If there's one thing liable to ruin the backpacking experience, it's being weighed down by too much baggage. The problem is there are several things considered essential for the serious backpacker who ...

Want to head into the great outdoors while keeping a great selection of eating options? The Vango Atom Ultralight Backpacking Stove could be your ideal travelling buddy. Coming from a brand known for ...

Shedding weight is less a packing problem and more a state of mind. Let WIRED show you how to keep warm and fed in the ...

For backpackers, going ultralight is easier (and less expensive) than you might expect. We stepped back to give tips on reducing pack weight for weekend backpacking trips and thru-hikes alike. Every ...

If you enjoy walking and backpacking and prefer to carry lightweight equipment on your trails, you might be interested in a new 1.8 ounce camping stove called the Vertex Ultralight Backpacking Stove, ...

Every stove claims it's the fastest. We pitted them head-to-head in a winner-takes-all boil-off. In 2001, Jetboil founders Perry Dowst and Dwight Aspinwall revolutionized backcountry cooking when they ...

One of the most underrated aspects of properly roughing it is how to correctly prepare and cook each day’s meals. Whether you’re driving to a big group campsite to join friends, or trekking into the ...

The Heatstick from Danish company Heatgear attempts to give backpackers and military personnel a better alternative to the camping stove. Not only is it lightweight, but this flameless heat source can ...

Luckily I was traveling with a hunting buddy who owns a lightweight backpacking shelter that has a compatible titanium wood stove. Before an evening hunt we picked out a campsite, and he set up the ...

This pyramid-shaped shelter made by Seek Outside provided comfort on a frosty night on Beartooth Mountain in Montana.(Brett French/Billings Gazette) I was looking forward to the rain as a buddy and I ...