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“Oh crap. I forgot to bring my spoon,” said a backpacker I’d just met at the campsite. I know that exact feeling. I’ve left my big plastic backpacking spoon at home on the drying rack next to the kitchen sink too many times to count. After a long day of hiking, it’s a bummer when you discover that you don’t …

Goose Eye Mountain is located about five miles south of famed Mahoosuc Notch, the hardest mile on the Appalachian Trail. The only way to get there is to hike along the Appalachian Trail or one of the blue-blazed side trails that provide access to it. Either way, the hiking here is tough, with plenty of above treeline exposure, continuous ups and …

Ex Officio’s BugsAway SandFly Pants are the coolest pants I own. They’re perfect for hot and humid weather since the material they’re made with is very thin and they have mesh vents along the inside of the thighs to help vent sweat in the summer heat. I also like the fact that they’re pre-treated with Insect Shield, so I don’t …

Klymit has introduced an ultralight variant to its Static V line of sleeping pads, co-designed and sold exclusively by Drop, called the Insulated Static V Ultra Light. With an R-value of 4.4 (pre-sleeping-bag-standard), it’s an excellent pad to use for sleeping on cold ground in spring and autumn, but you’ll still want to add an extra foam layer underneath it for …