misc gear

So if anyone read my introduction thread, I did say I was leaving today (Friday). Didn't quite work out that way as I was waiting until payday to buy the rest of my gear and didn't have enough money (Whole check didn't clear). Now I've gotta wait a little longer. Anyway, here is a list of what I...

Hey, I'm planning on hiking down to the Bay Area from Toledo, Washington. If I can't find a train to hop on (don't know where a trainyard near me is) I'll probably end up hitchhiking or just walking. What should I take with me? I figured I'd just take a backpack with me and stuff it with things...

So what happened to the news section? Anyway, for lack of a better place to put this, here are some people making skateboards out of discarded building materials, and then giving them out to kids in Cali. "Once there was trash....now there is skateboarding." what do you guys think?

so i've got a nice fixed-blade gerber knife that i've travelled with for a long time, but i left it in alberta and now i'm in the east gearing up to hit the road. needless to say a big solid knife has been very good to me, i use it for everything from gutting fish to spreading peanut butter on...

Say i want to just start traveling with no specific return date. How much money should i bring? How much do you usually bring? None at all? $100-$200 bucks?

Do you think getting a lifestraw bottle would be worth it? Is there a cheaper way to get clean water out and about besides buying bottles of water? An inexpensive, simple filtration method even?

Hey folks, I'm in the medium phase of preparing for vagabonding, and I had a couple questions about gear that each alone didn't merit their own post. Thank you for your insights! Right now, I have a fancy backpacker's packback with an internal metal frame, but I'm thinking about trying to find...

Hey guys. Im aware that there are many, help me with my gear posts and im sorry to add to it.... but..... Iv got about a 40 liter nice bag and need help because not everthing I want to bring will fit! I dont need much to behonest i just realize I will be walking in the sun alot. Im honestly just...

I'm currently planning on adopting the tramp/vagrant lifestyle starting around the end of this month, so I figured it'd be a good time to start getting ready by packing. This is the current list of things I was able to assemble based on what I have available right now, but there are still some...

So................. folding bikes. Or a bmx. Whatcha think? Is an extra 30 pounds worth it? (with tubes, pump, patch kit, lock, multi-tool, lights...? all that jaz is like, 30 pounds.) would you guys take one with you?

So i did not really wanna post about my bad luck. Some scumbag homebum stole most of my gear (the 3 most important things he did not get) In KCMO. I stayed an extra 5 days there looking for this fecal matter. He got word i was looking for him and he got into the wind. Props to my buddy Dumbass...

I Know I haven't got everything I need yet but I just want someone to judge what I have now, what you think I won't need, and what you think I should get. My Pack: Osprey Porter 65 Cooking: Snow Peak GigaPower Stove 8 oz MSR ISOPRO MSR Seagull Stowaway Cooking Pot 3 Backpacker meals for...

Picked one up very cheaply brand new. What's been anybody's experience with them?

First pack ever put together. It's a short trip for about two weeks... I felt like I needed everything in the world (especially warm clothes galore). But to keep it lightweight and at minimum. Damn. Could use some great advice for the next future plannings. It's a standard duffle that I wear as...

Just finished up this short review... *** For a full detailed list of all the tested ultralight equipment scroll to end of this post. Hello folks, I'm back after a year of learning and experiences. I have a lot to share and decided to make a quick video to kick it off. I wasn't totally...

Greetings travelers! If you travel like I did you kept some items and left others. I left behind much of my past (documents, sentimental items, etc.). I did happen to hang onto a spoon I found in El Paso. My glorious spoon was found on the road...yet it doesn't bear marks of being run over...

i have a pretty sweet bivy but its bright blue and yellow. do you think i could paint it or stain it or something? has anyone ever done this?

Does anyone have experience travelling with important stuff (birth certificate, social security card, cash, ect)? I'm leaving home to hop freights in the US for a few years and find a new place to live. If I don't end up dead, (and I sure as shit hope I don't) I'd like to have what I need to...

http://m.gooutdoors.co.uk/expert-advice/guide-to-waterproofing- Interesting background on waterproofing Hope this helps !

The video is rather lengthy but Skurka covers everything from taking care of wet feet to how to make your own stove and what to bring. It has some good information for people who have no idea what they're doing. He's not a hitchhiker or trainhopper, so don't follow him word for word. It's...