A couple of weeks back, I told readers about a new backcountry kitchen discovery: Chef 5 Minute Meals Chicken Pasta Parmesan (Pack of 6) — a meal that comes complete with eating utensils, napkin, salt and pepper and a built-in oven. That's right, there is a magnesium pad in the box that turns into steam [...]
A Dream Sleeping Bag for Lightweight Backpackers The Western Mountaineering HighLite sleeping bag, a mere 16 ounces that is rated for 35 degrees, is my personal choice for a lightweight bag.The HighLite comes with a tiny waterproof stuff sack, making it suitable for the smallest lightweight backpack, and a larger storage bag so the 850+ [...]
The problem with all flashlights and headlamps is that they run on batteries and batteries wear out. And, they often wear out at the least convenient time — like nighttime when you're trying to cook dinner in the dark or finding your way around camp on a moonless night. I've found a lightweight (4 ounce) [...]
I'm guessing, but it was at least five years ago when Hydro-Photon, Inc. announced the SteriPEN water purifier, a portable battery powered device that uses ultraviolet radiation to kill just about everything you might find in wilderness water in seconds. As I recall, a manufacturing problem delayed the release of the device and actually resulted [...]
I own multiples of every category of backpacking gear – three tents, two backpacks, four stoves, two sleeping bags, three water purification systems. Some people would call me a gearhead, someone addicted to buying gear. Okay, I admit it. I am a gearhead. It is difficult for me to stick with one old loyal and [...]
