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CAMP Stalker Universal Crampons Review

Camp Stalker Universal Crampons on a Soft Soled Garmont GTX Insulated Winter Boot

The CAMP Stalker Universal Crampon is the most popular crampon that CAMP sells. It’s compatible with all boot types, including regular hiking boots, soft-soled winter boots, and rigid mountaineering boots, making it a good investment if you want to use it with a variety of different winter boot systems. Made with Chromoly steel, the Stalker Universal Crampon is optimal for …

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Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer Down Hooded Jacket Review

Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer Hooded Down Jacket Review

The Mountain Hardwear Down Hooded Ghost Whisperer Jacket is an ultralight 800 fill power hooded down jacket that’s a great addition to your pack as part of your layering system, especially for winter adventures.  Weighing only 7.3 ounces for the women’s and 7.8 ounces for the men’s, it’s hard to find a reason NOT to put it in your pack. …

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Superfeet Merino Wool Insoles Review

Superfeet Hunt Wool Insoles Review

When I started winter hiking I had problems with cold feet. As a newbie, I’d bought Merrell winter boots with 200 grams of insulation.  I tried some tricks like putting aluminum foil and mylar under my insoles in the hope of reflecting more heat back to my feet, but that didn’t work. So I upgraded to Cabela’s winter boots with 400 …

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The Grid, Gridiots and the Gridiocracy

Mt Lincoln in July

The Grid is a peakbagging list in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where hikers climb each of the 48 White Mountain 4000 footers each month of the year, requiring 12 x 48 = 576 summits to finish. As you can imagine it’s a very difficult list to complete because there aren’t 28-31 good weather days each month of the …

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