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Cowboy coffee. Simple and delicious.

Boil water, add coffee ground, steep and filter.

I boil water in my cook pot and add the grounds. Steep for ~3 minutes and then filter through a GSI...

Since you already have a pack, albeit heavier than you want, you might consider trying sticking with the pack you have and working on optimizing all the other gear. If you buy the "wrong" or "too...

Wind is the main cause of "sideways rain" and it does get windy in the southern Appalachians, especially at altitude and during thunderstorms (which is most of the summer). Most of the southern...

I bought an ALPS Orizaba 3900 pack on clearance...great deal less than $100 for a 64L pack. The pack looked fine and worked fine until the third time I used it when the main body of the pack started...

You might look at tarps as an alternative to a tent. Easier to get in custom sizes from most of the cottage industry tarp makers. Add a groundsheet and a bug net to complete your setup.

All the above...great advice.

To put it very plainly, what worked for me:

-get treatment to heal your back (from a qualified professional)
-do your stretching
-get good advice on physical...

When I worked in the lab years back 70% alcohol was the minimum we used to sterilize instruments by dipping into the alcohol. That's 35 proof.