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Home » Archive for  Gear (Page 4)

Category: Gear

The most popular topic of the outdoors it seems.

Gear review – surprisingly good budget compact binocs

Posted onDecember 30, 2022January 3, 2023AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

For our arc site-focused trips, the $22 and sub-5oz Bushnell Powerview Compact Folding Roof Prism Binocular works surprisingly well. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbinocular, budget gear, gear review

Gear pick of the year 2022 – Our bike kit

Posted onDecember 8, 2022December 9, 2022AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

The gear pick of the year for 2022? Our biking system – save gas, gets exercise, is good for the environment, and is often quicker and less stressful. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbiking, gear pick of the year

Five year review – Silk weight surplus bottoms

Posted onDecember 5, 2022AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

At $20 a pair, 4.75 oz, made with Polartec, the surplus thermals make an excellent bang for the buck for active use in cool weather. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, clothing, gear review, shirts, surplus, thermals

New gear we liked for 2022

Posted onNovember 30, 2022October 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

A look over the pieces of gear and clothing that served us well in 2022. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbiking, budget gear, gear we liked, Joan West, lightheart gear, Six Moon Designs, surplus

Gear Review – Squak Mountain Co. fleece hoodie

Posted onNovember 22, 2022October 19, 2023AuthorJoan1 Comment

Joan reviews the $60 Squak Mountain Co grid fleece hoodie. Based out of Utah, it’s a Melly-style hoodie for active use. No appointment is needed to purchase! Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbiking, blaze orange, clothing, fleece, gear review, hunting, Joan West

Sun protection techniques

Posted onNovember 8, 2022February 10, 2023AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Some of the gear, clothing, and techniques we use for sun protection when hiking and backpacking. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagssun protection

Long live the watch

Posted onOctober 29, 2022October 29, 2022AuthorPaul Mags13 Comments

My 15+ yr old Timex Indiglo finally went kaput. The watch is dead; long live the watch. Here are some reasons why I still have and use an analog watch in 2022. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagswatches

Packrafting – the gear

Posted onOctober 23, 2022January 18, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The gear we use for our backpacking-focused packrafting trips. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagspackrafting

A properly attired hiker: Blaze orange in hunting season

Posted onOctober 5, 2022September 14, 2024AuthorPaul Mags26 Comments

Different options for the wearing of blaze orange while hiking during hunting season. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagsbackpacking, blaze orange, hiking, hunting, popular

Budget gear – The popular picks

Posted onSeptember 22, 2022December 4, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A curated list of the budget items people seem to borrow or find intriguing over the years of hiking, camp, and hiking. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear

Influential Gear?

Posted onAugust 15, 2022November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

What backpacking gear has become influential in the past few decades? Some thoughts. Read More …

CategoriesGear, MusingsTagsculture, electronics

Long term review – REVALCAMP sleeping bag

Posted onJuly 12, 2022July 12, 2022AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Two+ years, and many nights of camping with these sub-$30 sleeping bags, means I can give a review of this worthy part of a $70, three-season sleep system. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear review, sleeping bag

Review -Fire Dept. Coffee

Posted onJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A look over some flavorful and enjoyable java. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagscoffee, gear review

The simple pleasure of bike errands

Posted onJune 29, 2022July 1, 2022AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Now that we live near downtown, we find we rarely drive during the week. The addition of a bike trailer made this task feasible. Read More …

CategoriesGear, MusingsTagsbiking

Jack of All Trades gear

Posted onJune 26, 2022November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags11 Comments

Limited budget, space, or time? Here is a Jack of All Trades gear kit for general-purpose outdoor use that fits in one large duffle bag. Updated June 2022. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, camping, car camping, gear list, time bank

Review: Canola oil water bottle

Posted onJune 22, 2022June 22, 2022AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

My new dry-camping and water hauling bottle of choice: Light, wide mouth for easy filling, fits well in a pack front pocket of my pack, and is cheap! Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, gear review, water containers

A simple backcountry field repair kit

Posted onApril 26, 2022AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A light and practical kit for emergency gear repairs in the field. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear maintenance

Quick Tip – Tyvek envelope stuff sacks

Posted onApril 25, 2022April 25, 2022AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

Light, nearly free, and very useful – the Tyvek mailing envelope stuff sack. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Quick TipsTagsbudget gear, quick tip

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When you get to a fork in the (canyon), take it!" When you get to a fork in the (canyon), take it!" "You can observe a lot by just watching." -Famous philosopher Yogi Berra ... After three weekends without a night in the backcountry, @ramblinghemlock and I finally got to sleep somewhere in the back of beyond. .. We walked up a canyon, saw what we could see, and enjoyed our time in the red rock canyons of the place we call home. ... #hiking #camping #backpacking #utah #petroglyphs #pictographs
Different and colder desert vs last month with som Different and colder desert vs last month with some more meanderings.
This is the last batch of photos from our @bigbend This is the last batch of photos from our @bigbendnps trip. ... With only a 39CFS (!), Joan changed our backpacking trip to one in the popular Chisos basin as, surprisingly, a site became available. .. Once we passed the turn-off for Emory Peak, we enjoyed this quiet oasis above the desert floor. .. We went to our backcountry campsites for the rest of the day and, on our way home, stopped at @davismountainssp for a quiet evening on this island, also above the desert floor. ... #texas #bigbendnationalpark #hiking #camping #backpacking #pictographs
This is the first half of the photos of the Big Be This is the first half of the photos of the Big Bend National Park trip that Joan and I went on. We started with three days of backpacking and then a couple of days of camping at a "roadside campsite" along a dirt road. (Think BLM-style dispersed site but designated with a javelina/bear box) ... #hiking #backpacking #camping #texas #bigbendnationalpark
@ramblinghemlock and I spent 17 days away, traveli @ramblinghemlock and I spent 17 days away, traveling from Moab to the Rio Grande and then back. We spent 13 nights in tents and days exploring some of Texas's public land. .. We started our Texas vacation at the fantastic @huecotanksstatepark, which has phenomenally well-protected images of a small island of water surrounded by a desert. .. We got on a guided tour by a very excellent volunteer guide (and apparently a record-holding climber, as others later told us!) to see parts of the park where you need this type of permit to see what there is to see. An excellent stay and a place I know where we'll return. .. #texas #pictographs #petroglyphs #heuecotanks #camping #hiking
@ramblinghemlock and I spent 13 nights straight sl @ramblinghemlock and I spent 13 nights straight sleeping in a tent and spent our days watching sunsets, hearing coyotes, walking along desert vistas, and seeing the Milky Way every night. A few lines from Colin Fletcher come to mind - "It is always there, of course, when you come back from the green world. You have been living by sunrise and sunset, by wind and rain, surrounded by the ebb and flow of lives that respond only to such simple, rhythmic elements. But now the tone and tempo of the days switch. Instead of harmony, jangle." One last taste of green chile in New Mexico tonight, at home tomorrow, and make it through another week to go back into the desert again. Work is merely time between trips.
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