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Cream Puff
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Does this seed make me look fat? by vicipix on Flickr.
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northern cardinal
(photo by paula skylar)
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A rare leucistic white crow is seen in Jeongseon, South Korea. Picture: EPA/YONHAPNEWS
Actually…
1. Hike in sneakers. It’s better for your foot bones and all of your foot and leg muscles, and with the good chance your feet will get wet, sneakers dry like 10x faster. Quit buying into the hiking boots thing. You only need them in the winter.
2. Your sleeping bag belongs inside your backpack. Come on people. Everything should go INSIDE your backpack. Outside, you run the risk of snagging, losing, getting wet…
3. Your water should be in a side pocket, that way you don’t have to work so hard to drink it.
4. *Headlamp, not flashlight.
5. Unless you’re tenting on like, sand, you really don’t need tent stakes. I’m sorry, but sticks work fine, and don’t add extra weight to your backpack. If your tent is free-standing, you never need stakes. Just let em go.
6. If you’re hiking east of Colorado, please quit bringing bear spray with you. Just hang a bear bag at night and stay alert. Black bears are scared of you.
7. Where’s his extra layer? Rain jacket? Food? This is a terrible graphic.
(via muddyfoot)
Poor tree.
Lol — didn’t want to get my new sneaks all muddy. You can’t beat the girl out of me with a stick.
Got the shoes (Garmont) from departmentofgoods.com. Love.
Brian always gets his finger in the shot. Dan on the way up Mt. Washington.
Black Diamond ice axe
Showing off my new soft shell pants by Lowe Alpine
moi, clearly tres excited.
i can not tell you in actual words how badly i want this jacket.
marcy dam, july.
i fell in love with the jade 50 pack by gregory when i first saw it. looked at a million other backpacks but ended up getting the jade anyway. love it love it.
GEAR REVIEW:
cooking dinner with the MSR pocket rocket and the MSR quick solo pot.
they’re definitely minimalist. the stove is teeny tiny and boils water so fast. and the pot is wicked light, locks closed, and can store the stove, and all your other cookware inside of it, if you have the right stuff. (by that, i mean small and light, which is all you really need.)
if you’re planning on cooking for more than two people, this probably isn’t the right stuff for you. it rocks for cooking pasta, rice, soup, oatmeal… pretty much anything quick and easy. one drawback is that you have to buy a new isobutane fuel canister when you run out. but they are about 5 dollars and most stores take the empty canisters back.
bottom line: it’s one of the best options for ultralight backpacking.
it’s really not that big of a deal…
Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador!
