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How To Stay Warm Backpacking
By: steve gillman
Stay warm or die. That's what it comes down to at the extremes. More people die in the wilderness of exposure than from any other cause. Staying warm,(read
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Category : Sports
Ultralight Sleeping Bags
By: steve gillman
Why ultralight sleeping bags? Because ultralight backpacking is only made possible by cutting the weight of the "big three;" the backpack, shelter an(read
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Category : Sports
Lightweight Backpacking: An Example
By: steve gillman
I was in the Weminuche Wilderness Area when the snow came. It was my second day out of Silverton, where the locals told me it rains or snows(read
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Category : Sports
Lightweight Backpacking
By: steve gillman
You aren't lightweight backpacking if you are carrying twenty-five pounds for a summer weekend. I invent these standards, but I try to be reasonable.(read
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Category : Sports
Lightweight Backpacks - How Light?
By: steve gillman
How light is light? Lightweight backpacks weigh less than three pounds, a standard I just invented. There are good packs under three pounds for almost(read
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Category : Sports
Ten Backpacking Trip Essentials
By: steve gillman
I've had backpacking trips that included rain, snow, lightning, rockslides, altitude sickness, and twenty-mile days - all in a summer weekend. Wilder(read
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Category : Sports
Poop Bags On Mount Shasta
By: steve gillman
Topped by snow and glaciers, Mount Shasta rises up above everything else when you approach it from the north.As soon as I saw it, I wan(read
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Category : Sports
Who Cares What Your Iq Is?
By: steve gillman
You Want Brain Power, Not Scores! Would you like to know what your IQ is? Want to improve it? What is IQ anyhow? The American Heritage Di(read
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Category : Technology, Gadget and Science
A Backpacking List - Ten Things To Learn
By: steve gillman
Have you ever had a backpacking trip that was a disaster - even though you brought everything you needed? Maybe you had matches, but couldn't get that(read
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Category : Travel
A Dirtbagging Trip
By: steve gillman
Dirtbagging is stripping camping or backpacking down to the essentials: fun and adventure. Just throw a few things in any old pack, and get o(read
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Category : Travel
