Q: Best Backpacking Bed

In Australia we call them hiking mats, in the USA they are hiking pads, but they are the same thing. There are plenty of different brands and styles, but basically, they are all light-weight, nylon air mattresses.
Aside from keeping your bones off the rocks, air mats also create a thermal insulation zone, so the cold ground doesn’t leach away your body heat…

Q: Back / Pack Problems

  Backpacking is awesome fun, but what if you have a health issue that makes carrying a bag painful and difficult?   Stefanie wrote to me on Facebook with some health related questions, about pack weight and diet. Stefanie: “Hi mentor!  I really like your blog and after I read the ‘Go Now‘ page I…