Camping
Review: Gossamer Gear The One UL Shelter
Full Featured. 19.5 Ounces. Since 2004 gear manufacturer Gossamer Gear has created the lightest and most efficient gear ultralight for backpackers and peakbaggers. One of the pioneers of the
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 11: Dream Baby Dream
"Dream up, Dream up, Let me fill your cup, With the promise of a man."-Neil Young Dream Baby Dream Okay California. This is one more song about moving down...
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 10: The Trail Haters Ball!
Trail update: I'm still walking. Anything else I say would be completely uninteresting to anyone not doing the same. I'm past 1,000 miles and doing ok. There is a video...
Fire Between Walker Pass And Kennedy Meadows
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. - UPDATE: 250 firefighters burning the Chimney Fire, with zero-percent containment. A brush fire burning in a remote part of Tulare County is visible in parts of...
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 6: Shit And Run On The Pacific Crest Trail
They shit on our rug. Well, not on our rug, but our hardwood floor. I strolled into Walker Pass, (PCT mile 652), after four and a half hot and grueling...
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 5: Death Traps, Squalor, Trump, Reagan as PCT Thruhikers Converge on Hikertown
/embed] When I strolled up to Hikertown I thought it was a joke. It was caged behind a ratty chain link fence and it was absolutely deserted. I passed through...
Hiker Box Diaries Episode 4: I’m Driving A Stolen Car
This is the desert I feared before I started the PCT. The sun was relentless leaving Mill Creek Fire Station at 1pm. There were a dozen or so hikers there...
What Does it Mean to be an Ethical Hiker?
The AT is crowded. We've heard about it, seen the jammed campsites, and witnessed the effects. There are ways to mitigate the negativity though, and they start with you. We asked...
Pacific Crest Trail: Campo to Julian
Campo, CA (mile 0) to Julian, CA (mile 77) /embed] April 27 "Expectation is the Root of all Heartache" The day has finally arrived. I get to attempt to thruhike...
Commit to Your Kit: PCT Gear Choices
April 12 2016 Pacific Crest Trail Pre Thruhike Entry #2 I leave for California in a week and this is a good time to prepare a list of all the...