Backpacking Gear Basics

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Backpacking Gear Basics


Budget Considerations

It’s easy to get carried away spending money on gear, but backpacking is about focusing on the necessities: keeping your feet healthy and your body strong. To me, that means investing your money in good boots, a reliable sleeping system, and healthy food, plus good protective equipment like raingear.

Car Camping vs. Backpacking Gear

A tent is a tent and a sleeping bag is a sleeping bag. Right? Wrong!

Sure you can take your car camping tent backpacking—but at some point, you’re going to realize that lugging around the extra weight and bulk just isn’t w...

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