tents
Sleeping with Strangers: Part 1
Oh, hi, class of 2018! Notebook here. Congratulations on your decision to take the plunge and make a thru-hike attempt! That took a lot of guts! One thing you might...
Dyneema: The Future of Backpacking?
The advances that DSM Dyneema and Cuban Technologies are making has allowed tent and backpack weights to be sliced in half.
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Tour
Signs at the entrance led me through hallway after hallway of artist’s studios, diners, and fabric-strewn shops. A door opened into the sunlight and an ancient alley, moss growing down...
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Mile 10.4 Horse Gap, Georgia Horse Gap isn’t an ideal campsite, the clearing we chose is on quite a slope. There is a forest road pretty close that apparently gets...
NEMO Headquarters Tour
camPrior to the new Nemo gear and my testing of the Blaze 2P ultralight tent, I was given a tour of Nemo’s headquarters by Donald Stickney, director of e-commerce and...
5 Quality Freestanding 2-Person Tents
When it comes to backpacking shelters there are probably tens of thousands of options. Tent, tarp and hammock are the 3 main types of shelters. Each having it's own subcategories....
By the Numbers: The Top Shelters on the Appalachian Trail
Although tents are the traditional means of shelter in the backcountry, a variety of alternative shelter systems are used by long-distance hikers on the Appalachian Trail, including hammocks, tarps,