Portable outdoor camp kitchens and chuck boxes. de site voor de actieve buitensporter! Hiking-site.nl is een site vol met informatie over hiking, navigatie, routes, ehbo, materialen, GPS, winkels, verzorging en buitensportboeken. De site is bestemd voor de actieve buitensporter die houdt van wandelen, Six Moon Designs on hiking the Trail Pacific Crest Trail Pacific Crest Trail Planning: our thru-hike experience is with the John Muir Trail and Camino de Santiago, but we section hiked the PCT - completing it in Sept 2010. My definition of long distance hiking is hiking trips that are three or more weeks. The amount of preparation, and the mindset seems to change around that point. We covered the John Muir Trail and the Camino de Santiago on other pages of this site. On this page we have the Pacific Crest Trail and some tips we have learned along the way. Pacific Crest Trail: Runs for 2660 miles from Mexico to 12 kilometers inside the Canadian border. PCT Frequently Asked Questions If you are in a hurry, just check our PCT FAQ list then come back here for details. Permits: If you are going more than 500 miles on the PCT, a permit for the trip can be gotten directly from the association above, including the Mt. The wilderness permit is more of a problem as there is no standard procedure. Map Resources: Oregon and Washington is excellent. JoAnn in Mt.
Zen Backpacking Stoves - How to Choose a Stove Contact: Choosing a Backpacking Stove There is a huge market for backpacking, expedition and camping stoves these days, resulting in the availability of many products targeted at different consumers. You can find many stove options suitable of various purposes, fuels, and pocketbooks. These stoves range from classic designs modeled after ones our grandparents used to newer stoves genre incorporating cutting edge space age vaporization technology and special materials to make them lighter or perform better. Faced with all of the stove choices out there these days, you may need to do a little research to narrow down which stove, or stoves, will best suit your particular needs. Some backpackers may even find that they need to plan for different types of cooking systems for separate treks or multiple platforms on extended treks, should the main/preferred fuel type not be available on a leg of their journey. Backpacking Stove Types Petroleum Stoves (White Gas, Kerosene) Wood Stoves Candle Stoves