Please join me in welcoming Whitney Adams as a guest blogger for Brian’s Backpacking Blog. The great outdoors is a place where people can go to get back to nature and not have to worry about emails, phone calls, or anything work related. However, there is a way to incorporate technology into your outdoor adventure. [..Read More..]
Hikes Rarely Go Exactly As Planned
Some times, no matter how carefully you plan a trip things just go wrong. Sh*t happens as they say. A piece of gear will break unexpectedly, something important will get accidentally left behind, that carefully planned resupply won’t arrive on time, or someone will get hurt – it could be a myriad of scenarios and at some [..Read More..]
Planning for Unplanned Hikes
Do you ever get the sudden urge to just hit the trail and get going? No planning or gear gathering, just get up and go because the weather is nice and you ‘need’ to get outside. I do, more than you’d know. To be able to do this at a minute’s notice, I keep a [..Read More..]
Do You Need a Knife for Backpacking?
Not carrying a knife or some form of small blade is incomprehensible to me and a lot of other backpackers and hikers, but to others it’s a piece of gear they don’t feel is necessary to carry at all. As some of my more frequent readers may recall, I have been slowly reducing the size [..Read More..]
Online Walking Time Calculator
I came across a really useful online walking time calculator during my daily reading and decided to share it with you all. It’s pretty flexible and can even help you adjust your times to account for ascents (Naismith’s Rule) and fatigue (Tranter’s Corrections). Worth checking out and bookmarking! Naismith’s Rule:Is named after the Scottish climber [..Read More..]
