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Jansport Big Bear 82 Backpack

Shandman Comment
Jansport Big Bear 82 backpack is a heavy-hauler that offers multiple adjustments for comfort and load carrying capacity. Big Bear 82 will size-down for overnight trips and light cargo loads, and size-up for extended backpack trips where you’ll need carry enough food and water to get you to the next spring or cashe point on your trip. [...]

Primus EtaPack Lite Stove

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Primus EtaPackLite Stove is a versatile, lightweight and compact backcountry stove that will light a fire under under anything you need to cook. It’s design is completely functional and easy to use; a testimony to the many years Primus has been building mountaineering stoves that backcountry folks can depend on. EtaPakLite is efficient in terms of reduced cooking time a higher elevations, and it’s easy on the fuel. [...]

Hilleberg Kaitum 3 GT Tent

Shandman Comment
We’ll have the Hilleberg Kaitum 3 on several upcoming backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada mountains as we move into Fall and Winter conditions in the high-country. Our usual trailhead begins at the 10,300 ft. elevation level and should bring us plenty of weather and conditions to evaluate this award winning four-season, three-person, tent from Hilleberg The Tentmaker. [...]

KELTY FOXHOLE 3 TENT

Shandman Comment
Having two entrances and two vestibules add comfort and convenience value to this Kelty Apex Series Foxhole 3 tent. With three people using the tent, having two doors facilitates easy access in and out of the tent. And the vestibules offer enough room to accommodate the gear for three people. When lodging just one or two people, the Foxhole 3 takes claustrophobia right out of the equation. [...]