Mac’s Backpacking Gear List 2020 (v2.0)
It’s been a complicated year, but I still managed to get outdoors despite not being able to escape the country as originally planned. My gear…
It’s been a complicated year, but I still managed to get outdoors despite not being able to escape the country as originally planned. My gear…
The gear required for a hike of the Sierra High Route (SHR) needs to strike a balance of functional and lightweight. Typically, I am happy…
It’s the dawn of a decade and I’ve made a lot of changes to my three-season backpacking gear list to kick off the twenties. Some…
Your Pacific Crest Trail gear list can at times feel like one of your most defining features on the trail. It’s been a few years…
I didn’t stop hiking once I left the Pacific Crest Trail this summer, and since my final PCT gear list, a number of things have…
I’ve come a long way since my first Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike and my first Pacific Crest Trail gear list. With the exception of my…
There’s a lot of new gear I’m excited to try this year (like this new sleeping pad from Therm-a-Rest), but these experiments will have to…
Rain for a week straight, multiple typhoons, stupid levels of humidity, Japanese giant hornets, and a record-setting heat wave all made my 425 mi /…
This post has been sitting in my “Drafts” folder for ages now being neglected like an unwanted stepchild. After repeated emails from readers wondering why…
Island Peak (Imja Tse) is technically classified as a “trekking peak, ” but it requires much more gear than you would expect from a typical…
We’re not even halfway into the year and I’m already making some dramatic additions to my current gear outfit. I’ve got my first non-freestanding shelter…
It’s a new year which means it’s time for another arbitrary reason to do some swapping and upgrading of my backpacking gear outfit. I’ve been…