Adventure Grub: 8 Easy Camping Meals for the Family
High-ranking camp meals for satisfying everyone, anywhere.
3 Hearty Breakfast Recipes for Camping and Backpacking
One of the greatest joys of camping and backpacking is getting to eat every meal in incredible, scenic locations. Every time I’m out in the wilderness, I’ve found myself marveling at how foods that would undoubtedly taste bland and uninspiring at home are inexplicably rendered delicious by the grittier context of an adventure. That being said, the effect is even more pronounced when the food being eating is actually delicious to begin with. Taking the time to plan nutritious and appetizing meals while camping or backpacking will ensure high energy levels throughout the day and work wonders for keeping spirits high. Let’s take a look at three of my favorite camping breakfast recipes. 1) Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Recipe Prep & Cook Time: 15-20 minutes Application: camping and backpacking When I first…
DIY Dehydrated Backpacking Meals
DIY dehydrating is easy. Here are a few tips to get you started, plus 2 recipes.
Homemade Backpacking Meals, Just Add Water
Ready to stop buying freeze-dried meals? Here’s how to prep your own easy, delicious and high-fuel backpacking meals.
Safe Water Anywhere—A Guide to the MSR Guardian Gravity Purifier
We’re proud to introduce a sibling to the award-winning Guardian™ Purifier, meet the Guardian™ Gravity Purifier.
In Terms of Backcountry Water Treatment, When is Water Considered Safe to Drink?
Brown, silty streams, tea-colored rivulets, even clear, ice-cold lakes—any backcountry water source can serve up a cocktail of contaminants. But not everything that’s present in an undeveloped water source is necessarily harmful, and only some things pose an immediate threat to your health. In fact, it’s impractical and unnecessary to remove everything, all the time. So in terms of backcountry water treatment, when is water considered safe to drink? First, what’s commonly in backcountry water? The types of contaminants that make water “dirty” depend a lot on that source’s surrounding environment. But most contaminants can be placed into these categories: Microorganisms- Simply put: tiny bugs or germs. Microbes are the primary focus of treatment devices because of their immediate and potentially serious risk to your health. The pathogenic ones include…
How MSR’s Early Research on Climber Hydration Sparked a Revolution
And led to the development of MSR’s most famous invention.
Behind the Guardian Purifier’s Technology & Design
MSR engineers designed the Guardian purifier to be the safest and easiest way to purify water virtually anywhere on earth. Achieving such a high degree of performance required advancements in technologies and a great deal of engineering ingenuity. After six years of R&D, with expertise provided by our in-house water research lab, the result became the world’s most advanced backcountry water treatment device. The Guardian purifier is able to transform even very challenging water sources into reliable, microbiologically safe drinking water. Here’s a look at the features and technologies built into this device. Ultimate Protection Made Simple As a water purifier, the Guardian offers greater protection than a microfilter, removing not just waterborne bacteria and protozoa, but the tiniest class of waterborne pathogens: viruses. Traditionally, eliminating the threat of viruses meant…
Snapshot: MSR’s Decades of R&D in Water Treatment
Here’s a brief look at how MSR’s efforts grew from outdoor products to global health technologies.