thru hiking gear

A review of gear Starlight will use for her second thru-hike.

For challenging, high-mileage adventures, we recommend the following 6 pound super ultralight fastpacking gear list.

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This list prioritizes exceptional scenery over convenience and proximity to the urban metropolises of Seattle and Portland.

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We talked to four PCT veterans to get the lowdown on what marks someone as a seasoned thru-hiker on the trail and at camp, from the gear to use...

Thru-hiker Carl "Professor" Stanfield had a big goal: Break the record for most miles ever walked in a single year. Here's what he packed.

This backpacking equipment list is your shortcut to navigating the overwhelming amount of hiking gear available at REI Co-op.

The gear list for the AZT hike is very similar to our AT gear list:

With every spring comes the REI Co-op Member Moment Sale, but how best to use your 20% off coupons when there is an overwhelming amount of gear to...

Mr. Rook and I have always felt that gear should support the hiker’s needs. Each hiker is different, thus what they need for their hike to be successful

Everyone has a favorite piece of gear. We asked 9 of our writers and editors (who have all thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail at least once).

I’d like to introduce you to Boomerang, an 11-year-old going for his Triple Crown on the PCT this year. Also, he’s my second-born.

Laying all of my gear out and taking inventory of everything seems simple enough, but it can be one of the most daunting yet...

In this final post of the series, we’ll cover the most popular cooking systems, resupply strategies, water filters, water- and tickborne diseases...

Unpacking the fears you might have hiking on the Appalachian Trail

I’m new to hiking but I know that you need gear to hike the Appalachian Trail. So I had to figure out what is and isn’t worth the weight for me.

We caught up with Brown to talk route-planning, her favorite gear from the trip, and a few packing strategies that didn’t pan out.

Based off Liz Thomas’s wonderful gear chapter in Pacific Crest Trials, here’s a non-exhaustive list of suggested gear items for a Pacific Crest Trail...

Slaughterhouse’s Long Trail Gear List & Tricks to cut down weight.

The perfect ultralight pack is almost never truly attainable and the constant quest for it turns into a science of ounce-shaving by leaving at home...

It’s easy to be generous and keep ‘em comin’ when you pull up a camp chair to our Hydration Station.

A young Haiku on his first overnighter in 2009: daunted by the prospect of how many Snickers bars he would be eating over the next 12 years

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