by katie.d | Sep 30, 2014 | backpacking, boots, Hunting, winter camping
The high peaks of Colorado in mid October till mid November, will be cold, snowy and wet. As I write this, it has been thundering up in the Sawatch, switching for rain, to hail, to fat snow flakes then back to rain. By the second and third season of elk, from mid...
by katie.d | Sep 30, 2014 | backpacking, camping, Hunting, ultralight
Andrew Skurka is a long distance hiker who hiked, the Appalachian Trail Continental Divide Trail, and Pacific Crest Trail in one fast year of hiking. He is also known for his 4700 mile, ski, raft and hike across Alaska and the Yukon. He’s an all around badass...
by katie.d | Sep 27, 2014 | blog, field journal
Elk Hunting: Merkel K3 Stutzen Jagd .308 Over the last few years, it has been on the back burner to get myself into a backcountry hunt in my backpacking style, which involves light and fast foot travel over great distances each day, a long distance from roads or other...
by katie.d | Sep 10, 2014 | blog, field journal
5 summits, 1 stove. Or how I came to love my Svea. Part 1. Primus 71 and Svea123r Well the biggest question from critics along the way, and what you are probably asking right now, is what is a SVEA 123r and why the hell would you use it, especially for alpine...
by katie.d | Jul 23, 2014 | blog, field journal
Alpine Skills Course, Mt Baker. June 2014 Mt Baker, visible from the sea. It is 10,780 feet tall and 30 miles inland form my boat. I came into the 6 day course with a good background of climbing on my own and with the school. I hoped to learn some basic...
