Backpacking Stove News

Iron Chef EMS cooking competition a delicious success

MANCHESTER-- A.J. Pikul was only counting on his cooking skills to get him through the rest of the Appalachian Trail to Mount Katahdin in Maine. He never expected them to earn him a whole bunch of free gear in the process.

Journal: Boy Scout Troop 282's trip to Philmont Scout Ranch

During late July and early August, some of the Boy Scouts of Clay County Troop 282 took a backpacking trip to Philmont Scout Ranch, near Cimarron, N.M. After the troop's last trip, in the summer of 2008, Scout Leader Tom Barbre gave us his journal, which the Advocate-Press presented excerpts from. This year, we will run all of Barbre's journal from the trip, divided into two parts. For the full ...

Dads, sons leave comfort zone behind on coastal hike

Reporter Craig Hill and photographer Drew Perine had great expectations as they strapped backpacks on their sons for the first time earlier this month. Hill and Perine have backpacked together over some of Washington’s most scenic terrain, and they thought it was about time to introduce this activity to their sons. The plan was for the kids to be dazzled by the mystic sight of sea stacks veiled ...

Leave your comfort zone behind

We had great expectations as we strapped backpacks on our sons for the first time earlier this month.

Take the weight off your back

New technologies and designs have revolutionized long-distance hiking.