Last month, I sat down and talked to Backpacker Radio about pretty much everything I've ever done in the outdoors up until this year. You can start listening at around 10 minutes in and then sit back to enjoy the last eight years of my life compressed into a little under two hours. Long by many
Hyperlite Mountain Gear 2400 Junction Review
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear Junction is a lightweight, weatherproof, minimalist, Dyneema backpack designed to stand up to the rigors of the trail and carry loads of up to 40 lbs / 18.14 kg. It comes in two different capacities (the 2400 / 40 L version and the 3400 / 55 L version) and each comes in
Hyperlite Mountain Gear UltaMid 2 Review
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear UltaMid 2 is an ultralight, four-season, pyramid-style backpacking shelter designed to be set up with two trekking poles lashed together - Hyperlite Mountain Gear provides optional straps - or with an optional carbon fiber pole if you don't use trekking poles. Since it's
Continental Divide Trail Week 14: Yellowstone
Week 14 on the Continental Divide Trail takes us through the northern end of the Wind River Range, over Knapsack Col and then out to the town of Dubois just as we're running out of food. The trail then heads into Yellowstone National Park where we make a stop in Grant Village before heading toward
Forester Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow
Forester Pass, the 13,153 ft / 4,009 m pass named for the United States Forest Service workers who "discovered" it, is the highest point on the Pacific Crest Trail and is the first Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) thru-hikers (and the final pass crossed by southbound
PCT Class of 2020 Survey Now Open
It's been an interesting year, to say the least (and we still have more than three months to go). The Pacific Crest Trail, officially, was off-limits for most of 2020, but I know that there were/are still a lot of people out on the trail; I even gave a ride to some international PCT hikers from Echo
The Best Bear Canisters For The Pacific Crest Trail
The bear canister: an essential piece of Pacific Crest Trail equipment that reminds thru-hikers of what they're truly afraid of out in the wilderness - being torn to pieces by a ravenous bear in the middle of their night (but we all there know there's scarier things than bears out there). If you're
Glen Pass Guide: Approaches, Crossing, and Snow
Glen Pass, the 11,969 ft / 3,648 m pass named for Forest Service ranger Glen H. Crow, is the second Sierra pass encountered by northbound Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) thru-hikers and the eighth encountered by southbound John Muir Trail (JMT) hikers. It's located 11.6 mi / 18.67 km north of Forester
NEMO Hornet Elite 2 Tent Review
The NEMO Hornet Elite 2 is an ultralight, semi-freestanding, three-season backpacking tent with a single-pole construction, two doors, and two vestibules. It's the lighter (Elite) version of the NEMO Hornet 2 - coming in at 4 oz / 113 g less and costing $130 more. The Hornet Elite 2 has a packed