Looking for something?
Stick’s FaceBook Page
Stick's Instagram Page
Spur of the moment road trips are fun... especially with my best friend! #spurofthemoment #roadtrip #mybestfriendmywife #blessed #drivingacrossthecountry #somewhereinoklahoma10 years ago today both my wife and I took our first steps as official “backpackers!” Earlier that year we heard about the LeConte Lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains. What intrigued me was that we had to hike up to it, and then the cabins didn’t even have power and water. I knew I had to look into this more... it sounded too awesome not too! It was still quite a while before we ever stepped foot on any of the trails going to the lodge, but on the morning of September 4, 2009 we took our first steps with fully loaded (read: heavy) backpacks on a multi day trip beginning under the popular arch at the Amicalola Falls Visitor Center. That day we hiked 10 miles *up* to Springer Mountain which is where this photo was taken, and our first time stepping on the Appalachian Trail, and where we spent our first night as backpacker’s. Since then we have done much more of the Appalachian Trail, and even a number of other trails. I can’t believe it’s only been 10 years since that day, but it’s a day I am proud of. The beginning of new adventures, and with the woman I love to no end. It’s perfect! #tonewbeginnings #10yearsagotoday #backpacking #hiking #newbies #springermountain #appalachiantrail #withtheloveofmylife #memories #remeniscingAnother successful weekend trip camping in our camper! Happy Labor Day everyone!! #onlyonehashtagbecausemywifeanddauguterarecountingthemI know I’ve been posting a lot of bike pics, but this thing just gets more and more fun... when it’s not kicking my butt anyway, especially after all the upgrades! 🤦🏻♂️🤗🍻 #trek #trekowners #trekmarlin7 #marlin #marlin7 #2020marlin7 #mtb #mountainbike i#ridemtb #emeraldiris #raceface #racefacechesters #gripplers #rockshox #rockshoxrecon #reconrl #maxxis #maxxistires #maxxisminions #dhf #dhr2 #tubeless #gotubeless #magicmilk #blessed #sunnydays #lake #blueskiesHappy National Doggy day! These doggies are our family! #nationaldogday #nationaldogday2019My 2020 Marlin 7 with several upgrades... pedals, grips, mud guard on the front wheel, fork, brakes, rotors and new tires set up tubeless. This bike has been transformed, and I’m loving it! As well, I got a really great deal on the Revelate Viscacha saddle bag and the Sweetroll handlebar bag from the fine folks at @trailsandtreads in Tupelo, MS! I have been messing around and I can get just about my entire gear setup (for around 20F) in just these 2 bags, minus food, water and toiletries. I have a Revelate Gas Can coming for some bike tools and other small items too. Now I just need to figure out a good place to go for a little bikepacking adventure! :) #trek #trekowners #trekmarlin7 #marlin7 #2020marlin7 #marlinbikes #trailsandtreads #revelate #viscacha #sweetroll #bikepacking #maxxis #maxxistires #maxxisminion #dhf #dhr2 #rockshox #rockshoxreconrl #raceface- Follow Stick's Blog on WordPress.com
Oldies But Goodies…
Categories
Top Pages
-
Gear Companies I Use & Trust
My Gear Reviews @ Backpackgeartest.org
- Columbia Peak 2 Peak Jacket
- Columbia Silver Ridge Convertile Pants
- Eureka Glide 51 Lantern/Flashlight
- GSI HAE Tea Kettle
- Jetboil Sol Ti Advanced Cooking System
- Kelty Camp Pillow
- Kelty Grand Mesa 2 Tent
- Kelty Red Cloud 5600
- Light My Fire Spork
- Lorpen Expedition Socks
- LOWA Renegade GTX Mid Boots
- Marmot Helium
- Mini Maglite 3 AA Cell Flashlight
- Nalgene Wide-Mouth Cantene
- Optimus Crux Stove
- Outdoor Research Dune Shirt
- Outdoor Research Graphic Dry Sack
- Outsak Food Storage Bag
- Patagonia Capilene 1 T-Shirt
- Patagonia Capilene 2 Crew
- Primus Universal Windscreen
- Princeton Tec Fuel Headlamp
- REI Lite-Core 1.5 Self-Inflating Pad
- REI Ti Ware Long-Handle Spoon
- SmartWool Medium-Weight Hiking Socks
- Stuffitt Shoe Savers
- The North Face Aleutian 20* Sleeping Bag
- Therm-A-Rest NeoAir
- Wolverine Fulcrum Boots
Blogroll
- Adventure Blog
- Alan Rayner's Blog on the Landscape!
