10 Fresh Camping Recipes & Trail Snacks to Mix Things Up
Liven up the pasta, boost the oatmeal, and up the ante in your meals and trail snacks.
MSR PocketRocket Deluxe Stove vs. PocketRocket 2
Which of these ultralight stoves is right for you?
Tent Care 101: Keeping Your Tent Clean & Dry
Keeping your tent dry, clean and properly stored can protect it for years to come.
Setting Up Your Tent in the Wind
Tricks for completing one of the hardest camp tasks—especially when you’re solo.
Gear Overview: Tent Accessories
Whether you’ve picked up a new MSR tent recently or are thinking about purchasing one, MSR tent accessories are easy ways to enhance your outdoor living experience. From add-on bits to simple-to-use field repair solutions, these accessories are designed to improve the function and livability of any tent. In this article, we explain the line of MSR tent accessories to help you determine which are right for you. Tent Stakes If you need to secure your tent in any environment or situation check out our line of stakes, each designed for different situations. To really get those stakes securely in the ground, don’t forget a Stake Hammer (bonus: it has a bottle opener too!) Tent Footprint To protect your tent from rough ground and lengthen its life, using a footprint…
More than Bikepacking: How to Help Foster Environmental Sustainability
My introduction to bikepacking was unintentional, which is perhaps why it never felt like my two-wheeled adventures needed to focus on me. My first forays didn’t involve much more than a backpack filled with fishing gear and a tent, riding my 90’s era mountain bike down dirt roads toward reservoirs in Truckee and creeks in Davis, California, intent on fishing for the weekend. As an undergraduate in Bozeman, Montana, my lack of a driver’s license left me peddling up Hyalite Reservoir Road, touring skis strapped to my backpack as I rode that same bike from my dorm to a weekend basecamp. These days, I still avoid putting together routes based on their distance or elevation gain, choosing instead to find purpose in escaping from my normal routine at a slower…
Backpacking: Our Ultimate Prep-for-the-Season Guide
You might be ready for the season, but is your gear? Here’s how to make sure.
MSR Reactor vs. WindBurner: What’s the Difference?
We boil down the key distinctions between the MSR Reactor and the WindBurner, to help you choose which backpacking stove is best for you.
Choosing Mountains: Mountaineering with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Diagnosis: Traumatic Brain Injury Exhausted before it even started, my first expedition was one of survival. Constant changes in direction, diagnosis, and dialects across seven hospitals in three countries. 70% vision loss, cognitive chaos, murky memory and an abolished appetite—I was both lost for words and a lust for life following 26 stormy months in a constant climb for my life. Every step felt like an unsteady crevasse crossing, my medical team leading me from the edge of death’s doorstep into an avalanche of unknowns. Adrift amidst the losses, the only sign I could see illuminated was the mountains. They are home, comfort and constant. Mountains allow me to make sense of the confusion that surfaces amongst crowds and questions, stares and cities. Natural colossi—blockades to some, obstacles to others, opportunities…