The Green Hiker

With the end of winter, it’s time to get your outdoor gear ready for spring and summer hiking and camping. Here are two packing lists:

• Ryan “FixedByDocs” 5 day 4 night pack list for spring-summer through hikes. Part 1.

• Part 2 of 2.

For another point of view, here’s Chris Molloy’s hiking and camping Gear List

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Obviously, with all our family outdoor activity, there’s been little time to update this blog in a consistent manner.

But with summer behind and cool, colorful Fall ahead, our plans are set for reinvigorating this journal.

Each month we’ll embark on a virtual hike along a different trail. Maps, photos and highlights. And, of course, our slant remains greener footprints.

You can expect more hiking gear reviews, safe hiking tips, and environmental news affecting outdoor hiking, backpacking and camping venues.

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The Big Agnes Salt Creek Recycled Tent earned Backpacker Magazine “Editors’ Choice 2009 Green Award”. This 2-person, three-season tent uses 100% recycled materials (including the reflective guy lines and plastic clips). Without any toxic dyes, this green tent is a somewhat shocking white.

The Salt Creek is not just some eco-friendly experiment or “paean to green”. You’ll want to pack this tent from windy Spring through chilling Fall. The Big Agnes is a 3-season camping workhorse. From the Backpacker Magazine’s review :

“Wind and rain whipped the Salt Creek on trips from high-alpine Colorado to the peaks of northern Wales, and everywhere the green construction proved both durable and weatherproof”.

Specs:

• Packed weight 6 lb 12 oz
• Floor area 36 sq ft
• Head height 38 in
• Single side door with vestibule
• Recycled zippers
• 2 mesh floor pockets
• Hub/pole design makes set up easy
• More specs and features
  

Click here for more info on this great Big Agnes Recycled Tent!

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Mountains Plus has a great  tent deal:  the Sierra Designs Sirius 3-person tent for $99. The only problem is that they can’t seem to keep this tent in stock.

With a pack weight of just over five pounds, this Sirius tent is ideal for your overnight hikes. It’s easy to set up and maintains its integrity in the windiest conditions. You may have to back order it though. Lots of  folks are taking advantage of this great tent offer.

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Green hiking tips in the heat and moonlight!

Hiking and camping this summer?

It’s even the name of a center for “outdoor ethics,” a nonprofit that promotes ethical, safe, healthy hiking and camping, and teaches people how to take care of the outdoors. The organization has some helpful suggestions for how to …

Hiking In 107 Degrees

Anyway, we went out hiking, and it wasn’t too bad. There was a breeze and there was lots of trees for shade. We got to see lots of birds, and a little green heron. We also got to talk to a Park Ranger who wanted to make sure that we had …

Full Moon Hiking and Star Gazing in August

For a unique, green travel experience, take a hike at sunset or later, by the light of a full moon, when you can also enjoy star-gazing. There are several places in the West that offer guided sunset and full moon events, …

Leaving the Road Less Traveled Green

Green hiking and biking opportunities give us the chance to smell the morning air, or the earth after a good rain. Naturally (pardon the pun ), Heck, there is a handy quiz, “How Green is my destination?” on the Sierra Club website. …

Survival strategies and gear you’ll need when lost or injured on the trail. These outdoor survival basics insure your hiking, backpacking, and camping adventures will always be enjoyable and safe.

Many thanks to the “Educational Hunter”, prohuntrrights (YouTube name), for this excellent video series.

Regardless of your feelings about hunting, if you spend any time at all in the wilderness, you need to know this stuff!

Outdoor Survival Pt 1

This is Part one of a series I (prohuntrrights) am doing on you tube. The series is titled Outdoor Survival. I will be taking you through some of the basics of surviving if you are injured or lost. This video documents Gear, and how to implement and how to survive if you become lost. This video series is an absolute essential if you love the outdoors and want to enjoy a safe experience. Enjoy!

Outdoor Survival Pt 2

This is Part two of the Outdoor Survival series.

Outdoor Survival Pt3

This third video documents Survival Clothing.

Outdoor Survival Pt4

This fourth video documents Knot Tying. P.S. the camera battery died at the end of this!

Outdoor Survival Pt5

This fifth video documents Structures and Pioneering.