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Think light when hiking

PINHOTI — The three backpackers removed food from their packs, sat down on the Laurel Shelter’s wooden floor and began talking while eating lunch. Inevitably, their conversation turned to hiking, camping and backpacking equipment — “thinking light,” they called it.

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 ...

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.

A Slice of the Rockies in Texas? Exploring Guadalupe Mountains National Park - CultureMap

A Slice of the Rockies in Texas? Exploring Guadalupe Mountains National Park CultureMap Why carry cooked noodles stuffed into a plastic bag for rations on a backpacking trip? Are we idiots? Nah. I would say we were hardcore. ...

Camping, Festing, How SHE Changes It - Firedoglake (blog)

Camping, Festing, How SHE Changes It Firedoglake (blog) In my mid 70's backpacking tent, with my mid 70's backpacking stove. Sleeping bags, insulite. Clothes, and a card table and some kitchen tools to boot. ...