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This is a stretch of trail where half the width of the trail tread (the uphill part) is dug out of the original hillside and the outs...

The future has arrived. (Illustration based on the work of Clifford Jago).   So when was the last time you used an elevator driven around...

Denier is a measurement of fuzz weight. It is roughly a pennyweight, depending on the weight of your penny and the heft of your fuzz. How...

Also known as: Water tank, pool, reservoir, storage tank. A cistern is a water quality protecting catchment for runoff on heavily used tra...

Number five: Getting a bit wound up. Of all the things you could take backpacking with you that are not needed to do the backpacking, firs...

Number four: Peek a boo. I see you! Have you ever been out camping? At all? Probably, right? Or else you wouldn't be reading this, nu...

Number three, a big one. So you've decided to go backpacking, and you've decided to wear clothes while you do that. Congrats. Now...

Myth #2: Sun Protection First, I guess you could say that if the sun is dangerous, then why is Earth so close to it? Ever think about that...

Myth #1: Navigation You may have heard of the 10 Essentials, but how often have you used them? No, seriously — in the shower, at work, wh...

Technology rids trail of pest, by Philippa Aswang . I first met LeRoi Nildenson only a day before we began our hike of the Pathetic Crus...

Going totally tubular. Did you ever go to a music festival, and wake up in garbage? I mean, like, surrounded by it? Like, as far as yo...

No more sleeping on bags of dog breath. On news of the Windcatcher project on Kickstarter (which looks promising), I started wondering w...

More is more. Buy now. Only several time periods left! Greetings from {Idaho | Carolina | Ohio | Colorado | Florida | Los Angele's |...

Maybe the dog did it. Dr Moira Ketchup, Chair of the Department of Hospitality Science and Genetics at T-Bone University in Lizard, Texas,...

Make mine to go. Time to bring backpacking into the digital era. Sure, once upon a time there was Pocketmail. Nice enough for its day, bu...