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<a class="post-link" href="/backpacking-meal-planning/">Eating Well on the Trail: Tips for Planning Meals on a Backpacking Trip</a>
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<p>Just like when you’re eating in the frontcountry, there are a wide variety of tastes, opinions and preferences when it comes to backcountry meal planning.</p>
<p>When you’re thinking about meals for your next backpacking trip, you should start by thinking about the foods that you already enjoy.</p>
<p>Come up with a list of some of your favorites dishes and items for each main food categories:</p>
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<p>Then, think about each item in terms of the following constraints and guidelines for meal planning in the backcountry.</p>
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<a class="post-link" href="/weather-details/">The Essential Backcountry Weatherman: Everything You Need to Know to Understand Detailed Weather Reports</a>
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<p>You probably already have a baseline understanding of simple temperature and precipitation forecasts. Those are the ones you check every morning to decide which jacket to grab as you’re heading out the door.</p>
<p>But the details of a weather forecast become much more important when you’re going to be out in the elements over several days on a backpacking trip. When you’re considering <a href="http://checklist.hartleybrody.com">what to add to your backpacking checklist</a>, you need to know a bit more than just temperature and rain forecasts.</p>
<p>That’s why I compiled this simple guide to <strong>the most important weather report details for backpackers and hikers</strong>.</p>

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<a class="post-link" href="/historical-weather/">How to Find Weather Reports Months Before Your Trip: A Simple Historical Weather Data Lookup Tool</a>
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<a href="/historical-weather/#tool"><em><strong>Click here to jump to the tool.</strong></em></a>
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One of the toughest parts about <a href="/packing-considerations/">preparing for a backpacking trip</a> is planning for the weather, even when the trip is several months out.
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It can be impossible to find accurate forecasts more than a few days ahead of time. However, it can definitely help to look at historical weather patterns in your trip destination over the past few years, to get a sense of what may be in store.
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Normally, it takes a lot of clicking around through historical weather data archives to scrape all of this information together. That's why I decided to create a simple tool that pulls in historical weather data for an area for the past 3 years, so you can easily look it up, all in one place.
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The data is sourced from Weather Underground, and the tool attempts to find the nearest weather station, based on the location you type in. If you want to learn more about a particular year, click the title above it to be taken to the full month's historical weather report on the Weather Underground website.
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The usual disclaimer applies about how this is merely for reference and you should make smart decisions about <a href="http://checklist.hartleybrody.com" target="_blank">what to pack</a> based on your skills and itinerary.
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Need help understanding <a href="/weather-details/">dew point and barometric pressure</a>? I wrote a quick and handy <a href="/weather-details/">guide to reading detailed weather reports for hikers and backpackers</a> that you should check out.
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Be sure to <strong>bookmark this page</strong> for future reference. I've used it a bunch of times for planning my own trips already.
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<a class="post-link" href="/sleeping-outdoors/">Sleeping Soundly in the Outdoors: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep When Camping in the Backcountry</a>
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<p>Laying awake in your sleeping bag, unable to fall asleep, is one of the most frustrating experiences a backpacker can have. Not only can it feel like a mild form of torture, it will also leave you feeling tired and cranky the next morning.</p>
<p>Learning how to get cozy and relaxed in the backcountry is a very important skill to ensure you’re well rested and ready to tackle tomorrow’s hike.</p>
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<a class="post-link" href="/ultimate-hiker/">Becoming an Ultimate Hiker: My Notes from Andrew Skurka's Gear & Skills Clinic</a>
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<p>A few weeks ago, someone posted a YouTube video to the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultralight/comments/4dtpk7/oldie_but_a_goodie_andrew_skurka_ultimate_hiking/" target="_blank">/r/ultralight subreddit</a> of <strong>Andrew Skurka’s “Ultimate Hiking Gear &amp; Skills Clinic.”</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGQTcQhL08A" target="_blank">The video</a>, from a talk he gave at Google’s HQ in 2012 has been seen over 150,000 times.</p>
<p>Here are the notes that I took as I was watching his presentation. I also include some takeaways and lessons I learned at the end.</p>
<p>I picked up quite a few tips and tricks from watching it, and I’d recommend it to anyone who is looking to take their backpacking to the next level.</p>
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<a class="post-link" href="/packing-considerations/">Preparing for the Backcountry: 10 Factors to Consider When Making Your Next Backpacking Checklist</a>
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<p>Talk to anyone you know who spends lots of time in the backcountry and they’ll tell you that there’s no such thing as one-size-fits-all <a href="/backpacking-checklist/">backpacking checklist</a>.</p>
<p>Every backpacking trip has different challenges and conditions, and it’s important to understand what they are before you head out, or even start planning your gear list.</p>
<p>To make sure you have everything you need for your upcoming trip – and nothing you don’t – you need to have a solid understanding of what you’re heading out into. Here are the 10 most important factors you’ll need to be aware of when planning and packing for your next backpacking trip.</p>
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<a class="post-link" href="/wfr-lessons/">The 11 Most Surprising Things I Learned in my Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Course</a>
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<p>On the 4 hour drive up from Boston to Orono, Maine, I thought I had a pretty good sense of what was in store for my upcoming Wilderness First Responder (WFR) class. I’d be staying in a motel down the road, and car pooling in to class with some new friends every day.</p>
<p>I figured we’d talk about injuries and illnesses, common treatments and wilderness considerations. We’d practice things a few times and then head home, ready to practice some basic medicine in the backcountry.</p>
<p>And while we did learn a ton about the body, what can go wrong and how to fix it, there were some arguably much more important lessons that I took away from my experience becoming a WFR.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/wfr-notes.jpg" alt="Wilderness First Responder notes and lessons"/></p>
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<a class="post-link" href="/winter-survival/">Cold Weather Survival Tips: The Science of Staying Alive in the Backcountry During the Winter</a>
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<p>Winter adds a whole new set of risks and challenges for backcountry campers and hikers to manage. Heading out into icy cold, howling winds and deep snow can be scary for someone who isn’t used to living and surviving in that sort of environment without the creature comforts of home.</p>
<p>That’s why I put together this guide that lays out all of the <strong>essential winter survival tips for hikers and backpackers – and the science to back it up</strong>. If you’re thinking about heading into the outdoors this winter, make sure you know everything in this article.</p>
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<p>To the utter disbelief of his friends and family, local hiker John Wilson came up with yet another reason to make the trip to his local REI store this week.</p>
<p>“What could he possibly need? He already has one of those puffy jackets in every single color of the rainbow!” his worried mother lamented.</p>
<p>Sources say Wilson has spent many years practicing the skill of finding new camping gear that he might possibly, potentially use one day, maybe.</p>
<p>“Many people stop shopping for gear once they’ve picked up a backpack, tent and sleeping bag,” Wilson said. “But what if I need a paracord bracelet, camouflage binoculars or thermometer+compass combo on my keychain? I need to be ready for anything out there.”</p>
<p>Worried neighbors and friends tried to show Wilson that he already has boxes and bins overflowing with gear and equipment for every imaginable season and climate. “I don’t know where he think we’re going to fit this stuff in the apartment,” said his anxious girlfriend.</p>
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