2006/02/19– Gear and Thru-Hiking

If you would like to check out great backpacking gear reviews, check out BackpackGearTest.org. Also, while you’re there, look at their guide on “How to Become a Gear Tester.” You can test gear for free, and keep it when you’re done.

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2005/10/14– A Couple of Good Sites

Check out Big Paws Only a web community devoted to large breed dogs, their issues, and helping them out when the need arises. I got a GPS unit for my birthday (Garmin eTrex Legend) and have finally gotten into geocaching. I have found caches when I was out with other geocachers before, but this is…

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On the Subject of Towels

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of…

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