How to Pack a Backpack
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How to Pack a Backpack

Backpacks are a different creature today—especially if you compare the new internal frame packs to the external frame packs of yesteryear. Top or side loading, you’ll be a happier camper if you kno...
What to bring on a day hike
backpacking

What to bring on a day hike

What to bring on a day hike. Day hikes are the shortest variety of hikes that we do. They require minimum gear and only, at most, a day to complete - sans, why they call it a “day” hike. What to b...
How to Pick the Right Hiking Shoes
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How to Pick the Right Hiking Shoes

How to Pick the Right Hiking Shoes Your shoes are arguably the most important gear you will take with you on a hike. And while a well selected, broken-in pair will probably get little credit for yo...
How to Wash Your Sleeping Bag
Backpacking / Hiking

How to Wash Your Sleeping Bag

Washing your sleeping bag can be a bit of a controversial subject for some campers and particularly for gear manufacturers. Many companies consider warranties void if you’ve thrown your bag through...
How to Wash Your Backpack
backpacking

How to Wash Your Backpack

Maybe you feel the need for a good hike. You look to the space where you keep your beloved backpack. Sweat stains and grime have reached an unacceptable level and you realize the day has arrived to...
How to Choose the Right Backpack for the Adventure
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How to Choose the Right Backpack for the Adventure

One of the most rewarding adventuring experiences is backpacking. You carry your own gear and hike through the wilderness for some quality time with the great outdoors. At TETON, we want you to enj...
How Your Sleeping Bag Keeps You Warm
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How Your Sleeping Bag Keeps You Warm

When roughing it what we really want is a chance to be one with nature while awake. But when we sleep, we need to rejuvenate for more roughing it the next day. A sleeping bag needs to keep us warm ...
How much water should you carry for your hike?
backpacking

How much water should you carry for your hike?

This is probably the most important question that a lot of us hikers ask ourselves. It may seem obvious or that there is a science to it. Google the title of this article and see what I mean. I thi...