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My favorite biltong was kudo. I don't think we can get it here though.

Sure, those are good, we've eaten the beef and the chicken ones for a few years now. Good stuff but wet and potentially smelly, like you say. We bought a Food Saver machine that does the suction...

I've hiked all my life, and in my mid 60's my opinion is that the older hikers make the best company, and also get the most out of the trail. So much to share, and a willingness to take the time...

I hope that it's changed management and no longer is run by a big dufus that hates hiking. "Because I dislike extended misery" he said.

I think that going as odor-proof as possible and sleeping with it is the best option unless there is a known bear issue at that location, then use a bear canister. 50+ years experience talking, plus...

After more than 50 years of backpacking, this year I finally bought a Big Agnes collapsible chair because we were backpacking on the WA "Wilderness Coast". You spend a lot of time sitting looking at...

They don't pounce on your tent. They pounce on your head from behind, then shake and break your neck. One strategy is to put fake eyeballs on the back of your hat, because the scardy cats won't...

Always wear gaitors, Dirty Girl or Run Funky.. Keeps socks cleaner, less time wasted cleaning debris out of shoes. We use trail runner gaitors for long distance hiking.

Sorry, I meant "generally NOT painful".

Black toenails are familiar to ultrarunners.. it's why we size our shoes carefully, generally at least one size larger than street shoes. The black toenails are from impact with the front of the...

On my first long hike in 1974 I stopped at Andover, ME, not bored, just sick of hiking. It's a valid reason. If you are not into it, get off the trail.

Boredom is different. I shared a...

To quote the ultrarunners, "It's 90% physical, the other half is mental".
Anyway, good luck!

I've always found that fat is jet fuel for hiking. More so than carbs. You don't want to get energy from protein, it's for muscle repair...
Fat also gives you fuel without the insulin kick from...

Personally I found it underwhelming. Did not even stop for photo...

I've found more use for arm cooling sleeves, because you can always put more on, but only take off so many clothes. I think Moben was the brand. Attractive wild animal patterns; people complimented...

I think that the colder it gets, the more important it is to have a decent stove. Today's stoves are so light and efficient, compared to what I grew up with...

Trail name? Just curious...

I've used the standard Double Rainbow for about 10 years on dozens of trips on the PCT, AT, Oly Nat Park, Montana, and two trips to Iceland. It is an adequate tent IMO. The 42 oz weight seems...

I bought an Ursack that I have never used because the National Park Service (specifically Olympic Nat Park) does not allow them. You have to use an approved bear canister. FWIW

We use a few yards of tyvek as a ground cloth, picnic cloth, and as a floor in shelters under our bags. Our current piece has been going for 15 years, still intact and waterproof. We needed some...

After reading the sad story of the lady who died in Maine, lost a short way off the trail, I have no problem with this method. It might save a life...

We use the Montbell down sweather ($120+)r, happily for many years... but I saw something quite similar in Costco for about $20 and nabbed that too..

The beef stew has a burden of 49 g carbs to get only 15 g protein. Not a good source of protein, considering that you need 100-150 g/day depending on who you listen to.

By "Reese" products, what do you mean. Hershey's candy? OK... So you pitched your stove and you are eating candy.
And the long term effects of this will be...

I stayed in a Holiday Inn along the AT in Virginia, and all I have to say is this is not the Holiday Inn that I remember from my youth in the 1960's and 1970's. It was a premium hotel then. Now the...