Here are some of the tents I’ve used:
First tent I ever owned started out as a loaner from a friend of Dad’s. Not mine, but similar to this one I found on eBay.
I still love the simplicity of sleeping under the stars with a bivy bag. Used it for twenty years. Not ideal if there’s much rain or a lot of flying bugs.
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Camping and backpacking at Dog Canyon campground; heavy snow made the backpacking impossible Gear, Lessons learned Trip Report Planning This trip was supposed to go something like this: camp at Dog Canyon campground in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (GUMO) then a long day hike followed by a rest and packing day, then an overnight backpack…
Colin Fletcher Obituary, June 19, 2007, New York Times Chris Townsend Outdoors on Colin Fletcher Thousand Mile Summer Revisited http://colinfletcher.com/memorabilia/ Article from Adventure Journal, May, 2018 Brief interview on “River” Discover more from Phil's Phieldnotes Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
Backpacking in Weminuche Wilderness, then AirBnB in Cortez, CO Gear, Lessons learned Trip Report Planning I decided I wanted to revisit a couple of backpacking trips I’d made years ago, partly because a lot of my earlier trip had been obscured by clouds and fog, and partly just to get out to a not too…
This page has some good advice on and descriptions of ways to attach gear on the outside of your backpack. Sectionhiker.com Discover more from Phil's Phieldnotes Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
It’s taken me a few years to figure this out. I’ve had a cheap old tarp in the past which I’ve almost never used; then, before my John Muir Trail hike I picked up a ultra-light Sil-Tarp (below) which was marginally effective but I still never really got the hang of pinning it down in…
One night Seminole Canyon State Park; in Big Bend National Park two nights Cottonwood Campground, one night backpack to NE4, two nights Paint Gap 4 Gear, Lessons learned One characteristic of aging is that you can get great pleasure from revisiting experiences of your youth. Separated by decades, you forget the details of such experiences…