Backpacking TV is a one-stop-shop to get all the basics before you head out on your first backpack. This week’s episode gives you the essentials of choosing your first sleeping bag and mattress. Down vs. synthetic, warmth ratings, and what…
MoreImagine if you will, that the late summer sun has just set, and out your tent door fade the last hues of alpenglow–from pink, to purple, to blue–as Venus and a crescent moon rise to announce the end of another…
MoreNow that winter is in the rearview mirror (officially anyway), hikers all over the country are dusting off their boots and preparing for summer hikes ahead. Kick off the season on June 6th with American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day….
MoreThe parallels between backpacking and relationships are innumerable, if not completely contrived for the sake of this introduction. For instance, take Paul Simon and me. We’ve never been in a relationship, but he thinks there are 50 ways to leave…
MoreAmerica’s first National River, the mighty Buffalo, runs 153 miles through rough, wild terrain in Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains. I consider it my river. I grew up here—paddling in the spring and early summer, hiking in the fall. I know the…
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