Do you follow the golden rule of safety for outdoor adventure? Or are you now asking “What’s the ‘golden rule of safety’ for outdoor adventure?!” If the name Aron Ralston rings a bell, you might know where this is going. He’s the guy who had to cut his own arm off with a dull multi-tool/knife [..Read More..]
If your BioLite CampStove stove has been hibernating for the winter or you just haven’t used it for while, then chances are you should take a little time to make sure that it is ready for Spring by pre-charging the internal starter battery. Ever wonder what the little bright yellow USB cable that came with [..Read More..]
There were three reasons why I recently decided to start carrying a SPOT II Satellite GPS Messenger; to be able to check in remotely to let my family know that I am safe, to have a way to signal for help in the event of an emergency, and to track the progress of my hikes [..Read More..]
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..]
The concept of a backpacking gear exchange has been tried before, I recall something on the East Coast not so long ago, but it eventually failed – I don’t know the details why. When I look at the amount of unused or lightly used gear that I have in my closet as a result of [..Read More..]
I wanted to share some new information about the BioLite CampStove that was brought to my attention by Steve and Andy. It appears that the BioLite is now available for pre-order for those of you that want to reserve one for 2012 – and it’s had some significant enhancements since our first glimpse. Clearly it’s [..Read More..]
Do you have a Kindle, or did you just get one for Christmas? Do you subscribe to my blog already? Then why not combine the two and get the latest blog posts delivered automatically and wireless to your Kindle in an optimized Kindle edition format? You can subscribe to the Kindle edition of my blog [..Read More..]
There has been a surge of new products on the market lately that are designed to block cellular phone or RFID chip signals in order to prevent their transmissions or stored data from being maliciously intercepted, scanned or used to track your location. Two recent examples of these types of products that spring to mind [..Read More..]
Thought this was worth a mention. Wired Gadget Labs just picked up my blog post about the home-made camera tripod that I made using parts from my local hardware store. I spotted the Wired referrals while reviewing my blog site stats and saw a lot of hits coming from Wired. Pretty cool, even if they [..Read More..]
So now that I am finally getting back into the habit of updating my blog I’m finding that the method I use (custom install of moveable type) is a huge pain in the ass to access and configure unless I’m on my home PC, and even then it’s an entirely manual process to make the [..Read More..]
