Are Instagram and Social Media Ruining the Wilderness?

Check out this article in Trail Groove Magazine by Paul Magnanti, creator of PMAGS.com. It’s an excellent article about Social Media … More

2017 in Review: A Piece of Shit Year with a Silver Lining

If there was a shittier year than 2016, it was 2017. If there was a better year for me personally … More

Four years ago I first took the Banks-Vernonia Trail with a big group of friends. This is a bikepacking trip … More

Silver Star Mountain is pretty close by and I was surprised I’d never been there and never knew anyone who … More

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

Generally speaking, no. But lets take a broader look. After I got into myog and made a couple of … More

I have to admit its been a tough week for .douchepacker. My latest post about Jenkem flopped when Redditors failed to … More

Pain, boredom, soul-crushing loneliness. These are just a few of the problems on the trail that we can ameliorate using … More

I had never seen people more surprised to see me, but we had found their spot right at nightfall. Well, … More

Unbeknownst to us, we decided to backpack up to Mt Jefferson in the middle of Oregon’s unbelievably short deer season. … More