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I am a volunteer trail maintainer for the US Forest Service in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, one of many other hikers who work to keep our local trails open despite a lack of federal funding to maintain our trail system. But volunteer trail maintainers lack the where-with-all to repair the extensive damage to the White Mountain Trail System caused by …

I spent last weekend co-leading the Appalachian Mountain Club’s (Boston Chapter) Compass and Navigation Course at Harvard Cabin which was taught by our Jedi Master Joe Comuzzi. Joe is a very well known hiker and bushwhacker in the White Mountains who has completed more peak lists in the Whites than anyone I know by a long shot (including 2 Grids). …

“The most important thing about a Gearhead is passion,” says Nathan Ellsworth, Customer Solution Supervisor at Backcountry.com. “Not just passion about gear, but passion for the outdoors and the sports they enjoy.” Nathan looks for that when he interviews people applying for Gearhead jobs at Backcountry.com. You’d think that’d be hard for an online retailer to find compared to retailers …

The Therm-a-Rest Haven is a special type of sleeping bag that doesn’t have any back insulation. Called a Top Bag, all of the insulation in the Haven is located on top of your body and along the sides, because insulation and fabric you lie on can’t retain warm air and is just dead weight. Designed to be ultralight, the Haven weighs 1 …