In This Issue

• Planning a Thru-Hike
• Tom Mangan Joins Trailspace
• Expanded Gear Guide
• Articles
• Blog Hits
• Recent User Reviews
• Trailspace Hats
• Forum Highlights

The Lure of the Long Trail: Planning a Thru-Hike

Planning a thru-hike? Sorting through a deluge of advice and wondering which to pay attention to? Successful backpackers can tell you what really matters. In the first of four columns, PCT veteran Barbara Egbert talks to other thru-hikers about gear decisions, training, and preparation »

Trailspace names Tom Mangan as Assistant Editor

Tom Mangan, author and publisher of the popular hiking blog Two-Heel Drive, a 20-plus-year journalism veteran, and an avid hiker and backpacker, has joined Trailspace as assistant editor. Welcome, Tom! »

Trailspace Gear Guide Expanded

We've added knives and multi-tools, bear safety, first aid kits, dog gear, and portable power product info to the gear guide. Be among the first to write a review »

Articles

Hiking and Camping Safely in Bear Country

Book Review: Bear Essentials: Hiking and Camping in Bear Country

Outdoor Fuel: New Bars, Chews, and Bites

How to Seam Seal a Tent

Recent User Reviews

Arc'teryx Bora 80 pack by Jayant Mahto Asolo Flame GTX hiking boots by dcwilliams29id Exped DownMat 7 Pump sleeping pad by Tomas Filson Tin Cloth Packer Hat by Jack Freeman Gerber River Shorty knife by tnvol377 Gossamer Gear Gorilla pack by Dylan Burge Kelty Trekker 3900 ST external frame pack by Ryan Leatherman Juice Cs4 multi-tool by steven Life-Link Pit Boss shovel by Lifer-Powderhound in UTAH!

Filson Tin Cloth Packer Hat     Leatherman Juice Cs4     Asolo Flame GTX

Mad Rock Flash climbing shoes by Crimp Me! Outdoor Research NightHaven tent by Joshua Patagonia Winter Sun Jacket soft shell by Stw REI Half Dome 2 HC tent by BoyScoutDad Ruff Wear Approach dog pack by f_klock Sierra Designs Dragonfly 20 sleeping bag by Kayd C Burton Timberland Chochorua Trail Hiker w/Gore-Tex by BSA Jeff Zamberlan 310 Skill GT backpacking boots by JasonA Browse all user reviews by date, type, or brand.

Do you have a favorite -- or least favorite -- piece of gear? Write a review.

Forum Highlights

Food weight

Gear modifications/customizations

Most random helpful thing in your pack?

Snowshoes

Highest summit

Planning a trip to Canada? Read this!

North Carolina hike advice needed

Join the conversation: all this and much more in the Trailspace forums

Trailspace Blog Hits

Expanded Gear Guide: 34,146 products and counting

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