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When is a Pump Water Filter or Purifier Better for Backpacking?

When is a pump water filter better for backpacking?

Pump water filters and purifiers are often better suited for filtering water from muddy puddles, silt-choked rivers, and other sketchy sources than squeeze-style water filters, bottle filters, chemical purifiers, and UV purifiers. Unlike other methods, they use a two-stage process to remove contaminants. While pump filters are heavier to carry than other filters and water purification methods, they have other …

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Adotec Ab Bag Front Pack Review

Adotec Ab Bag Review

Adotec is a cottage backpacking gear manufacturer located in Canada that specializes in Dyneema front packs that are attached to backpack shoulder straps. The Ab Bag is one of their smaller models and can serve double duty as a fanny pack, but they also make quite large ones called GearGuts that combine bottle and gear storage and can be worn …

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CAMP Corsa Ultralight Ice Axe Review

CAMP Corsa Ultralight Ice Axe on Mt Washington

The CAMP-USA Corsa Ice Axe is quite possibly the lightest weight ice ax in the world, weighing just 8.8 oz (250 grams) in a size 60 cm length. Despite its lightweight, it is a fully functional UIAA-certified B ice ax capable of being used for self-rescue, glissading, and strong enough to be used as a belay anchor. But the lightweight …

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Hiking the Presidential Traverse Trail

Hiking the Presidential Traverse Trail

The first thing you should know about the Presidential Traverse Trail is that there isn’t a trail by that name in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, despite the fact that it’s listed as such in the AllTrails app. That fact will quickly bite you in the ass because the trail signs you encounter won’t match the information in your app. There …

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