Sea to Summit Ultralight

The easiest way to access the cross country route to Haeckel Col is from Sabrina Basin. It is about six miles on a maintained trail from th...

After years of searching for a lightweight two person shelter I finally settled on the Big Sky Evolution 2P/2D/2V free standing tent. I tho...

After finishing a section of the Sierra High Route a few weeks ago I met a guy named Donn while hiking out through Sabrina Basin. We talked...

"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea". That's what I was thinking at the end of the first day of this loop hike out...

Tarn above Guitar Lake to Whitney Portal: 16.5 Miles Sept. 22nd, 2011. I woke up to the sound of groups of hikers passing by at 3:45 am...

Tyndall Creek to tarn above Guitar Lake: 13.5 Miles Sept. 21st, 2011. This was a relaxing day with low mileage and easy terrain. I stop...

This is a simple summer quilt with 1" baffles. After fooling around with a lot of different designs, dimensions and materials this fin...

I will be doing the first section of the Sierra High Route this September with my backpacking buddy Dan. Although this portion of the SHR...

Some good ideas are simple. The first time her Kindle gets dropped in a stream my wife will be hoping this was one of those good simple ide...

Most of the lightest dry bags and pack liners that I've found are around 2 ozs, and that just seems way too heavy. So I made a simple r...