backpacking

Winston Endall

How to Get Safe Drinking Water in the Backcountry

When you get right down to it, we need food, shelter, and water to survive. This blog is geared on how to get safe drinking H20in the wild

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How to Build a Cook System for Backpacking

Camp cooking is one of the simple pleasures in life. I prefer to think of things in terms of systems. Everything works together.

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How to Choose a Sleeping Pad for Backpacking

Experienced campers have long known that laying directly on the ground is neither warm nor comfortable. Read on about sleeping pads.

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How To Choose A Sleeping Bag For Backpacking

As a major part of your sleep system, what you choose for a sleeping bag will have a huge effect on the quality of your sleep.

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How to Choose A Sleep System for Backpacking

Many people enjoy the outdoors but don't enjoy sleeping outdoors because they don't get a good nights sleep. It doesn't have to be the case.

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How to Choose and Fit a Backpack

Being new to backpacking it's easy to overwhelmed by the choices of packs. Follow these tips to find the right pack for you.

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What You Need to Start Backpacking

I break down your gear into various systems. If what you are thinking of packing doesn't fit in a system then you probably don't need it.

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Top Tips for Safe Backpacking

This article covers most of the potential risks you might encounter on the trail and how to mitigate them.

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What is Backpacking and Why Do It?

Backpacking in its true form is hiking with everything you need to camp on your back. The hike can be long or short but at the end of the...

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How to Find Free Camping

If you are new to back country camping you may think the only place to go is campgrounds and your equivalent of state/national parks. Not so