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After a long day burning calories while hiking the trails, your body craves food, and as the cool evening settles in, your body will enjoy the meal even more if it is warm-or a least if the beverage is warm.

For winter or mountaineering trips a warm meal moves from convenience to necessity and with the right type of stainless steel cookware and the right Read the rest of this entry »

I am a follower of hidden trails. In fact, on at least half of the hiking trips I take lately, I’m off the trails altogether, bushwhacking into the unknown. What do you get for doing as Walt Whitman suggested, and taking the “road less traveled?” A bit of adventure. Here are some of the things myself and a friend or two have discovered off the beaten path in the last year.

Old Mines – We have run across at least fifteen abandoned and sometimes hidden mines, many of them far from any trail. One had a mystery involved, with a possible death (although the police seemed Read the rest of this entry »

Oregon Scientific Pro Wireless Weather Station – $ 206.99
Capturing weather data has never been easier. Featuring a rotary dial for easy information access, the WMR100N monitors six different weather measurements and includes an atomic clock for precise time. This professional weather station offers easy set-up, and you can even expand the sensors for additional weather monitoring. Read the rest of this entry »