In the old days people figured backpacking meant you had to haul 50 pounds around. These days with all the ultra-light fanatics dominating the conversation, you’re looked upon as the silliest sort of fool if you carry more than 25…

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So I read another of those “she finished the whole trail” stories the other day and one passage set the hairs on the back of my neck on end. Check it out: After five long months of not having a…

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Calipidder and friends had a leisurely snow-camping expedition in mind. Mother Nature had other plans. Even with all their foul-weather gear, some of ’em got downright chilly when the storm blew through.

Hey, if you believe in jolly fat white men who live at the north pole, why not believe in Sasquatch?

Found a really fine site created by a guy whose base pack weighs less than 10 pounds. Onestep’s Ultralight Backpacking features two suggestions any of us can use right away without planning a hundred-mile slog through the woods: when it…

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Justin the archer/hunter/backpacker is planning a backpacking trip next spring to the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico. He has a number of detailed posts on where he plans to go, what he has to know, etc. Instructive for planning your…

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A handy tool for building your very own igloo.

Stumbled on this online survival guide, which is based on training materials issued to soldiers serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Weapons and explosives training are not prerequisites, near as I can tell.

The folks at whiteblaze.net recount some of the dumbest things they’ve seen on the Appalachian Trail. Farmer was lighting his alcohol stove, suddenly things went bad, other things begin to catch fire, so he grabbed his ‘water’ bottle to douse…

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