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Upgrading bag is a better investment. One advantage of a liner is keeping your down bag clean. Clean means warm. Then when you hit town and just wash the liner and not your nice down bag. Synthetic...

Start early. Beat the party to the trail. You'll need to gear up appropriately since the weather extremes are quite different in January/February than April/May. To that point, March is the snowiest...

from what I understand, two reasons to wear camp shoes are first, to allow your feet to recover, particularly to dry out. These look "sweaty". Next, to allow your shoes/boots to recover. They have...

Yikes. Rules, really?

Salts good. Ask a WWII South Pacific or Vietnam Vet.

Salts good. Ask a WWII South Pacific or Vietnam vet.

You may only choose one candidate: Trash pick-up; Hot dog stand. Trash pick-up:YES! Caught up in the whole voting thing you know.

Do you use a technical insert like superfeet or sole with trail runners?

At elevation below freezing temperatures are still possible all through May.

That's it! Compression shorts.

Laurie Potteiger from ATC here. The blame for that magazine cover rests squarely on me.

Way to man-up Laurie.

Nice looking list. You will absolutely “adjust” on the trail. I agree with the Squeeze over the Mini. You could trade the rain pants for gaiters. I would recommend gaiters even if you do keep the...

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