This past weekend I completed the 31-mile Loowit Trail around Mt St Helens. I started and completed my loop using … More
Category: backpacking
Destroying Buschcrafter Shelters: A How-to Guide
BuschCrafter shelters built from live cut trees are bad, and should be destroyed every time you see one. These shelters … More
Broken Top Loop: Shelter Failure and Off Trail Fun
It turns out you can learn a lot in a 27 hour trip. This past weekend we settled on the … More
Tip of the Year: Buy Good Shoes in Bulk (and also a .douchepacker. update)
I’ve written before about struggling with Plantar Fasciitis some years back. It’s an excruciating, degenerative condition that will come back … More
Solving Mysteries: Why was my Exped Winter Pad so damn cold?
A few years back I went on a drunken snow camping trip for a buddies birthday. Aside from getting a … More
A Jaunt up on Mt Hood
Since last fall I haven’t been able to get outdoors very much as we’d been on the housing search. I … More
A Faster, Filthier Guide to Caltopo
My article Quick and Dirty Guide to Making a Map in Caltopo: A Tutorial on How to Use Caltopo is … More
Whittier Ridge Traverse and Lakes Loop Trip Report
As this past weekend approached, I saw we’d have perfect fall weather. Last fall was horrible, the rains started in … More
Six Days in Olympic National Park Trip Report
Originally we had planned a trip to the Sawtooths in Idaho some months ago. However, as has been the case … More
A Very Special Post: Douchepacker is Officially off the Market (Total Eclipse Trip Report)
We discussed many plans for this past weekends Total Solar Eclipse. We had thought about just staying in town which … More
