Links, Links, and more Links!

Cairn: A camping/hiking themed subscription box-- http://www.getcairn.com/pages/how-it-works

Every Day Carry: A website based on gear that is useful for everyday purposes and is great for getting ideas-- http://everydaycarry.com/

Knife Box: A subscription box service where they send you a new knife for camping/hiking porposes every month-- http://www.knifebox.net/

REI: A great online store where you can get a lot of different gear for different interests-- https://www.rei.com/

Cabelas: A great website for a great store where you can find all kinds of different gear for activities like camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, and more: -- http://www.cabelas.com/

L.L. Bean: A store/website that has some awesome gear that is also a little expensive but most all of the gear is good quality. -- www.llbean.com/

Trails.com: A website for finding trails near you: -- https://www.trails.com/trails.aspx

National Park Servie Trail Finder: https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm

A Trail finder for France: http://www.mapmyhike.com/fr/

More Trails in France: http://about-france.com/tourism/long-distance-footpaths.htm

Comments

Petzl Adjama Harness Review

I recently purchased this harness and used it at EVO Rock and Fitness. This harness is meant for mountaineering and ice climbing but it works fine when sport climbing as well. While I was using the harness, I climbed a few top-rope climbing routes with grades from 5.6 to 5.11 and boulder problems* from VO to V4. The harness was less constricting and allowed for a wider range of motion than all of the other harnesses I have used in the past. Even though people usually remove their harness before bouldering, I decided that because this harness did not restrict my range of movement that I would leave it on. There was no difference between bouldering with this harness on and bouldering with this harness off. There are also many other cool features on this harness. The gear loops for hanging climbing gear (Quickdraws, carabiners, slings, cams, bolts, extra rope, etc.) are filled with hard plastic in the front of the harness so that it is easy to reach your climbing gear. ...

Winter Camping Tips

Even if you have gone camping many times before (Like me) you should listen to these tips (I didn't and was very cold last weekend). 1. Make sure ALL your gear fits you. I hadn't used my cold weather sleeping bag in about a year before I used it this weekend. It was too small and my shoulders didn't fit in the sleeping bag. 2. DO NOT USE a survival blanket (Like the one I reviewed) unless you are really in a survival situation. I did and my sleeping bag was very wet for the entire weekend. 3. Bring microspikes or a similar kind of crampon. I actually remembered these on my trip and almost everyone else on the trip didn't. I was able to walk on the ground (A huge sheet of ice) without slipping. 4. Have a mummy bag style sleeping bag for winter camping. These are a lot better for winter because they have a hood to go over your eyes. If you go camping a lot you will generally have 2 types of sleeping bags, a mummy bag for cold weather and a different one for warm summ...

Deuter ACT Zero 50+15

I was given this pack 2 years ago for christmas and have used it on countless trips since. This pack has a lot of room for gear but the pack it self weighs very little. The top part of the pack can be removed and turned into a small summit pack. I use that feature when I want to bring a daypack but don't want to have to bring a whole new pack. This pack is also compatible with most hydration reservoirs. This is a very high quality pack and my only complaint is the lack of sleeping pad/tent straps (This feature is added in the newer version of the pack.) Some pics I took of the pack: The front of the pack without the top on The back of the pack without the top on The top of the pack converted to the summit pack The back of the pack with the top on

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