Features Archive
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M Backpacking: Baby on Board - Part 2: Trekking with a Toddler
12 CommentsIn Part 1, Fany and Nick embarked on a challenging journey with an unlikely companion: their 3 month old. Two years and another 750 km later, 30 month old Flora has completed the entire traverse. Thru-hiking with a toddler can be as rewarding as it is challenging.
M True Lemon and True Lime Spotlite Review
17 CommentsBored with water in the backcountry? Need to make hydration more appealing for your group? Add some flavor to your water, and vanquish any fear of dehydration or scurvy.
M Pack-and-Paddle Wilderness Route Planning: Predicting Stream Flows
6 CommentsGuidelines for evaluating watershed geography and streamflow to help ask the question: is this creek runnable in a packraft?
M How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
110 CommentsHow do supposedly "odor proof" plastic bags for backpacking hold up to the keen nose of a Police K9?
M SOTMR: Two-way Satellite Communications for Backpacking: Part 3: Satellite Texting
21 CommentsPart 3 in our series on satellite communications focuses on the currently available two-way texting devices suitable for lightweight backpacking.
M New Balance 889 Multisport Review
27 CommentsThese new trail shoes have gone the way of the Vibram sole. How does this development affect performance?
M Spring Raftpacking (and Packrafting)
11 CommentsIn the high country, runoff doesn’t always coincide with what we all consider to be backpacking season, where trails are dry and the days are sunny. That being the case, here are some tips for trekking, packrafting, and camping in the spring snow and muck.
M SOTMR: Two-way Satellite Communications for Backpacking: Part 2 - Satellite Phones
9 CommentsPart 2 in our 3 part series on satellite communications focuses on the currently available sat phones suitable for lightweight backpacking.
M Packing for Adventure Travel: Ultralight Tips to Integrate Wilderness and Urban Kit
5 CommentsPacking to combine adventure travel and wilderness recreation.
M SOTMR: Two-way Satellite Communications for Backpacking: Part 1 - Introduction
46 CommentsPart 1 in our 3 part series on two-way satellite communications for lightweight backpacking.
