- Field notes and gear reviews for some items and the associated skills that were key during my summer 2022 trip in the Norwegian mountains
- One-trip review for the Anker PowerPort Solar Lite 2 portable solar panel with the background of solar power in the context of long-distance backpacking.
- Guidebook review: Tour du Mont Blanc guidebook and map from Vertebrate Publishing.
- Convertible trousers may be the best option for thru-hiking.
- This is the little story behind a dramatic shift in my navigation standards: for the first time ever, I'd be going on a long distance route with just a smartphone in my pocket.
- Smartphones may be great navigators but they're not built for the backcountry. Instead of reusing your urban device, it might be interesting to have a dedicated, backcountry specific one. I've tried one.
- This is one of those small things that matter from a packing efficiency perspective. It is actually a very silly, common sense little topic but where market trends may easily lead us to the dark side.
- Packing for a ski trip is not the same as packing for hiking on dirt and the differences are well beyond the obvious. It's a packing style of its own.
- First it was GSM. Then it was GPS. Then I got PLB. Everytime defines a milestone from which hiking will never be the same again.
- One of the problems with rain jackets is what happens at their lower edge: water drips down over a sensitive area. It may make sense to move the drip line further down.
- I had this revelation moment once during the early days of my hiking career. It was a very silly thing but it was symbolic. It opened a big door.
- I’ve put the HMG 3400 Southwest to a serious test now: a non-supported, 8 day trek where my max load (with 8 days worth of food) was above 34 lbs.
- A weekend out in mild, post-summer conditions for an initial trial of my new toy.
- I got this pack as my new thru-hiking pack. I researched the market for a pack that would meet my requirements and the Southwest won.
- Travel in the winter mountains when the goal is the trip, not the summit.
- A pyramid may be the most versatile shelter geometry and the best compromise for the long distance hiker. This is an analysis of the reasons why.
- Layering is intuitive, most people do it regularly without thinking about it but the best performance requires some deeper analysis. This is it.
- Understanding why hands get cold and what we can do to avoid it is very important for a general well-being in the outdoors. It's about comfort and it's also about safety.
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