When you thru-hike or perform frequent, long-distance hiking your body gets beat up, fatigued and overall this slows your recovery down. I found some key supplements for long-distance hiking which should support the body and restorative processes and help you finish your thru-hike, section hike or other long-distance hikes while encouraging your body’s recovery at … Read more
Choosing the best tent for a thru-hike is a core decision where you are making a choice in warmth and space for you to have comfort from the outside. The options are vast between 1 person, 2 person, ultralight, ultra-expensive, and overall budget. What is the best tent for Appalachian Trail thru-hikes? Our choice is … Read more
When you begin looking at shoes for your hike most, like myself, will think that they want to get shoes which are waterproof to help keep the water from getting inside the shoes and making your feet soaked. This is actually not the way you should go though, crazy right! Are Altra Lone Peak Waterproof? … Read more
This is the tent most thru-hikers and ultralight backpackers look for when trying to get their base weight down into the sub 7-8 pound range. The Big Agnes Fly Creek HV2 tent is an amazing construction using Dyneema to drastically lower the weight. This loss in weight doesn’t adversely impact the durability though on this … Read more
When looking for gear for a long-distance hike finding the best trail shoes for thru-hiking is an important first step. Since the entire thru-hike will be done on shoes they will take the brunt of the damage done and also help absorb that and direct it away from your legs and muscles. The Lone Peak … Read more
Choosing your jacket can be a personal choice and for most this will be split between a down puffy jacket or a synthetic based jacket. For years the Torrid Apex Jacket from Enlightened Equipment has been a favorite for most hikers, backpackers, and thru-hikers to keep warm while being super lightweight. Let’s face it, no … Read more
When you are checking out backpacks, trying to find what size backpack you should use for your thru-hike you want to look into the following traits for your personal best fit. Each will depend on your available funds and the needs of your other gear and weight of the items contained within. What size backpack … Read more
When you start your search for a sleep system for your backpacking journey you will read about R-Value on many pads. The R-Value system can be used to help you determine the best choice for the cost in your backpacking purchases. Check out our best current value proposition for R-Value sleeping pad @ 15oz! What … Read more
If you looking for the best budget backpacking tent under 100? then look no further. Your search is now over because, in this article, I list the best of the best budget backpacking tents that will make your life outdoors something to remember. Our article aims to simplify everything for you to enable you to … Read more
