The $30 I spent on the MontBell Gaiters was one of the best gear purchases I’ve made. I was introduced to the concept of gaiters many years ago while doing snowsports like snowshoeing and skiing. I never understood the lightweight hiking ones until I started desert hiking – they are incredibly useful for keeping pokies off [...]
I have an original Neoair that I purchased in 2009 and it made that year’s Gear of the Year list. Reviews were mixed – many people felt that the questionable durability wasn’t worth the weight savings. It made the 2009 list simply due to the comfort to weight ration. This year it’s on the list [...]
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 [...]
Making its third appearance on my list (a perfect record!) is the MontBell Super Stretch Down Hugger #1 (link goes to current version). What I wrote three years ago is still true today: One of the biggest struggles I’ve had as a backpacker is learning to keep warm at night. I have a slow metabolism [...]
Making its second reappearance on this list is the Bearikade Weekender. To repeat from the last list: I wrote about bear canisters a while back. In that entry I compared the features of the different options in the bear cansiter world so if you’d like details, there they are. The Bearikade is expensive, but I regularly [...]
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 [...]
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