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The Hyperlite Mountain Gear Southwest 55 Backpack is a durable Dyneema DCF backpack that’s good for thru-hiking and multi-day backpacking trips in rugged terrain. The Southwest 55 is basically the same pack as the smaller volume Hyperlite Mountain Gear Southwest 40 Backpack but with a longer extension collar, so you can stuff more gear inside. This is handy if you need …

Dachstein Extreme Warm Wool Mittens are very warm boiled wool mittens popular with mountaineers. Made with very dense boiled wool (more on this below), they’re windproof and virtually waterproof. When the mercury drops to near zero or below, these are the mittens you want to wear. They’re also ideal for people who get cold hands in winter or suffer from …

The ULA Ultra 24 Circuit (68L) is an ultralight-style roll-top backpack made using a new ultralight waterproof fabric called Ultra that’s significantly more abrasion-resistant than Dyneema DCF or the Robic Nylon used in other lightweight backpacks. If you’ve already been evaluating a ULA Circuit backpack for purchase, the only significant difference between the Ultra 24 Circuit and the baseline ULA …

Have you ever looked at the nutrition labels on freeze-dried or dehydrated camping and backpacking meals or Knorr Rice and Pasta packages. You’ll be appalled by the amount of sodium included in these meals, especially since most people eat other trail foods (nuts, bars, salty snacks) during the day, which also have their share of added salt. For instance, here’s …