Making your own backpacking equipment is fun. It’s also the one sure way to acquire gear that fits your body and its needs. Everybody, with or without previous sewing experience, can make stuffsacks, ...

The Backpacker's Field Manual is a comprehensive guide to backpacking skills and equipment by the director of one of the country's most respected college outdoor programs. Advanced and novice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or waking up to utter silence and taking in the clear views of Norway’s teal lakes and ...

Below is the list of equipment you will need to bring with you for a backpacking, backpacking and canoeing, or backpacking and rock climbing trip. The following list of equipment is based on ...

Over the last several years I have discovered a new appreciation for the great outdoors. Although it was instilled in me at a very young age to love and appreciate our land, I hadn’t truly connected ...

The Outing Club has a limited number of backpacks, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads for students to borrow. As such, we encourage bringing your own of these items, or borrowing from friends or family.