As enthusiasm for backpacking experiences an upswing, so does demand for high-tech and ultra light weight solutions to the heavy problem which plagues the past time (read as: you gotta pack that shit...
I knew it would be difficult to replace my favorite boots. My experience with Teva's Riva Peaks proved the validity of my fears: there were blisters on top of blisters. Even after several shorter trips to break them in, and multiple blister busting efforts, the puss...
September, 2015 I hiked the Oregon Coast Trail. Before this trip, my experience with trekking poles was with cumbersome, unreliable, heavy and seemingly unnecessary poles. However, the BD Distance Z poles were the poles that I relied on to drag my ass through hundred...
