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Hill People Gear Tarahumara: A Simple and Versatile Pack

The Tarahumara from Hill People Gear is a small pack that manages to reach an impressive equilibrium between simplicity and… View Article

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Lightweight Backpacking Step 3: Multi-Function Gear

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Lightweight Backpacking

4 of 4 in the series Lightweight BackpackingThis is the fourth post in my series on lightweight backpacking aimed at… View Article

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Lightweight Backpacking Step 2: The Big Three

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Lightweight Backpacking

3 of 4 in the series Lightweight BackpackingThis is the third post in my series on lightweight backpacking aimed at… View Article

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Stay Connected Anywhere in the World with CerberLink

It was a few days before I was flying to Colorado for the GORUCK Ascent this year and I was… View Article

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62 Miles – The One Day Hike AAR

They say that the One Day Hike (ODH) may be the mid-Atlantic region’s oldest long distance hike. Even though The… View Article

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Lightweight Backpacking Step 1: Weigh Everything!

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Lightweight Backpacking

2 of 4 in the series Lightweight BackpackingIf you read my previous article, an Introduction to Lightweight Backpacking, you’ll remember… View Article

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GORUCK Scavenger Hunt: Bare Bones Intel from Class 001

On New Years Eve, I completed the first ever GORUCK Scavenger  in Washington DC.  Due to OPSEC, you won’t find… View Article

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Maintain Your Cutting Edge with these DIY Knife Sharpening Techniques

There’s enough information out there about sharpening knives to fill an encyclopedia and in fact many books have been written… View Article

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Introduction to Geocaching: What you need to Get Started

Most of you are probably familiar with Geocaching (pronounced ‘geo-cashing’) one way or another. In it’s simplest form, Geocaching is… View Article

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An Introduction to Lightweight Backpacking

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Lightweight Backpacking

1 of 4 in the series Lightweight BackpackingThe most frequent question I get asked by people I meet on the… View Article

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