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Outdoor Products Roll-Top Dry Sacks are reasonably priced dry-bag style stuff sacks that are good for organizing and packing hiking, backpacking, and camping gear in a backpack. Priced at $15 for a 3-pack, they’re an absolute steal compared to name-brand roll-top stuff sacks from Sea-to-Summit, Outdoor Research, or REI. Each 3-pack includes a 10.6L, 4.1L, and 2.1L roll-top stuff sack, …

A lot of backpackers get really stressed out when planning trips because they can’t find any information about pre-existing campsites along their route. While campgrounds, lean-tos, and signed designated campsites are usually easy to find out about, that’s often not the case with the dispersed campsites you find in the backcountry that aren’t officially sanctioned, managed or maintained. Dispersed campsites …

You’re on a backpacking trip and your sleeping bag gets wet. What should you do? Assess the Situation The first thing I’d do is to assess how wet the bag is. If the foot end or cover are wet because they rubbed up against your tent at night and got damp from internal condensation, that’s a pretty low-risk (normal) situation. …

Pliny Mountain is a 3605′ bushwhack close to Mt Waumbek, a 4000 footer in the Pliny Range of the White Mountain National Forest, which includes Mt Starr King and the three Weeks, North, Middle, and South. It’s considered a trailless peak but can still be accessed, at least partway, by the abandoned Priscilla Brook Trail, which runs to the height …