Brett does most of his hiking in the Pacific Northwest but he has been known to haunt the higher elevations of California. Check out the post count on each of these categories at his blog: Food Reviews (6) Gear Reviews…
Backpacking light
Reducing pack weight, tips for lightweight backpackers, lightweight gear suggestions.
Christmas gifts for light-weight backpackers
by tom • December 7, 2007 • 2 Comments
LightBackpacking.com has a bunch of suggestions. Interesting ditty: A Nikon monocular/spotting scope. I have one made by Zeiss that I use occasionally — it’s small, light & handy but hard to hold still enough to get much use out of.
Andrew Skurka has only one annoying trait I know of
by tom • December 4, 2007 • 2 Comments
He never says anything to provoke cutting remarks from the snark-o-sphere (must drive the poor kids at GoBlog batty). Here’s another interview with him in his hometown paper, the Boulder Daily Camera. Earnest, honest, straightforward, and even though I’ve never…
Dan on bivy camping
by tmangan • September 14, 2007 • 3 Comments
Dan Mitchell describes a couple days in the Sierra in which he was obliged to ride out a rain shower in the close confines of a bivy sack. He also had to figure out how one inserts one’s wet body…
Learning to be light: The outing
by tmangan • May 1, 2006 • 4 Comments
Somewhere during a punishing climb at Henry Coe State Park over the weekend, I thought about bowling balls. Namely, how glad I was not to be carrying any. I grew about a mile from a bowling alley, so I remember…
Learning to be light
by tmangan • April 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
No new pictures this week — I spent the whole weekend back in the classroom One of the ways adulthood totally rules over childhood is that you can pick only the kind of class you’re interested in. If I had…
On going light
by tmangan • February 17, 2005 • 0 Comments
Just got this e-mail this morning from a veteran hiker/backpacker named Scott Huffman. It was so interesting I’m compelled to share: Tom, I just saw your blog (via Susan Mernit). I noticed that there is no mention (yet) of “lite”…