Cooking while backpacking requires a little more finesse; not to mention, a refined cache of products. Stoves must be very lightweight and highly packable. Cookware should be stackable or collapsible.

Alex Robinson Each day, testers were assigned a new stove to use while making their morning coffee, and cooking up the best backpacking food. The team included thru-hikers, ultralight enthusiasts, and ...

One of the stand-out freestanding tents from Outdoor Life’s 2024 backpacking gear test is the Zpacks FreeZip 2P. It won the best upgrade award in our test of ultralight tents because it’s bombproof in ...

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Scott Rapoport earned his PhD in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 2003. Drawn to ...

I found this to be perfectly adequate to clip to the back of my pack on a three-day trip into the Rocky Mountains as a second set of shoes, but if I were ultralight backpacking, I would certainly ...

Authors should provide at the time of submission a short paragraph explaining why their work justifies urgent publication as a Communication. Ideally, a Full paper in Food & Function should follow ...

What is ultra-processed food? There is no single definition of ultra-processed foods, but in general they contain ingredients not used in home cooking. Many are chemicals, colourings and ...

Fastpacking blurs the lines between long-distance trail running and ultralight backpacking,' says Andrew Butterworth, an experienced trail runner, backpacker, and fastpacker. 'By taking the best ...

This is where projects like tiny10 and tiny11 save the day, bringing you lightweight and debloated operating systems without sacrificing compatibility or key features. The latest tiny10 release ...