I like the look of a new site put up by Matt Hornsby.
Take a Load Off – Lightweight Backpacking
Backpacking adventures, missteps, stories, and advice.
Matt describes the process of cutting down his 50lb+ pack to something more … reasonable. And asks for advice on his gear list. Check it out:
Take a Load Off – Lightweight Backpacking: Packing

I’ve subscribed, of course, to Matt’s RSS feed.


I would like to do the wonderland trail 9-12 days. preferably have other married woman like myself. husband doesn’t like to hike. The responder should be a strong hiker.(lot of ground to cover but would be life altering experience. I plan to do the hike in august 24-sept2 if you think you can do this e-mail me