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Choosing a sleeping bag is the decision that determines whether you actually sleep on camping trips or lie…
Fly fishing has a reputation for being expensive, technical, and intimidating to learn. The reputation isn’t entirely fair,…
Stopping to dig a water bottle out of a frame cage breaks rhythm on a technical trail, and…
A climbing gym has done a large amount of work on your behalf that is invisible until you…
The part people miss about climbing gear lifespan is that it applies whether or not the equipment has…
The instinct on realizing you are lost is to keep moving, usually faster, usually downhill. That instinct is…
Signaling is a different problem from navigation. Navigation is about you finding your way; signaling is about somebody…
An emergency shelter is dead weight on every hike until the one where it is the most important…
Blisters are the most common reason a hike ends early, and almost every one of them announced itself…
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are not two points on the same scale of discomfort. Heat exhaustion is…
A topographic map is an ordinary map with one addition: thin brown lines showing elevation. Learn to read…
Phones and handheld units fail in ways that are entirely predictable. Batteries drain faster in cold, screens become…
The failure mode here is specific and common: someone opens a mapping app at the trailhead, sees the…
