September 16, 2018
How to lighten the load of your backpack
Like pretty much everyone who backpacks, I’ve been looking for ways for lighten my load to make the trips I do take less of a toll on my body. Over two years, with the purchase of a few new items and the leaving behind of a few more, I’ve cut a total of 5.5 pounds from my pack weight!
May 28, 2018
Backpacking Gear List
This is my typical three-season backpacking gear list, with info about how I use each item.
May 15, 2018
backpacking recipe: Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Instant mashed potatoes are an easy to make meal for backpacking. No cooking on the stove is required, so this recipe is great for those who just want to add boiling water to a meal and will be ready to eat in 10 minutes or less.
May 14, 2018
DIY Sawyer Squeeze gravity filter system
No more pumping or squeezing! Convert a Sawyer Squeeze water filter and let gravity do the work of filtering water for you.
May 1, 2018
backpacking recipe: almond berry oatmeal
Instant oatmeal is easy enough to make, but doesn’t keep me fueled for very long, so I add almonds, hemp seeds and milk powder for protein and freeze-dried blueberries and raspberries for flavor.
March 19, 2018
backpacking recipe: Chicken Piccata
Chicken Piccata is one of my favorite Italian meals that I make at home. I adapted the recipe to make it work using dehydrated and freeze-dried ingredients, and it’s now my favorite backpacking meal.
March 19, 2018
My backpacking food plan
At home, I don’t have any problem eating enough, but when I’ve been exerting a lot, especially during prime alpine backpacking season when it’s hot and my energy is easily depleted, I have a hard time wanting to eat on backpacking trips. And I’m a picky eater, so that makes it even harder!
February 18, 2018
A short story about snow camping
You’ve been snow camping before and liked it so you want to go again. But this time, to a bigger mountain that you’ve never seen up-close in the winter.
January 2, 2018
2017 Adventure Recap
2017 was a year full of amazing camping, hiking and backpacking adventures. A few firsts included visits to Yosemite and the North Cascades, my first solo hike, most elevation gain on a day hike, camping on a beach, and not one but two(!) falls that injured my right knee. Here are highlights from each of my trips.
September 25, 2017
Discovering Wilderness While Kayaking on the Willamette River
This is an article I wrote for Visit Corvallis about my first time kayaking on the Willamette River.