- Backpacking Technology
- blogpackinglight
- Brians Backpacking Blog
- Cesar and The Outdoors
- Finnish Puuko ~ Ultimate Tool
- Gear Toons
- High On LeConte
- HikeLighter.Com
- Hiking Dude
- Hiking Forward
- Hiking In Finland
- hrXXLight
- Hunters Hikes
- Images In the Backcountry
- Jim Woods Base Camp
- Just Jeff's Hammock Camping Page
- Keith Foskett
- Light Weight Hikers Blog
- Lightweight and Ultralight Backpacking
- Loneoaks Ramblings
- Mark Verber
- Mountain UltraLight
- N2Backpacking
- Outrunning the Rain While Chasing the Sun
- Outsak Blogspot
- phattire.net
- Plug-it In Hikes
- Skoali Images
- Tarol's Webpage
- The Backcountry w/ Hikin' Mike
- The GPS Geek
- The Laughing Dog
- The Ultralighter
- THF2
- Thru-Hiker in the making
- Thunder In The Night
- Trail Cooking w/ Sarbar
- Trail Name – Water Monkey
- U.L.B or Bust!
- Wilderness Cooking w/ LaurieAnn
Other cool sites to check out
Tag Clouds
- alcohol stove
- alcohol stoves
- Appalachian Trail
- Arc Blast
- AT
- backpack
- Backpacking
- Backpacking Stove
- Black Diamond
- Black Rock Gear
- camping
- CloudKilt
- Cuben Fiber
- Cuben Fiber Tarp
- day hike
- Ditty Bag
- DIY
- Enlightened Equipment
- Evernew Cook Pot
- Exped
- Gear
- Gear List
- Gear Review
- gear reviews
- Gear Talk
- Give Away
- GoLite
- GooseFeet Gear
- Gossamer Gear
- GSMNP
- Hammock Gear
- Hexanet
- Hiking
- Inov-8
- JMT
- John Muir trail
- Kupilka 21
- LiteTrail
- Marmot Helium
- Max Patch
- MLD
- Montbell
- Mountain Laurel Designs
- MSR
- Mt LeConte
- MYOG
- NeoAir
- Newfound gap
- OES
- Outdoor Research
- patagonia
- quilt
- Rain Kilt
- REI
- Six Moon Designs
- sleeping bag
- sleeping pad
- Smokies
- tarp
- Therm-A-Rest
- Thermarest
- Thru Hike
- Titanium cook pot
- Trail Designs
- Trail Runners
- Trekking Poles
- Trip Planning
- trip report
- ULA Circuit
- UL Backpacking
- UltraLight Backpacking
- Water Filter
- White Box stove
- ZebraLight
- ZPacks
Blog Stats
- 2,064,158 hits
Tag Archives: Gossamer Gear
What if I Had to Buy All New Gear!
“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” Rather than do an end of year gear review, what if I were to completely start all over! “What if…” I started 2017 off with absolutely no backpacking gear or clothing, only the … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Gear, Gear List, Gear Talk, Trip Planning
Tagged 0.9L Titanium Cook Pot, 475 ml Mug, Air Pad, Anker, Appalachian Trail, Arc Blast, AT, backpack, Backpacking, Battery Charger, Bear Line, Black Rock Gear, Blast Food Bag, Buff, canister stove, Capilene, Carbon Core Stakes, Carbon Fiber Poles, ccf pad, Columbia, Convertible Pants, Cook Kit, Coozie, CP3 Poles, Cuben Fiber, Cuben Fiber Poncho, Cuben Fiber Rain Kilt, Cuben Fiber Tent, Deuce of Spades, Ditty Bag, Down Anorak, Down Beanie, Down Jacket, Down Pants, Down Pillow, Down Socks, Duplex, Dyneema, ECA252, Enlightened Equipment, eVENT Rain Mitts, Evernew, Exped, Food Bag, Gaiters, Gear List, Gloves, GooseFeet Gear, Gossamer Gear, Ground Sheet, guylines, H52, Headlamp, Hikertrash, Hiking, Hot Lips, Lawson Kline, Light Snow Gaiters, Lightweight Long Bottoms, LiteTrail, Locus Gear, Long handle spoon, Microfiber Towel, Mini Water Filter, Mini-D Carabiner, MLD, Mountain Hard Wear, Mountain Laurel Designs, MSR, NeoAir, OD-1RX, OR, OR PL150, Outdoor Research, Pack Liner, patagonia, Photon Micro Light, Picharpak Workshop, pillow, Polycro, Poncho, Potty Trowel, Prodigy Quilt, quilt, Rain Gear, Rain Kilt, Rain Mitts, reflective cord, Sawyer, shelter, shepherd hook stakes, Silver Ridge 2, Silver Umbrella, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, SmartWool, Snow Peak, socks, Soft Bag, Soft Bladder, Soto, Squeezable Bag, Stake Sack, Stakes, Storm Safety Whistle, stove, Stronghold Mittens, Suunto Core, Swing LiteFlex Umbrella, T Shirt, Tall Gaiters, Tent, Therm-A-Rest, Thermal Weight Zip Neck Hoody, ThinLight pad, Titanium Mug, Titanium Stakes, Toak's, Trekking Poles, UL Air Pillow, UL cook pot, UL Ground Cloth, UltraGlide Bear Bagging Line, Umbrella, UnderArmor, underwear, Watch, Water Filter, Webbem Traveler, Wicked Lite, Wind Jacket, Windmaster, Wool Socks, XLite, Z Seat, ZebraLight, ZPacks, ZPacks Sleeping Bag
