Tagged! – 3 Luxury Backpacking Gear Choices

3 “Luxury” Backpacking Gear items that I like to bring on Camping Trips.  

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Mail Call – Mystery Dutchware Gear & Water Filter Face Off

Tips, tricks, and discussion on various Backpacking, Hiking & Camping topics.

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Mail Call – New HG Hammock, Trail Magic Etiquette, Titanium Sunglasses

Tips, tricks, and discussion on various Backpacking, Hiking & Camping topics.

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Mail Call – Back from Zion NP, Alcohol Stove Mods, Backpacking Pillows

Tips, tricks, and discussion on various Backpacking, Hiking & Camping topics.

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Mail Call – Trail Blaze Protocol, Recent Black Forest Trail Trip, Backpacking Coffee

Tips, tricks and discussion on various Backpacking, Hiking & Camping topics.

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  • Hiking Pants
  • Stinging Nettles on the Black Forest Trail
  • Packit Gourmet’s 10 year anniversary.
  • Keith from Connecticut sent a really cool book about Mt McKinnley / Denali
  • My goal of one feature length backpacking trip video per month.
  • Viewer Raymond suggested a future trip to do the Standing Indian Loop in the North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest.
  • GORUCK GR1 Backpack
  • Aiming for a 8 lb backpacking load-out with my new Gregory Optic 48 backpack.
  • Any suggestions for a 3 day, 2 night backpacking trip down south?
  • Has it really been 4 years since my first, and only, trip to the Smokie Mountains?
  • Sawyer 1 gallon gravity filter system for group camping trips.
  • 2 gallon gravity water filter setups for backpacking?

Mail Call – Cabin Trip, Choosing an Ultralight Backpack, Stealth Camping


Tips, tricks and discussion on various Backpacking, Hiking & Camping topics.

Topics Discussed / Gear Seen

  • Carrying while camping and backpacking?
  • When are Sara and our dog Denali going to come out on some backpacking trips?
  • New version of the HangTime Hook
  • Some really cool hammock artwork by Justin Cline (@JustinCline on Twitter, Insta, Etsy)
  • Tom from NH would has a question about trail greeting protocol.
  • Jack from Little Cub Outfitters sent some cool shirts.
  • Does anybody ever pack in “Trail Games” when backpacking?

  • Bill for MA sent a nice care package.
  • Metal water bottles for camping and on the trail?
  • First look at the super tiny 130 lumen Olight i1R EOS
  • Pitching Tarps and ground sleeping on a slope.