Backpacking: Let’s Get Started
By BAP45 Planning Before any trip you will need to analyze the area and start planning. For this exercise I am going to use the mountains as the main example and just have notes for other terrain to...
View ArticleBackpacking: Get Packing
by BAP45 Finally the part all my fellow geardos have been waiting for, the gear.Since we settled on a three day trip in the mountains last time we’ll structure around that. Below is a general list of...
View ArticleBackpacking: Tips and Tricks
By BAP45 Here are some tips and tricks I’ve picked up over the years. Some of these won’t apply to you or you may never need. Like the survival tips, I’ve never used them because I’ve never gotten...
View ArticleIt’s the worst year for ticks I have ever seen. Treat your clothes with...
There are three specific dosages used to impregnate fabric with permethrin. For protection up to one year (52 weeks): 0.125-mg permethrin per square centimeter of fabric. The protection will last for...
View ArticleBackpacking: Get wet
By BAP45 No, not like that you degenerates, foul weather. Now that you’ve finally left your house and are out backpacking, camping, hiking etc you will need to consider foul weather or rain gear. This...
View ArticleDragoon Unlimited Sabot II Stove Review
Along with the poncho liner I also got the little Sabot II backpacking stove from Dragoon Unlimited. Full disclosure, I didn’t pay for this set, it was offered by Dragoon while talking with them. The...
View ArticleNew Poncho Liner: Water Test
So I put the Dragoon Unlimited “Trooper Woobie” to a water test. It is billed and constructed to be a more durable, warmer and wind and water resistance. The Dragoon Multicam/Trooper poncho liner is...
View ArticleBackpacking Gear: What’s in the Pack
So this weekend I took the clones on an overnight backpacking trip. Nothing extravagant just something local to get their feet wet. It’s become a right of passage that everyone gets to go on their...
View ArticleSabot II Field Test
Took the little Sabot II backpacking stove backpacking and gave it a run through. For a background on it click HERE. The small size is certainly welcome and it runs a lot easier than my usual...
View ArticleHow do Guerillas Gun Up? A Case Study
By Kevin O’Brien One of the least covered, but quite serious, insurgencies in the world is that in Mali. The Francophone nation in West Africa has, since its founding, had an uneasy mixture of...
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