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Michigan comrades, what are your favorite trails for backpacking trips in the Lower Peninsula? We all know of the standard trails (Manistee River Trail, North Manitou Island), but what about those...

Has anyone developed a better technique for stuffing goose down into quilts/sleeping bags other than grabbing fistfuls from a plastic bag while inside of a tent? Although this method "works", it is...

Another suggestion is the Jordan River Valley trail up near Belaire. I've done this trail several times now and it’s my favorite, more so than the other trails you have mentioned.

It is a...

This December, I want to go on a 3-4 day backpacking trip but could use some help with suggestions. I am from Michigan, but am willing to travel anywhere in the continental U.S. as long as I end up...

Two years ago after blowing my knee out on my first backpacking trip carrying a 60lb pack I decided on going ultralight and concluded that hammock camping was the best way to accomplish that. I...

Gargoyle, both of those might just work.

That may work... although expensive.

Hippofeet, I'm like you. Once given a problem I have to find a solution.

I've used nylon tree huggers before (all different thickness, widths and weaves) and have never been satisfied with the...

hippofeet,

Thank you, I'll take a look into kwwebbing; although, I'm concerned as the webbing you suggested was listed as "cordura" and "nylon" only and not polyester. I recognize that cordura is...

Does anyone know of a good supplier of polyester webbing? I’ve used strapworks.com, but am looking for something thinner and lighter in construction for my tree straps. Whoopieslings.com sells...