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Hang your lightweight backpack from one shoulder to let your back cool while hiking. Hike sixteen miles without blisters, because your light load doesn't require hot, heavy boots. That's comfort.  Lightweight backpacking, fastpacking, ultralight backpacking - whatever you call it - it gives you more freedom and comfort. (Need more convincing? Read "The Case For Ultralight Backpacking.")
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Avoid Immersion Foot - This is a serious condition that can develop after 12 hours of having cold wet feet. Blood flow is impaired, the feet swell, and there is eventually pain as nerves and muscles are damaged. As the feet rewarm they may develop blisters. Redness and itchiness are early symptoms. To test, press the skin with a finger for 5 seconds. If it takes more than 2 seconds for the skin to regain its pink color afterwards, your circulation is restricted. Get those feet warm and dry! Extra Tip: For a unique experience, try meditating on a mountain top or in front of a lake, using brainwave entrainment technology and your MP3 player. My favorite meditation recordings: The Meditation Program Most Recent Pages In Defense of Water Bladders - I'm not a fan of water bladders. I use simple plastic pop or water bottles when backpacking and never have had a problem with them. But sometimes we are biased by our own experience and lack of experience with something, so I thought it would be useful to have another perspective. Here is a letter sent to me by... (click the link above to continue) High Altittude Brain Damage - The dangers of high altitude have been covered before on this site, but permanent brain damage was not one of the risks looked at. Unfortunately, recent evidence shows that this is a real possibility, and at lower elevations than many would have guessed... (click the link above to continue) |
60 pages on wilderness survival!
More than 50 pages on edible and useful plants!
Hammock Camping and Converting
To Ultralight Backpacking - A guest writer's experience.
What You Need for Desert Hiking
- A look at the essentials of safe desert hiking.
A New Backpacking Chair and
Other Innovations - A two-legged chair and more.
Three Vegetarian
Backpacking Recipes - Easy and cheap.
Vegan Backpacking Food
- Easier to find than you might think.
Survival Techniques and Tips
- The basics of staying safe and getting found.
A Review Of The Ribz Frontpack
- My experience using it on an overnight hike/climb.
Gear Testing and Getting Lost
- A trip that taught me some lessons.
Five Games For Backpackers
- Including some that weigh nothing.
Wilderness Survival
Shelters - Ten tips for wilderness emergencies.
Winter Fun -
Hiking In The Colorado Mountains - Snow-free at 13,000 feet.
The Cattail - The best of the
wild edibles, and useful in other ways too.
Three-Day Wilderness
Survival Techniques - Priorities for the first few days.
New Survival Kit Ideas
- A list of the usual items plus some new ideas.
Cheap Backpacking - Seven Tips
- Backpacking without breaking the bank account.
A Lightweight Camping Packing
List : Two days in June, with snow and frozen lakes...
How To Prevent Foot Blisters
: Read this before that next long hike.
Ultralight Backpacking
Equipment - The Latest Weights : See how light you can go
now...
Unusual Outdoor Adventures
: Fishing by hand, searching for lost mines and more.
My Backpacking Philosophy
: Notes from a recent interview.
How To Think Like A Lightweight
Backpacker : Six questions that come to mind...
More Outdoor Survival Tips
: Pop can fires, pine sap foot coverings, and more.
Backpacking Light : Six
reasons, and why it doesn't mean sacrificing comfort.
Michigan Backpacking - Three
Unknown Places : Uninhabited islands, isolated rivers, and
more.
Five Tips for Choosing Women's
Hiking Boots : By Sarah Holt, including what time of day
to shop.
Wildlife Photography Made
Easy : By Sarah Holt. Simple strategies, tips on where animals
gather.
Backpacking With Children
: Six great tips from Sarah Holt.
Backpacking Advice - Keeping
It Cheap - Five great ways to save money.
Safe Drinking Water - Tips
For Backpackers : What foam means, how to use a map to find
water...
Medicine Bow - Hiking And Searching
For A Plane Crash : Day hike to a high summit.
Backpacking Recipes - Some
Simple Ones : No cooking required.
Scrambling : ... the left half
of my rock fell loose, and I watched it bounce down the mountainside...
Black Bears and Backpackers :
Avoiding trouble and dealing with it.
Animal Attacks : Which animal
is most dangerous, and what do you do when a cougar attacks?
Mosquito Control For Backpackers
: Seven tips.
The Mountain Goat And I : I
held out my left hand and took a photo of him licking it...
Outdoor Survival - Know Your
Priorities : They're here, in the order of most importance...
Survival Shelter - Think!
: Understanding the principles.
Making A Fire Without Matches
: It's not as easy as it looks on TV.
Other Pages:
(See the site map for a complete list.)
Survival Foods
New Backpacking Ideas
Michigan Outdoors - Three Hidden Places
Sleeping Bag Ratings
Cheap Backpacks
Winter Backpacking Skills
Edible Wild Berries
Carved Hiking Sticks - DIY
Alone In The Wilderness - Why Go Solo?
Wilderness Survival Tips
Make Your Own Clothes
Backpacking Foods
Make Tarps And Bivy Sacks
Bivy Sacks
California Hiking
Campfire Cooking
Dirtbagging
Edible Wild Plants
Equipment Suppliers
Hiking In Michigan
Hiking In Southern Oregon
Socks, Sandals, Etc
Boots Versus Shoes
Hiking Staffs And Trekking Poles
Climbing Mount Shasta
River Rafting Adventure
National Parks List
You Might Be An Ultralight Backpacker If...
Chimborazo: 20,600 Feet - 10 pounds!
Backpacking Stove - Half-Ounce!
The Best Hiking Socks Are Dress Socks?
How To Make Four-Ounce Insulated Vest.
Floating The River With An Umbrella.
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