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- Backpacking With Children: My Own Adventures - When I had my firstborn I thought I new everything there was to know about raising children. I had read all the books, interviewed all my friends, come from a family full of 'wise' people… you get my meaning. I soon discovered however that I didn't know
- Backpacking Checklist - A backpacking checklist is usually about the "stuff." Good equipment is nice to have, but even with the best gear you can get into trouble in the wilderness. You might have matches and the latest fire starters, but still not be able to get that fire going
- Ultralight Backpacking List - 3 Days, 10 Pounds - Here's an ultralight backpacking list, an example of what I typically take on a weekend hike. We're all different in our needs and skills, though, so please don't take it as a recomendation. My list, with weights (not including what I wear to start):*GoLi
- Backpacking Clothes - Making Your Own - Okay, do you really want to make all your own backpacking clothes? More power to you, and good luck. After the first hundred tedious hours of sewing I started buying gear again. However, there are SOME backpacking clothes you can make cheaply and quickly.
- Backpacking Food - What To Bring - Weight is always a concern with backpacking food you'll be carrying everything on your back. Some will tell you to find your weight savings in other areas, and argue for the necessity of healthy, meaning heavy, food. My experience, however, tells me that
- Ultralight Backpacking - How To Start - Want to run up that ridge, just to see what's there? Want to easily carry your pack up those fourteener's, so you can go down by any route you choose? Want to feel good at the end of a twenty-mile day? It's time to liighten your load.Ultralight Backpackin
- Ten Wilderness Survival Backpacking Tips - Why should you learn wilderness survival skills just for backpacking? They may save your life someday, and for ultralight enthusiasts like myself, skills replace gear, and therefore weight. The best reason, however, may be that it's just a good feeling to
- Camping Lanterns Guide: Backpacking And Camping Lantern Tips. - 1f64
What kind of camping lanterns best fit your outdoor needs? Do you need light weight for backpacking, or is maximum light more important?Camping lanterns have been around for quite a while, especially fuel lanterns like kerosene and gas lanterns. LED
- Testing Backpacking Gear In Michigan - I was backpacking in the Sleeping Bear Dunes. It was March, so when I made it through the woods and over the dunes, I'd have miles of beach to myself. It was an over-nighter, a chance to test new ultralight backpacking equipment. I hiked the wooded hills
- A Lightweight Backpacking Adventure - I was in the Weminuche Wilderness Area when the snow came. It was my second day out of Silverton, where the locals told me it rains or snows every day in August. I made a note to myself to do some research next time. Then I made a note to myself to find t
- Travel-American Backpacking Hostels - Do you ever feel like you know just enough about Travel to be dangerous? Let's see if we can fill in some of the gaps with the latest info from Travel experts.It is useful to be able to compare room rates at a number of hostels in your preferred destinati
- Backpacking Travel Tips - After a great deal of research and carefully consideration you have finally decided that it's time to try backpacking. You have bought the latest backpacking trail guides and plotted your destination at the ultimate get-away location. But before you tak
- Backpacking Across Europe with Baby – Yes, It Is Possible! - A bed and breakfast in Provence. Traveling the Chunnel to England on a Europass. Backpacking the Alpine trails of Switzerland. You and your partner have had all these romantic ideas for your excursion across Europe, when suddenly, you have a cuddly baby b
- Backpacking in New Zealand – How to Get Amongst the Locals & Experience Things Off The Tourist Trail - A great way for backpackers to get a taste of the real New Zealand is to seek out local events and festivals in smaller towns and communities. Take your time to chill out in one place for a while and you will be surprised how much more you can deepen your
- Lightweight Backpacking - Lightweight backpacking or ultralight backpacking certainly enable you to travel more miles in a day. I can easily go farther in my running shoes, with my fifteen-pound pack on, than I could with heavy hiking boots and a forty-pound pack. That isn't all,
- Ya Mule! - Backpacking In Siena, Italy - Ah, the glamour of backpacking through Europe. Of course, the glamour comes with a price as I found in Siena, Italy.SienaSiena is located an hour or so outside of Florence, Italy. My handy dandy guidebook suggested it was a side trip that just had to be m
- Backpacking in Europe? Hostels are the Place to be! - Hostels are generally fantastic places to be. The people who are there are passionate about travelling, there is lots of camaraderie and a strong sense of community between travellers. It is in the hostel, not a guidebook that you will found out the bes
- Backpacking South East Asia on an Adventurous Route - The South East Asian region of the world - especially Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos - has become increasingly popular as a destination for those travelers seeking a more adventurous holiday than can be had merely sipping fruity, ice-cold drinks at
- Baby, It's Cold Outside: My Backpacking Days are Over - I subscribe to “Outside”, a magazine that celebrates the lives of those who live life to its fullest: mountain climbers, surfers, explorers, white water rafters, back packers, triathletes, people who live for the opportunity to test the limits of their ph
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