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ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast – When the Weather Outside is Frightful and There is No Inside, What Gear Works? 
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker exposes the insanity of Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick. Three pounds of shared sleeping quilt for minus 30 degree weather?! Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Making Unconventional Choices for a Better Life
by Carol Crooker
John Coffer is out of step with modern life - and that is just the way he likes it. Carol Crooker talks with John about his journey to contentment. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: The Fight to Permit Packrafting in the Grand Canyon
by Roman Dial and Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Roman Dial about his experience with the NPS for securing a permit to packraft the Grand Canyon. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Cameron McNeish and the Emotional Value of Wilderness Hiking
by Ron Craighead
Ron Craighead explores the emotional value of wilderness with author, adventurer, and magazine editor Cameron McNeish of Scotland. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Little Alpacka Packraft can Play with the Big Kids
by Carol Crooker
Green River through Desolation Canyon: 84 miles, 67 class II/II rapids, 7 days in a packraft. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Long Boat and Gear Repair
by Ken Knight
Delving deeper into the Alpacka longboat, gear repair, keeping healthy, and the upcoming ski season Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Hot Beds and Journalism
by Ken Knight
Erin and Hig talk about packraft innovations and how they record their travels. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Outer Coast Challenges Continue
by Carol Crooker
The Outer Coast is at least as challenging as Hig and Erin anticipated - but often in surprising ways. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Outer Coast Challenges
by Carol Crooker
After five months on the trail Erin and Hig have their scariest and most surreal encounters in Icy Bay. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Wilderness Trekking School Hones Ultralight Backcountry Skills - both Technical and Social
by Carol Crooker
The Backpacking Light Wilderness Trekking School aims to improve the art and technique of ultralight backcountry travel in real world conditions. A vitally important yet often overlooked factor in the "real world" is group dynamics. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Food Choices and Preparation
by Carol Crooker
Intrepid adventurers Erin and Hig are four months into their nine-month adventure. They talk about fuel for humans and cooking with wood for months on end. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Great Western Loop - The Loop is Closed
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After 6,875 miles and seven months Andy has finished his epic trek. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Lake Tahoe Open Water Swim - Around the Lake in Seven Days in Ultralight Style
by Carol Crooker
Justin Lichter (trail name Trauma) is known for his thru-hiking accomplishments - over 10,000 miles last year after already completing the triple crown. Here he takes on long distance swimming in preparation for future multi-mode adventures. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Should a Non-Coastal Curmudgeon Care About Shrinking Old Growth Forests?
by Carol Crooker
Sure the land is gorgeous, but how is losing a few trees hundreds of miles away going to affect me? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Survival of the Fittest?
by Carol Crooker
Does keeping the species from extinction matter, or is it natural progression for humans to overrun the planet? Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Robert Hausam on the TGO Challenge
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The TGO Challenge is an annual 200 mile, coast-to-coast, trek across Scotland. Robert Hausam took part in last May's Challenge. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Francis Tapon is Set to Complete a Backpacking First - a CDT Yo-Yo
by Carol Crooker
Making a living doing what he loves; Francis finds comfort with just 5 pounds of gear. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Justin Lichter's Surprising New Adventure
by Carol Crooker
Hiking 10,000 miles last year and completing the triple crown of backpacking in the previous three years has Justin ready for new adventures, this time in a different mode of human-powered transportation. Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: Why Kids' Gear and Clothing is Important for Our Future (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007)
by Carol Crooker
One-third of the US population is between 27 and 7. What happens if most have never taken a hike by the time they are responsible for running the country? Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: Advocacy Groups at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007)
by Ken Knight
Advocacy groups attend the Outdoor Retailer Summer and Winter Market show too. They may have similar goals, but remain quite distinct. Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: Impressions, Favorites, and Fun (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007)
by BPL Staff
Exciting as well as fun highlights from the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007. Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: Backcountry Music for Kids (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007)
by Carol Crooker
Small, flat drums are lightweight and kid tested for fun. Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: Is Bob Molen of Big Sky a Crook? (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007)
by Carol Crooker
Big Sky shelters win awards from magazines, but complaints from customers waiting over 18 months for delivery. Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: A Booster Shot of Nature is Nice (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2007)
by Carol Crooker
The Outdoor Retailer show isn't the only attraction of the Salt Lake City area. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast - Packrafting Gear and Clothing
by Carol Crooker
Erin and Hig talk about the why's and how's of packraft use on their nine month journey along the Pacific coast. Read More...
