Gear List
My Mistakes and Gear: What I’m Taking on the PCT in 2020
Hot Topic Isn’t Just a Clothing Store Gear seems to be the hottest and most highly requested topic in the online backpacking realms and for good reason. Lightweight, good-quality gear...
My Gear – Four Decades in the Making
My gear choices are based on a great deal of experience with short trips... a thru-hike will be a different animal.
A New(bie) Thru-Hiker Take on the Pre-Thru-Hike Gear List
I know what you're thinking. "Oh God, another gear list." Well, I can promise you that this one is short, sweet, and relatively painless to get through. It also doesn't...
Is Packing Your Bikini Ultralight? I’d Say So!
You must pack your bathing suit when hiking in New Zealand! It’s ultralight. See what else I’m bringing..
My Life in 60 Liters
Taking a step away from spreadsheets, this is the semi-final gear list for my Colorado Trail thru-hike. Undoubtedly subs will be made once warmer temps roll around and I find...
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Carbon Z’s
Dear Santa... Santa Claus: And what do you want for Christmas? Me: I want official Black Diamond Distance Carbon Z lightweight 9 ounce, 100% carbon fiber, trekking poles! Santa Claus:...
Beginning Gear List for February Start
I feel gear is such an individual thing and each person needs to find what works for them and not just what everyone else is using. As you read a...
The Arizona Trail: To Gear or Not to Gear
My Arizona Trail gear list, annotated
Southbound and Down: AT Gear and Beginning Our Hike
Downsizing Weight Well, after three years of planning and several gear swaps later, I think I've got everything I'm going to need for this southbound hike. Of course, the big...
My Final Gear List for the Pacific Northwest Trail
Let’s get down on some gear talk for a second. I love nerding out on my spreadsheets (believe me I do) but I also like my bank account to be...
