ZPacks gear
ZPacks accessories sell some pretty nifty lightweight gear for hiking and backpacking.
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Tents
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. Discover more from Phil's Phieldnotes Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
Colin Fletcher
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
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Book Learnin’
I was trying to explain to someone why I had so many copies of Colin Fletcher’s Complete Walker series. It started in 1984 while I was working offshore. One of my trainees, an experienced backpacker whom I had been grilling for information on the hows and wheres of backpacking, noticed my subscription book club had…
Using a tarp for car camping
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…
