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

Trying Out a Mid Shelter for the First Time

This weekend myself and a regularly recurring character on .douchepacker. went up to June Lake at the Marble Mountain Snow … More

Last weekend, after our terrible night in Badger Creek Wilderness, we were greeted with perfect fall weather. The very last portion of … More

This past weekend we returned to Badger Creek Wilderness for an overnight. Our goal was a nice and easy loop, … More

Reason being is that I’ve forgotten how to and I typically don’t need to. The last time I knew how … More

You know all those miscellaneous odds and ends you need for most every trip? Like bear line, headlamp, hand sanitizer, … More

For some time now I’ve been reading the blogs Zen Habits and The Minimalists, who write about Minimalism. These two blogs … More

Packing can actually be kinda daunting for an obsessive person like me. Here is what I’ve done to get a … More

The first time I ever had a panic attack I was in the CN Tower in Toronto. After zipping 1500 … More

I’ve lived in the Pacific Northwest for a decade now and find myself using the same resources over and over … More