti back in July. The expectations that I had going into the summer backpacking season were [...]
Another reappearance! I tend to cycle through backpacking food favorites. I’ll latch on to something for a while and then get sick of it, moving on to something new when I’m bored. However, I’m still not sick of that PackitGourmet Tortilla Soup. Holy heck it is good. I still love everything else of theirs too [...]
Coming in at number eight is another cheap yet awesome item. I love to fish in the high Sierra lakes but am not a serious hardcore fisherman. (woman?) I want something I can use to throw in a few casual casts at the end of the day. It just needs to be strong enough to [...]
I was introduced to Darn Tough Vermont socks many years ago at the Outdoor Retailer Show. They are without doubt the most durable pair of socks I’ve owned. Over the past few years I’ve hiked hundreds, probably close to a thousand miles in the pair pictured to the right and they still spring back to [...]
I’m starting off with something cheap and unsexy: an ancient Nalgene Wide-Mouth Cantene that has seen better days. I know, exciting. When I was thinking about this list I looked over my standard backpacking packing list and picked out the items that simply make camp life easier. This item is a perfect example so I [...]
Due to popular demand: the annual Calipidder Gear of the Year List is back! Over the next ten days I’ll post an item a day, counting down my top ten gear of 2011. I originally had it all written out in one blog post but holy HECK it was long. I don’t want to punish [...]
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