One of the most frequently asked questions we get for our backpacking trips is "Are there showers?" Well, you are in the big, bad, outdoors so, no. However, that should not keep you from experiencing life in the outdoors - which is so worth foregoing the shower. Here...
Hiring a backcountry guide is a great idea for all sorts of reasons, but that is for another time. In short, if you’re looking to go backpacking in an area that you have never been or unfamiliar, hitting a guide can cut the learning curve substantially. Guides provide...
The title says it all! This article is about minimizing muscle soreness when you hike - key word, MINIMIZE (not eliminate). So don't go following the advice of this article and whine that your muscles were sore yet you did everything I said.
While out on your last guided adventure (or any of your guided hikes for that matter) did you ever wonder what your guide was thinking about throughout the time you spent with them? - besides their astonishment of your natural prowess in the great outdoors as you are...
OK, so you're looking to travel into the backcountry on your own. Either you have no friends or family and you are truly alone in this world, or the thought of being with your friends and family in the backcountry causes an uncontrollable twitch in the entire left side...
All of us are, or were, beginners to backpacking at one time or another. You are not born with experience and skills, you try, fail, practice, try again, make a mistake, try again, and so on. It is an ongoing, but wonderful practice that just makes you better. But...