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3 Popular Ground Cloths for Your Thru-Hike
A ground cloth or footprint is used to protect your tent floor from sharp objects that can easily puncture the bottom of your shelter.
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Reducing Backpack Weight for Thru-Hikers and Backpackers: The Importance of Weighing Your Equipment
If you’re going on a thru-hike, you should try to keep your pack weight low. Here are different types of scales that could help prepare you!
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The Best Plastic Sealable Bags to Take on Your Thru-Hike
Plastic sealable bags are a great way to organize your food and gear without adding a lot of weight. Find out which bag is best for you!
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Why You Should Seam Seal Your Tent
Before you head out for your thru-hike or backpacking trip, it’s important to ensure your tent seams are adequately sealed.
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The Ideal Sewing Kit for Your Thru-Hike
A sewing kit is one of the most underrated hiking necessities. Here is what should be included in your sewing kit to be most prepared.
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3 Heavy Cases to Swap Out Before Your Thru-Hike
If you’re not careful, you may end up carrying an unnecessary heavy case while backpacking. Find out which cases you should leave at home!
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Thru-Hiking 101: Backpacking Base Weight Calculator
Reducing your pack weight is very important for thru-hikers and long-distance backpackers. To help reduce the total pack weight it’s important to focus on the pack’s base weight.
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10 Weight Saving Tips for Backpacking
Lightweight backpacking or thru-hiking doesn’t need to be expensive. Following these ten tips will help you along the way to packing a lighter pack.
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3 Popular Outdoor Hoods to Keep You Warm
The head represents about 10% of the body’s total surface area and leaving this exposed to the cold can rapidly reduce your body temperature. Here are three different types of hoods you can wear in the outdoors to keep you warm.
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How to Purify Water While on Trail
Having a few purification tablets in your pack provides a great backup in case you need to purify water while you are hiking.
