Tag: Backpacking

September 17, 2025

...even the lousy weather can’t change the beauty of this mountain range. It’s all worth it, when I come over…

April 7, 2025

Once you qualify for AARP membership or Social Security, should you quit or at least cut back on hiking or…

September 11, 2024

How good is the Kelty Tioga backpack? I've used mine - hard - for decades, and it shows no signs…

November 29, 2023

“I find that the three truly great times for thinking thoughts are when I am standing in the shower, sitting…

June 28, 2022

Everybody starts out backpacking as a beginner. While experience is the best teacher, here are a few items to take…

June 23, 2022

While planning your hike, look at the topo map and check out the creeks and river crossings. Stream crossings can…

May 22, 2022

Slot canyons are narrow gorges in soft rocks like Utah’s layered sedimentary deposits. Hiking one has been on my bucket…

June 13, 2021

Every lost or missing hiker is unique, but there are common mistakes most of them make. In no particular order…