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Category: Gear

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Drop In The Bottle – Water Treament in the Backcountry

Posted onNovember 5, 2010April 25, 2025AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

An overview and comparison of ways to treat water in the backcountry for hiking, backpacking and camping. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagslightweight backpacking, lightweight gear, water treatment

Old Yeller

Old Yeller Stove

Posted onOctober 10, 2010December 23, 2016AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Scary and/or amusing! My "Old Yeller" stove system  with many trail miles on it. It was 'retired' after the CDT with perhaps 6000+ trail miles on it!  

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, lightweight backpacking, lightweight gear, stoves

Ga-Ga Over Gear: The New Gear Fetish

Posted onOctober 10, 2010December 10, 2010AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

This essay is my rant about gear and the outdoors. Or rather people who care more about spend time outdoors to use gear rather than the other way around.  🙂  

CategoriesGear, MusingsTagsbackpacking, gear, wonks

The Evolving Gear List : 1997 – 2006

Posted onSeptember 3, 2010April 25, 2025AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Over the years my base pack weight has become lighter and lighter. It took many miles and years of tinkering to get to this point, though! I have been asked if I had gear lists for the different trails I’ve Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsAppalachian Trial, backpacking gear, Colorado Trail, Continental Divide Trail, gear list, lightweight, lightweight gear, Long Trail, Pacific Crest Trail

“Not Even The Kitchen Sink

Posted onFebruary 6, 2006April 25, 2016AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An article in Mechanical Engineering Magazine that featured a photo of mine of Glacier Peak on the Pacific Crest Trail. The fact that engineers loved the idea of lightweight backpacking is not surprising. Nice to see they enjoy natural beauty Read More …

CategoriesGear, PressTagscamp stoves, light weight backing, lightweight gear

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@ramblinghemlock and I attended a talk at the Devil's Garden Campground in Arches by a friend. An enjoyable program on a wonderful late-summer evening.
Between the fires, a brief monsoon season, the AQI, and life in general, we didn't make it to our summer retreat in the San Juans as much as we'd hoped. But this "weekend," Joan and I finally made it back to our favorite mountains in Colorado.
Joan and I hosted some friends this past week. We gave them the classic tour, starting with an early morning visit to the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. While Joan attended a meeting, I played tour guide a bit for other parts of the park. That afternoon, we headed to the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park to take in the sweeping views across the Colorado Plateau. Today? We escaped to our local mountains, looking down at the desert floor far below.
Not a good year for backpacking in the Abajos or the San Juans, but our local mountains still offer some good opportunities for camping and hiking. And only an hour away. With @ramblinghemlock
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@ramblinghemlock and I went to some local(ish) mountains to avoid the fires and smoke in our usual places.

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