Let’s get one thing straight before we even start: there is no wrong way to backpack. Well, okay, there are a few wrong ways. Strapping a live badger to your...
I spend a truly baffling amount of my free time hiking under the unblinking, judgmental eye of the sun. I’ve learned a thing or two about how to stay cool...
Car camping—that glorious activity where you drive right up to your patch of dirt and unload your life for a few days—is one of the greatest joys known to humankind...
Backpacking gear is expensive. Like, “I-could-have-bought-a-used-moped-for-this-price” expensive. When you drop a small fortune on a featherlight tent or a space-age sleeping bag, you’re not just buying a product; you’re making...
Let’s be clear from the outset: winter camping is the final boss of camping. It’s not the charming, gentle camping of summer, where your biggest worry is a mildly aggressive...
Over the years, I’ve graduated from a wide-eyed newbie who packed a glass jar of pasta sauce “for the flavor” to a slightly-less-wide-eyed enthusiast who has made, and learned from...
I love hiking. The smell of pine needles, the crunch of gravel underfoot, the profound silence broken only by the sound of your own labored breathing and the occasional existential...
You’re about to gain insider knowledge that makes your camping trips smoother and a lot more fun. The line between good and great is often blurred by the small details...
Let’s be real for a second. Backpacking is supposed to be this soul-fulfilling, nature-communing, Instagram-perfect escape. And it is! For about 12 hours a day. Then night falls, and you’re...