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Gear Junkie Stephen Regenold:
… In early October, we hiked the 25-mile Devils Path through New York’s Catskill Mountains, a trail often given the “hardest hike” moniker because of the ridiculous amount of climbing and descending hikers face — about 14,000 feet total! — as the path ascends six major peaks in the Catskill preserve. …
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Gear Junkie Stephen Regenold:
… Gear Junkie and crew traveled to northern Minnesota to trek the renowned 65-mile wilderness route. The video reveals the rugged beauty of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters as well as the remote and little-traveled nature of the region, where bears roam and forest fires wash unchecked over vast lands. …
Spoiler – they don’t make the 24hr cutoff.
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He’s an Aussie bushwalking guru at Our Hiking Blog.
I’m headed Down Under in January, mate. I’ll bring the duct tape.
I’m adding this to my standard kit. It’s a no brainer.
THOMAS W. GAUPERAA:
… Apart from keeping the mosquito hordes at bay, it is a great pillow (the mesh is surprisingly comfortable next to the skin) when stuffed with your puffy layer. It is also a very good prefilter, much better than the bandana, and a very functional stuff sack. Some of you may be worried about the durability, but it is better than expected when made out of high quality noseeum mesh. …
(via Hiking in Finland)
Sarah Timms is a hiker. And Media Relations Officer for Breakthrough Breast Cancer in the U.K.
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month they’ve partnered with Merrell. For every pair of Siren Breeze hiking shoes sold, a percentage goes to charity.
Shopping via breakthroughbreastcancer.org helps the cause.
In 2011 I wear nothing but Merrell shoes on the trail.
A JAPANESE COMPANY HAS come up with a new way to charge your mobile phone after a natural disaster or in the great outdoors – by heating a pot of water over a campfire. …
$A284.55
Thank Colin Lorback for the link.
I NEVER take any of these products on the trail, … yet I refuse to toss them out.
Intervention, please.
disused Hiking gear, a set on Flickr.
… new micro-site video channel and the premise of a video series we’re launching this fall. The first one, on climbing Kings Peak in Utah, debuted today. See the video below + check out the “Fast & Light” channel in full here. …
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Fantastic editing.
At the Expedition Idaho Adventure Race, Director Dave Adlard was surprised (and impressed) to hear that Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers carried a pack-raft:
… For Idaho, we got more serious about our “flotation devices,” and we brought pack-rafts from Alpacka. The company makes a line of small, packable rafts that weigh as little as 3.5 pounds. But for Idaho, Alpacka built our team prototype rafts that were even smaller and lighter. The one-off “Ghost” model pack-rafts weighed an incredible 2.1 pounds each, and they rolled up small. …
Here’s how Pack-rafts inflate, are carried … and what happens when you get dumped into the river.
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NOW … If I only had the money to buy a 2lb Pack-raft. That one — when released — is likely to cost about $1000.
Myriam Guillot and Jacky Boisset from France are Adventure Racers. Here’s their home made, minimalist 4-person tent used for emergency shelter from weather and bugs.
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They just might need this protection at the World Championships in Tasmania, starting Oct. 31st, 2011.
It weighs less than 1Kg (2lb 2oz). Jacky plans to further reduce weight by switching from aluminum poles to carbon fibre.
For information, contact Jacky via myriametjacky.com
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