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 [...]
Years of Sierra backpacking with experienced friends has helped me dial into a core set of gear that works really well for me. That said, things change, innovations come to market, and materials improve. There is always a ‘better faster lighter cheaper whatever’ option that is incrementally better than what we have. As happy as [...]
Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive has written a nice profile of Henry Shires and his Tarptent business over on Trailspace.com. I’m very fond of my tarptents and was even quoted in the article, along with a cheesy picture of me in my Rainbow last summer. From the article: Shires’s business is based in the foothills [...]
In the spirit of outdoor blogging, I thought I’d make my own ‘best of 2008′ list. The gear in this list isn’t necessarily the newest and shiniest of 2008. Rather, it’s a list of gear that always makes it into my pack for a week on the trail. Some of it is new, some of [...]
I just published my Field Report for the Golite Xanadu on BackpackGearTest.org (read it here or start at the Initial Report here). This is an oddball tent and I felt I needed to say a bit more about it. The Xanadu is advertised as a four season, 2+ person tent that weighs in at well [...]
I finally got around to setting up the Tarptent Double Rainbow that I bought a few weeks ago. I needed to seam seal it, but in order to seam seal it there needs to be good weather since it has to sit outside for several hours. And with the relentless storms we have been getting [...]
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