July 20, 2011 New Gear: Soto OD-1R Micro Regulator Stove While it’s not technically *my* stove, in the strictest sense, while I was shopping at MEC today with Danny, he picked up the Soto…
May 7, 2011 New Gear: Marmot Limelight 3 Tent Every year in April one of our favorite stores, Camper’s Village, runs an amazing tent and gear sale. Mike and I had been planning…
February 24, 2011 How To Make Your Own Survival Bracelet Redux Quite some time ago I posted a link to instructions on how to make your own survival bracelet. I also ordered some 550 lb…
January 12, 2011 New Gear: MEC Hybrid Sleeping Bags One of our Christmas gifts was a pair of hybrid mummy sleeping bags from Mountain Equipment Co-op (thank you Bill & Ruth!) which are rated to -12°C….
September 21, 2010 Book Review: The Canadian Hiker’s & Backpacker’s Handbook By Ben Gadd When it comes to hiking and backpacking, many books are written by and for Americans or Europeans. While that doesn’t discount any of those…
September 17, 2010 Link: How To Make A Survival Bracelet Recently I came across a set of instructions on the Backpacker Magazine website detailing how to make a survival bracelet. I had seen survival…
September 13, 2010 New Gear: Evernew Titanium Cookware This morning I decided to order the Evernew Titanium Non-Stick DX3 cooking set. The set is made up of a titanium pot and frying…
September 12, 2010 Gear Review: The North Face Double Headed Toad 44 Vital Statistics: Gear Type – Tent Person – 4 Season – 3 Trail Weight – About 8 lb Floor – 54 square ft Vestibule…