The Snow Peak GigaPower Auto isobutane canister stove is on a fantastic sale price right now at REI – $25. It really is $50 normally, and I see that’s what it is on Amazon right now. https://www.rei.com/product/643058/snow-peak-gigapower-auto-stove I’m not sure why it’s on sale, but maybe it’s due to their LiteMax stove ($60). Or perhaps they will […]
Bad deer! This guy stole my shorts off my hammock line from our Moraine Park campsite in Rocky Mountain National Park as we made dinner. He immediately took a couple hops and I thought I wasn’t going to see my shorts again, but then thankfully stopped and chewed on them until we shooed it. I guess […]
The Sawyer Mini filter really made an impact on backpacking the past couple years with its small packed size, and especially its low weight and low price. I got one as a gift and I figured it would make an excellent backup filter. It doesn’t add much weight at all at 2 ounces, and doesn’t […]
Ha, check this out, I won a giveaway on Yonder! I get a dry sack from Granite Gear. Not a huge deal, but it’s one made with silnylon plus eVent fabric at the bottom so you can squeeze out the air and it’s still waterproof all around, pretty sweet (eVent Sil Drysack). I’m excited and thought […]
Brad and I went to a talk at REI about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota, part of the Superior National Forest. The speaker was a great guy named Jerry, retired teacher, that had been going up there for many years and actually first went there when he was a kid […]
Update: Now eVent Fabric is available again at REI. The (updated) men’s Shuksan Jacket and Pants, the women’s Kulshan Jacket and Pants, and the OXT Airflyte Running Jacket, all with eVent Fabric are prominently on the front page of REI.com for the Fall season. This is good to see. I also found a PDF of a […]