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Backpacking TV: Choosing the Right Sleeping Bag and Mattress

May 28, 2015

Backpacking TV is a one-stop-shop to get all the basics before you head out on your first backpack. This week’s episode gives you the essentials of choosing your first sleeping bag and mattress. Down vs. synthetic, warmth ratings, and what…

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How to Pack Your Backpack

Jim Meyers | May 5, 2015

The parallels between backpacking and relationships are innumerable, if not completely contrived for the sake of this introduction. For instance, take Paul Simon and me. We’ve never been in a relationship, but he thinks there are 50 ways to leave…