Backpackers are famous for counting grams. If you’ve ever snapped the handle off of your toothbrush, eaten cold summer sausage for dinner to avoid carrying a stove, or packed a single pair of socks on ...

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I get it. Sometimes, it’s hard to justify packing a camp chair on a backpacking trip. It seems like a luxury item we might not have space for, choosing to sit uncomfortably on a slanting log, awkward ...

Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, is changing the technology that powers it, stepping back from relying on Optimism’s OP Stack, the toolkit it originally launched on. Base launched in 2023 ...

For general backpacking, the Sawyer Squeeze offers the best balance of reliability and capacity. The Katadyn BeFree wins for ultralight trips where every ounce matters. For group camping or base camp ...

I first encountered the ideas of ultralight backpacking in 1994, in an article in now-defunct (and much-missed) Backpacker magazine. It was titled “Less is More,” by Mark Jenkins. (I still have a PDF ...

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Getting a good night’s sleep while camping deep in the backwoods and far from a bed can be a tall order unless you have the right backpacking sleeping pad for the job. When hauling all your gear miles ...

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“Pretty much lived in these pants for a week on a recent trip to Scandinavia.” REI Co-op Activator Pants are normally $100, but with the 30% discount on all Co-op clothing and gear (except for bikes), ...

Los Angeles is both the second largest city in America and very close to mountain ranges that offer quick backpacking escapes. In under an hour’s drive, you can be backpacking to your own sylvan ...

You think of op amps as amplifiers because, no kidding, it is right in the name. But just like some people say, “you could do that with a 555,” [Doctor Volt] might say, “you can do that with an op amp ...