admin on June 28th, 2009

The Penny Ultralight Alcohol Backpacking Stove by Mark Jurey makes me want to change from my Altoid®,  Esbit® model.  Old habits die hard but this could easily become a favorite, of course with my trusty Altoid® tin stashed in a corner of my pack.  Esbit® at times is in very short supply and not exactly [...]

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admin on June 27th, 2009

Do you exhibit the right tendencies to be classified an ultralight backpacker?  Just found this old article on Buzzle, by Steve Gilman.
Did you all miss me?  Been backpacking with my 9 year old granddaughter.  More on that later.

For the fanatics of lightweight backpacking
This one is for the fanatics of lightweight backpacking, or for those who [...]

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Seems the Appalachian Trail has been receiving a lot of press lately, between the naked hiker and South Carolina’s missing Governor, Mark Sanford.  HUM, could they be one and the same?  Price of real estate seems to be falling all the time.  Sure can’t blame either for wanting to escape, from what I hear Mr. [...]

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