I personally love the taste of pine needle tea, with my favorite brew coming from white pine needles. Be aware though that there are a few types of pine needle that you do not want to use: Ponderosa, Yew, and Norfolk Island Pine are all pretty toxic to Humans. Make sure you know what type of pine tree you're looking…

Also just throwing this out there, it doesn't apply to most situations, but if it does apply, it's damn good to know.

As others mentioned, when you are using chemicals make sure to wait the appropriate amount of time, around 30 minutes for iodine or bleach, and please, disinfect the threads of your bottle as well by turning the bottle upside down about five minutes after adding the chemical, and unscrewing until you can see a bit of…

Man, I am loving these Amazon app store free coin deals. The fact that you just have to "buy" the free apps and not even download them to your phone makes it so damn easy.

Ok, so the

It seems to randomly switch back every once and a while, but not too hard to switch it back when it does. You just have to remember to check every once in a while.

So I think this is the article. I guess it was the AT, not the CDT (typical faulty memory), still super awesome story that warms the heart.

So I'm a bit confused. Do you hook the cable to a body harness? or is there a step/handle on the cable? It looks like body harness, which, where does that come from? and also it seems like getting a full body harness on in this scenario would be eating up precious time.

I also carry a Kershaw scallion, absolutely love that little knife for daily carry. I lost it a few years ago and went out an bought the exact same thing to replace it two days later. For the price you just can't beat the quality & versatility. Keeps a great edge, holds very comfortably, and has the smoothest assisted…

So I'll preface this by saying I've never used one of the original Leathermans, so maybe I'm missing something, but after just looking up pictures/specs online I feel like that would be a horribly designed bike tool. I spend a fair amount of time riding bikes and fixing them–both for my self and other people–and…

Thanks for the heads up!

Right, that makes sense. I'd probably take the blade out and put some wire strippers in, as I already carry a 2.5" pocket knife at all times, and this would be a tool that probably lives in my backpack more then anything. So really the only difference between the normal Powerlock and the 2.o is the piano key locking…

Great article Wes, was super excited for this when I saw the headline as I've been researching and meaning to buy a new multitool for the past few months. (last one was a coleman piece of junk that was given to me as a gift and that I 'lost' somewhere, who knows really...) I had my eyes on the SOG powerlock, so I'm…

I've always been more of a cat person then a dog person, and I remember reading an article a few years ago about a guy who, I believe, hiked the continental divide trail with his cat. Ever since then I've wished I had a cat that I could take with me on some adventures, as I think some hiking, or even backpacking,…

Yeah, 250 isn't my max per say, but it seems like I can get something good for that amount. I haven't yet found something that wowed me enough to convince me I want to spend more. I'm curious about why specifically you aren't a fan of the Canon S series, everything I've read about them seems very positive, especially…

I found it only happens with those "waffle knit" type fabrics, and that it happens when I wear them from abrasion with other clothing, pack straps, etc. not when I wash them. Therefor I just avoid those types of fabrics, I don't like the look of them as much, or the feel, so it all works out. Other wicking fabrics…

Yeah, Budget is also paramount to me, as I want to save as much money as I can for actual travel. I wish the sony RX100 had dropped in price, but it is still at least 550 where I have seen it, even though it is two models old now. between the canon s series and the fuji x20 I prefer the fact that the canon's are super…

While ex-officio's are nice, I find that their fabric pills really easy, like first time I wear them it starts to, and gets a kind of "greasy" feel to it (even when clean), I picked up a pair of REI Boxerjack boxer briefs and absolutely love them. The fabric is super smooth and silky, the cut is a bit longer then the…

I would love to see an article/discussion on what people are using for camera gear while adventuring/traveling/backpacking. I have been using my smartphone for the past two years because I'm too cheap to buy a dedicated camera, but I'm planning on doing some extensive overseas traveling this fall and would like to get…

Another vote for the Sawyer Mini, just bought one a few months ago and it's pretty damn slick. Can easily be used as a straw, bottle cap filter, inline filter, gravity filter, or just a squeeze filter. Can't beat the price and weight savings over other filters either. I had a Katahdyn hiker before this (still have it…