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Backpacks
John’s first backpack – which he used on his 50 mile hike with his Scout troop in the early 1970s – is now a museum piece. You’ll see one of these standard-issue canvas Scouting backpacks from the...
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LightStar LED Flashlight
Before we left for the AT, I gave John a few pieces of gear to test for us, which were sent along for my inspection by the manufacturer. Here’s one that we used while backpacking in Florida but it...
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Jetboil Stoves
My Jetboil and Shortcut making her dinner It’s been a few weeks now since my Kissimmee River backpacking trip. As happens in my busy life, I dumped the contents of my pack on the living room couch,...
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Dorcy Lantern
Camping in Primrose at the Big O Hike Our Dorcy Lantern arrived the night before our Big O Hike Trip. With it being a ‘social’ hike instead of a backpacking trip we would be spending the next ten...
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Dorcy 41-2093 Headlamp
After months of using my Dorcy headlamp as just an everyday flashlight, the opportunity finally came to give it a real test. I headed off on the Florida Trail with the Dorcy 41-2093 as my...
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Blender Bottle GoStak
Having received a Blender Bottle GoStak to test some months ago, we’ve been trying to figure out uses for it while backpacking. As hard as we tried, we just couldn’t find a use for them in our very...
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Big Agnes Cabin Creek double sleeping bag
Just before we left for our last Appalachian Trail adventure, we decided to carry only a single bag for the two of us. We’d spent hours trying to see if any of our existing sleeping bags would zip...
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5th Annual Hammock Hang
Love their motto. Mom uses it often. “Any day above ground is a good day!” Returning to Doe Lake a few weeks after our wedding, things looked different. There were still plenty of people, but fewer...
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