Create a Winter Weather Emergency Kit for Your Home, Workplace, or Vehicle
Lee Flynn writes on the many ways to create a winter weather emergency kit for the home, office, and car. Preparedness is key.
5 Epic Hot Springs in Nevada: Get Your Soak On
We list five of the best hot springs in Nevada. Rustic backroad digs to long hikes through a canyon. Get your soak on.
Learn How to Hammock with Serac’s Free eBook
Get your basic primer on how to hammock here. And learn more about Serac, the ultralight, ultra-cheap hammock that rivals the best of ’em.
REI Garage Sale: Store Dates and Tips for the Uninitiated
The REI Garage Sale makes and breaks outdoor hearts. We provide store times and dates for upcoming garage sales, and general tips for how to succeed.
Custom Backpacking Signs: Interview with Phillip Ouellette of Trailsigns
When I’m not sure how to proceed, or I’m worried about money or I start to obsess about the future of my business, I have a rule: go make something.
Establishing a Backpacking Blog: Interview with Hartley Brody of the Adventure Blog
Our interview with Hartley Brody goes inside the making of of a new backpacking blog. Find tips, advice, and a great resource here.
Watch: How to Make Homemade Beef Jerky for Backpacking
Want to learn how to make homemade beef jerky? Here are two great ways, with tons of recipes.
Jill and RT on Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail [interview]
Backpackers.com — A long thru-hike is a daunting goal. Weeks, if not months, out on the trail, night after night, pushing your body and mind to the limit. Injury, stress, and loneliness often come in waves, forcing many to the edges of understanding and patience. But that struggle is part of the wonder. That’s what so […]
Watch: The Smokeless Fire? More Like How to Get It Out of Your Eyes
Here’s a great video that shows you how to build a fire pit that keeps the smoke out of your eyes, the only real bummer about a campfire.
36 Years of Backpacker Magazine Back Issues Free
Ready to dig in? Every issue of Backpacker Magazine, from 1973 to 2009, is available on Google Books for free. Get stoked.