ARTICLES People Podcasts
Podcast: Married to an Adventurer - Coping Strategies for the Front Country
by Carol Crooker
Tips and strategies from the wives of three back country explorers on managing front country adventures while temporarily flying solo. Read More...
ARTICLES Techniques Podcasts
Podcast: Pre-Trip Planning and Support Logistics
by Ken Knight
Ken Knight talks with Brian Frankle and Karen Skurka about pre-trip planning and support logistics. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Doing Denali Light Part 2
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker talks with Matt Hage and Agnes Stowe who have just returned from their summit attempt of Denali. A successful trip going ultralight. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Journey on the Wild Coast, Part 1
by Carol Crooker, Erin McKittrick, and Bretwood Higman
Carol Crooker talks with Erin McKittrick and Bretwood (Hig) Higman about their upcoming 4000 miles journey along the Pacific Coast from Seattle to the tip of the Aluetian Islands chain. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Western Loop, Part 3
by Ryan Jordan
Andrew Skurka discusses his philosophy about backpacking as well as the connection between the wilderness and the rest of the country with Ryan Jordan. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Western Loop, Part 2
by Ryan Jordan
Ryan Jordan continues his interview with Andrew Skurka this time focusing on the gear Andy will use in his 6,875 mile, 7 month, hike through the west. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Western Loop, Part 1
by Ryan Jordan
Andrew Skurka is at it again: 6,875 miles of backpacking through the American West. Ryan Jordan learns what his overall plans are. Read More...
ARTICLES Techniques Podcasts
Podcast: Roundtable Discussion of the Limits of Ultralight Backpacking
by Ken Knight
Ken Knight, Mike Clelland!, Carol Crooker, and Glen Van Peski discuss the limits, both perceived and real, of ultralight backpacking. Read More...
ARTICLES Trends Podcasts
Podcast: Is National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Ready to Go Light?
by Carol Crooker
Senior NOLS instructors discuss the major hurdles to NOLS going light and propose solutions. Read More...
ARTICLES Techniques Podcasts
Podcast: Roundtable Discussion of Winter Hiking and Camping
by Ken Knight
Backpacking Light staff discuss how to get the most out of any winter trip from day trip to multi-day expeditions. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Scott Williamson and Yo-Yo-ing the Pacific Crest Trail
by Ryan Jordan
PCT thru hiker talks style, gear, foot fungus, on 5,300 mile hike. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Andrew Skurka in the Nation's Icebox, the Conclusion
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker talks with Andrew Skurka after he survives a 400-mile ultralight backpacking trip through northern Minnesota in the dead of winter. Read More...
ARTICLES Technology Podcasts
Podcast: Doug Clark on Metamorphic Suspension in GoLite Shoes
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Doug Clark, VP of Timberland's Invention Factory, about the conception and performance of the very strange looking soles on the new GoLite footwear line. Read More...
ARTICLES Technology Podcasts
Podcast: Ryan Jordan on the Design Philosophy of Bozeman Mountain Works Gear
by Carol Crooker
An audio interview with Ryan Jordan about Bozeman Mountain Works' philosophy, design, and production, from ORWM 2007. Read More...
ARTICLES Technology Podcasts
Podcast: Demetri Coupounas on Product Development
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Demetri Coupounas of GoLite about factors that change designs between concept and production. Read More...
ARTICLES Technology Podcasts
Podcast: Inov8's Wayne Edy on Women's Footwear Design
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Wayne Edy, founder of Inov8, about design considerations for women's footwear. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Andrew Skurka in the Nation's Icebox
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker talks with Andrew Skurka midway through his 400-mile ultralight backpacking trip through northern Minnesota in the dead of winter. Read More...
ARTICLES Places Podcasts
Podcast: Sub-3 on the PCT with Glen Van Peski
by Carol Crooker
Carol Crooker interviews Glen Van Peski, founder of Gossamer Gear, about trekking on the Pacific Crest Trail while carrying less than three pounds of gear Read More...
ARTICLES Gear Podcasts
Backpacking Light Trends (Audio Program): Integrated Canister Stove Systems
by Ryan Jordan
Audio program featuring commentary, technical presentations, and interviews with manufacturers of integrated canister stove systems from the 2006 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. Read More...