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The 2018 Gear Post

I'm going to do something a little bit different with the gear post this year.

Gear Post 2023

As always I think "There's barely any point in doing a gear post since nothing has changed..." and then I realize that actually a lot has changed.

Gear Updated

Our original gear list has changed.

Gear Post 2021

This year's gear post isn't all that different from last year's (can you guess why?) but there are enough new cool things that I think it's worth doing one.

The Gear of Life Nomadic

This is very convenient because you can store weather gear (jackets and rain gear) in the bottom part but not mess up all of your packing.

The 2017 Gear Post

And now it's time for the one post per year about which people bug me for months: the 2017 gear post.

Gear Post 2020

As seems to be my pattern lately I keep pushing the gear post later and later.

Three New Awesome Pieces of Gear

I spend hours researching alternatives for just about everything major that I own, hoping to find something good enough to warrant the hassle and expense of replacing an existing piece of gear.

The 2019 Gear Post

People didn't like my iterative way of doing the gear post last year, so I'm listening and going back to the old format of writing about every single item, even if it's been on the list forever.

The 2016 Gear Post

Welcome to the 2016 Gear Post!

My Appalachian Trail Adventure

I dug up my old camping gear that I took to Salcantay, drove out to the desert, and pitched my tent.

Thinking About Quality

When you travel most of the time and do it with only a small backpack, eventually all of your travel gear becomes very high quality.