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Should Trekking Poles Count in Base Weight?

Brian Fryer

I hiked the first 700 miles of the PCT without trekking poles. I'd read that they were heavy, unnecessary things, like weights that you carried in your hands. Although I...

Should Trekking Poles Count in Base Weight?

Brian Fryer

I hiked the first 700 miles of the PCT without trekking poles. I'd read that they were heavy, unnecessary things, like weights that you carried in your hands. Although I...

Wild Walks in the United Kingdom's National Parks

Wild Walks in the United Kingdom's National Parks

Brian Fryer

The United Kingdon's Lake District National Park is 885 square miles with a width west to east of 33 miles, and from north to south 40 miles. It's small, compact...

Wild Walks in the United Kingdom's National Parks

Brian Fryer

The United Kingdon's Lake District National Park is 885 square miles with a width west to east of 33 miles, and from north to south 40 miles. It's small, compact...

Acceptable Backpack Weight

Brian Fryer

I've been lurking on various Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail web communities for the past few months, watching the annual ritual of this year's hikers trying to plan ahead...

Acceptable Backpack Weight

Brian Fryer

I've been lurking on various Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail web communities for the past few months, watching the annual ritual of this year's hikers trying to plan ahead...

Welcome New Trail Ambassadors 2014

Brian Fryer

Gossamer Gear Trail Ambassadors Gossamer Gear welcomes another talented group of Trail Ambassadors to the Gossamer Gear family including Allison Nadler, Brian Horst, Cody Schrank, Jennifer Adach, Joshua Stacy, Julie...

Welcome New Trail Ambassadors 2014

Brian Fryer

Gossamer Gear Trail Ambassadors Gossamer Gear welcomes another talented group of Trail Ambassadors to the Gossamer Gear family including Allison Nadler, Brian Horst, Cody Schrank, Jennifer Adach, Joshua Stacy, Julie...

Gear for Ultralight Canoe Camping

Gear for Ultralight Canoe Camping

Brian Fryer

Many people have the image of a heavily loaded canoe, where a paddler/camper can bring everything. Others think of floating down streams, often exchanging long serene glides over flat water,...

Gear for Ultralight Canoe Camping

Brian Fryer

Many people have the image of a heavily loaded canoe, where a paddler/camper can bring everything. Others think of floating down streams, often exchanging long serene glides over flat water,...

Grand Canyon's Escalante Route

Grand Canyon's Escalante Route

Brian Fryer

This backpacking trip has it all – a little bit of adventure, steep trails, and climbing mixed in with mellow, sweeping trails that allow you to look up from the...

Grand Canyon's Escalante Route

Brian Fryer

This backpacking trip has it all – a little bit of adventure, steep trails, and climbing mixed in with mellow, sweeping trails that allow you to look up from the...