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Versatile, durable, and made to fit every adventurer’s needs, the Double Haul™ Convertible Duffel & Tote from NEMO is designed with purpose from start to finish. Here are a few reasons...

GetBackpacking! guide Brandon Hicks counsels the curious on weight loss. At Saturday’s informal GetBackpacking! Backpacking Get-together with Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery, we talked with all sorts of folks. There were the...

Employ these strategies — and this gear — to stay warm on the trail. Outdoor Research gloves and hats: your personal thermostat OR Women’s Flurry Gloves They are, perhaps, the...

Rooster of Council Tools displays some of his company’s axes Andrew Romero doesn’t take an axe when he goes backpacking. “I like to go light,” says Andrew, a sales associate...

Hydro Flask tumblers Time was when the ultimate in camp cool was sitting around a roaring fire drinking coffee from a tin cup. Yup, that just about — Ouch! —...

Good things come in small packages. And in socks. Some of the best stuff of Christmas morning is the stuff that gets stuffed into a stocking. Stuff such as: Princeton...

John Rice displays a pair of Great Outdoor Provision Co.-branded socks, as well as a festive array of other socks. Christmas morning 10 years ago: “Oh … socks. Uh, thanks.”...

The weather’s cooled, you’ve gotten interested in hiking. Maybe you’re new to the trail entirely, maybe you’re a cool-weather hiker who’s been away for a while. As a newbie especially,...

Women’s Spyfire jacket After a longer-than-usual wait, the time has arrived when our thoughts turn to keeping warm. To some the cold is a deterrent to outdoor outings. We, on...

Chapel Hill Manager Chad Pickens talks headlamps We’ve reached that time of fall when we’re losing noticeable amounts of sunlight each day. Noticeable, as in about a minute a day,...

Stio Pinedale women’s (left) and men’s pants. Back in the 1970s, people skied in jeans. If you were fortunate enough to have fresh powder, the powder would cling to the...

Following Hurricane Florence, one of our GetBackpacking! backpackers wrote to ask: “Why is it that I can spend basically an entire weekend in my tent in the rain and be...

Tecnica Forge GTX (womens) You know that magical moment on the trail when you realize you’ve found an awesome boot? Actually, this a trick question: that magical moment doesn’t occur...

Chad Pickens, our Chapel Hill store manager and a fan of living a long, healthy life, has this bit of advice for anyone nervous about using bug spray: it beats...

Tecnica Forge GTX fitting from TrustyGOPC on Vimeo. I’m pretty much an off-the-rack kind of guy. Suit sleeves a tad long? I’ll just roll ‘em up a little, Don Johnson...

Nemo Stargaze™ In the beginning, there was the Eureka Curvy Chair, and people looking for a comfy seat for camping, for concerts, for tailgating were happy. Then, apparently, our desire...

The Full Force and Propel hydration reservoirs come with a pump near the mouthpiece, great for filling Fido’s bowl. Is it a stretch to say that HydraPak has made a...

We love gear. Here, for Mother’s Day, for Memorial Day, for May, are five pieces of gear we’re loving a little bit more this month. Patagonia Lightweight Travel Tote Pack....