12 Comments
Rock Gap to Deep Gap: Post Hike Gear Talk…
Last weekend I did my first section hike of the year. A few of us met up and hiked SOBO on the AT from Rock Gap to Deep Gap (NC). At only around 25 miles total, it wasn’t really a … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacks, Cook Kits, Foot Wear, Gear, Gear List, Gear Reviews, Gossamer Gear, Sleeping Bags, Sleeping Pads, Spoons, Stoves, Tarps, Tent, Trekking Poles, Umbrella, ZPacks
Tagged 0.6L Evernew Cook Pot, Air Pad, Alpine Carbon Cork, Appalachian Trail, Arc Blast, AT, backpack, Backpacking, Black Diamond, Gear List, Gear Review, Gear Talk, Gossamer Gear, Hexamid Solo Plus Tarp, Hexanet, Hiking, Marmot Helium, Shortie Spoon, Thermarest, ThinLight pad, Trekking Poles, trip report, Vertex Stove, XLite, ZPacks
10 Comments
“GG LT” Grips on my “BD ACC” Poles
The title of this post stands for “Gossamer Gear LighTrek” grips on my “Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork” trekking poles. Some may remember that in a recent post hike gear talk post, I mentioned that I wasn’t a huge fan … Continue reading
Posted in DIY/MYOG, Gossamer Gear, Trekking Poles
Tagged Black Diamond, DIY, Gossamer Gear, Lightrek Grips, MYOG, Trekking Pole Grips, Trekking Poles
20 Comments
Thanksgiving AT Section Hike Post Hike Gear Talk
So last weekend I met up with a group of pretty good guys and spent a night on the Appalachian Trail. As I mentioned in my previous trip report, we had a great time. The weather was dang near perfect, … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacks, Coffee, Foot Wear, Gear, Gear List, Gear Reviews, Gossamer Gear, Pillows, Sleeping Bags, Sleeping Pads, Trekking Poles, Water Filter, ZPacks
Tagged Alpine Carbon Cork, Aqua Clip, Arc Blast, backpack, Black Diamond, Brewing Basket, Coffee Filter, Cooler, Down Pillow, Escape Pod, Exoed, Finum, Gear Review, Gear Talk, GooseFeet Gear, Gossamer Gear, Hiking, Inov-8, LT4, Marmot Helium, Overbooties, Roclite 243, Roclite 315, Sawyer Mini, Shoulder Pouch, Simple Outdoor Store, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, Thermarest XLite, Trail Runners, Trekking Poles, UL Air Pillow, UltraLight Backpacking, Water Filter, ZPacks
16 Comments
“Stick’s Blog” Logo on a Shirt & Stickers!
As I mentioned not too long ago, Keith from Two Gear Guys was very kind and put together a logo for me to use for my blog. I was so excited about it, I knew that I wanted to incorporate … Continue reading
Olympic National Park Post Hike Gear Talk
My recent hike in the Olympic National Park has now been my longest single backpacking trip. We were out 7 days and 6 nights; the temperatures ranged from around the high 30’s (F) to likely mid 60’s (F), and we … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacks, Clothes, Cook Kits, Cups/Mugs, Gaiters, Gear, Gear List, Gear Reviews, Gossamer Gear, Headlamps, Lights, Pillows, Quilts, Rain Gear, Sleeping Pads, Socks, Spoons, Stoves, Tarps, Trekking Poles, Wallet, Water Filter, ZPacks
Tagged 1/8" Thinlight Pad, 550 ml Cook Pot, Blast 30 Backpack, Capilene 4 Extreme Wt Hoody, Cuben Fiber Wallet, Custom Down Pants, Dirty Girl Gaiters, Down Socks, Enlightened Equipment Quilt, Exped UL Air Pillow, GooseFeet Gear, Gossamer Gear, Lawson Kline Ti Hook Stakes, LiteTrail, LT4 Trekking Poles, MSR Carbon Core Stakes, North Face Verto, Olympic National Park, Overbooties, patagonia, Prodigy Quilt, ProLite 3 Sleeping Pad, REI Long Handle Ti Ware Spoon, Sawyer Squeeze, Solid Fuel Cook Kit, Stuff Sack Down Pillow Case, Terra Nova 1gm Stakes, The North Face, Therm-A-Rest, Water Filter, Wind Jacket, ZebraLight H51, Zipepred Wallet, ZPacks, ZPacks Hexamid Solo Plus Tarp, ZPacks Hexanet, ZPacks Hip Belt Pouches
10 Comments
