Category: Backpacking
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Twothousandeleven
I finished the first part of the year in review video last night, so it is now time to start thinking about next year (like we haven’t all been assembling race calenders for a month already; I’m waiting on the Classic to set a date). On Sunday night I slept restlessly, and as the alarm…
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My current thoughts on shells
Monday, for moment, is gear day. Check the last few mondays for thoughts on base layers and footwear. This article will be much shorter than either of the previous, because the subject is much simpler. You need shells to keep wind and precipitation out. Wear as little shell as you can get away with given…
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My thoughts on base layers for active adventure
I hesitated to write the footwear article I published last week, for reasons I’ve written about on several occasions, namely that I don’t want to feed the gear obsession that for many perniciously supplants actual experience. Yet the response I got to that article, for quarters expected and not, has been positive and profuse. So…
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Project Yellowstone: Concluded (and begun)
In June/July of 2009 M and I did a great trip in Yellowstone. We hiked around, had breakfast at the Old Faithful Inn (the only meal to eat there, dinner is not so good), grilled at a great campground, and went for a backpack. The park was green and blue and vivid and teaming with…
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Thorofare video report
This was one of the coolest trips I’ve ever done. Still trying to wrap my head around all that I saw and felt. Insofar as this was meant to be an effective coda for both the Yellowstone project and for graduate school, I can say that the mission has been accomplished. Now, as Eric so…
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All-Pack, finalized
Back in April, I put together a pack almost from scratch, which was to be an all sport and all conditions multi-day and/or technical pack. It still represents my finest design and sewing work to date. Although the larger canvas makes execution a lot easier than with frame packs or clothing. It’s been on two…
Bedrock & Paradox 