Funny name, but a great recipe for spread you can use on tortillas, crackers, or just straight out of the jar. I got this from Joe’ Ultralight Backpacking site a few years ago and have made several batches. There are some more variants on his site as that you might want to check out. Do [...]
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Here are a few of my favorite Ultralight Backpacking Books. Equipment changes all the time, but the best gear is what you have between your ears. Lightweight Backpacking and Camping: A Field Guide to Wilderness Equipment, Technique, and Style – Ryan Jordan Ryan Jordan really, really knows his stuff, and this book gets into the [...] As pointed out in my earlier posts about Appalachian Trail thru-hiker backpacks (Part 1) , (Part 2), there’s a definite trend toward smaller, lighter backpacks among the thru-hiker crowd. After thinking about my own progression of backpacks purchased over the last 20 years, I realized I’ve fallen right in line with that trend. At [...] Just following up on my post from last week on Thru-hiker Backpacks. This was part of a large study I bagan in 2007 on Appalachian Trail Thru-hikers. Over 540 long-distance hikers, with more than a million collective trail miles were part of this study. First let’s take a look at the Packs by Brand graph. Bear [...] I started my data collection for the Appalachian Trail Thru-hiker Study at Trail Days (May, 2007) and continued to collect responses through September 2007. As such, the last year for completed thru-hikes in this study was 2006, although many 2007 hikers submitted their surveys during their thru-hikes. Pack preferences come and go, but the Granite [...] Just wading through some more data from my AT Thru-hiker Study today and wanted to share some info on pack types. Here’s the chart of the 434 responses. Let’s dig into the numbers a little bit and see what we find. Backpacking stoves change and evolve, as do gear preferences. People can spend hours wading through mountains of information about burn times, fuel delivery, treehugging-ness, and of course, price. I know people who change stoves more than they change underwear. To each his own, but here’s where I ended up. I used a MSR Whisperlight International [...] I present several slideshows on both our Mississippi River Expedition and Appalachian Trail thru-hike every year. I love these presentations and especially enjoy the question and answer sessions. Each time I give the Appalachian Trail talk, I always know I’ll spend some time talking about footwear. Some folks hike in boots, some [...] A pot cozy is one of the easiest pieces of backpacking gear to make. A pot cozy opens up the option to cook all kinds of different foods that typically require long simmering times, keeps your food hotter, and easily saves its own weight in the amount of fuel it saves. I don’t know how [...] I’m taking a day off and sneaking out of town for a long weekend in the Grayson Highlands / Mount Rogers area. I’ve probably been there 15 times, so planning was a piece of cake. The weather looks crappy, but I’d rather spend a few days in sideways rain and wind then in the office [...] You’ve got to eat when backpacking and paddling, and one of our favorite outdoor cookbooks is Simple Foods for the Pack. Our copy of this Sierra Club classic is dog-earred, food-stained, and used more and more each time we head out. Reams of recipes, tips, and dietary guidelines are spelled out over 280 pages. [...] I recently spent a couple of evenings re-reading Earl Shaefer’s Walking with Spring. Earl was the first person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail way back in 1948, and he wrote this book based on his journals and photos. I first read this about 15 years ago, and still go back every once in awhile [...] It’s important to keep your sleeping gear dry when you are out in the woods. Despite claims that a sleeping bag is “warm when wet”, nothing is more miserable than dealing [...] I’ve been busy as a bee lately working up the data on my Appalachian Trail Thru-hiker study. About 560 hikers responded to a survey that had over 125 questions, several of which had multiple parts, so cleaning up and recoding the data is taking a fair amount of time as expected. I’ll be putting up [...] I was thinking about the Appalachian Trail on the way to work today. I did a southbound thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2000, and if I were to do it again, I’d change up [...] |
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