Have you ever found yourself, covered in a fine layer of trail dust and your own regret, staring at a photo of some impossibly chic person sipping an espresso on...
Alright, folks. Gather ‘round. We need to have a talk. It’s a talk about something we all do, but few of us like to discuss in polite company. It’s about...
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...