Gear Lists
Raider’s Fanny Pack : Toiletries And More
Up the trail, the sun glimmered off an iridescent waist, rainbow reflections hitting the dirt path. Grown-out blonde hair tucked loosely into a bun. A stray stand comes loose in...
Why Am I So Nervous? I’ve Been Waiting So Long For This Moment!
Okay, now I understand. I've read so many blogs written in the final days before hitting the trail. Just about every one expressed anxiety, self doubt, nervousness. I assumed either...
AT SOBO Gear List
The oft discussed gear list. Do you have all the lightweight items? What was your budget? Since my preparations began, I have been trying to balance lightweight with budget, taking...
My Gear + Food
These are the items I use daily on the trail. I'm 51 days in now and can pretty confidently say that I feel comfortable carrying each one of these items....
Efficient and Capable: My Gear List
My gear list was built to be efficient, but capable and after two years in the making - it better be! Check it out and see if my gear updates...
The Things We Carried
Living out of your backpack is serious business. For nearly five months I lived out of my backpack, trekking from Georgia to Maine. Before setting off, I tried to pack...
Cook Kits
Have you every taken a look at your current cook kit and asked yourself how can I make it lighter? Well I have and this is what I have found...
PCT Gear List II
Not a whole lot has changed from the first gear list. I wanted to get an Arc pack with the heavier duty 4.2 oz/sqyd Gridstop fabric. Unfortunately, you can only...
On Hiking With A Knife
I wouldn't be caught dead in the wilderness without a knife. Plain and simple. I was always taught that you never go into the woods without a.) telling someone where...
What’s in My Pack: Ruby Throat’s Gear List for 2017
Backpack with Benefits Twenty years ago, I moved to the mountains and bought my first “real” backpack, an Osprey ISIS with a built-in chair. A CHAIR! Best. Thing. Ever. (Unless...