With summer just around the corner, I have camping and hiking on the brain. Although I’ve transitioned to more local/car camping trips, I still look forward to quality gear that is easy to set up and ultra light weight. I’ve found the best of the best and I can’t wait to take Athena on her first official camping weekend.
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL3
Big Agnes’s Copper Spur UL3 is just right in almost every camping situation. At 3lb 14oz and plenty of space, it beats out the competition where it matters most. The Big Agnes Copper Spur Ultralight 3-Person 3-Season Tent gives you enough room to move at night without adding too much weight to your pack. Thanks to gram-saving poles and a silicone-treated, ultralight nylon rainfly, it offers 44 sq. ft. of space at an ultralight weight. The lightweight hubs, featherlite pole system with press fit connectors, color-coded rainfly attachments, and curved clips make the Copper Spur quick and easy to pitch, while abundant mesh, two roof vents, and good cross-ventilation kept warm nights cool and cold nights condensation-free ($499.95; www.bigagnes.com/).
GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Camper
Camp Cooking is made easy with the GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Camper. Tucked inside its tidy nest are settings for four, including mugs, bowls, and plates. Its three-liter pot, two-liter pot, and nine-inch frying pan are coated with three-layer Teflon. The lids are strainers and everything is color coded. While it’s designed for car camping, not backpacking, it tips the scales at a mere four pounds ($120; www.gsioutdoors.com).
Mountainsmith Phantom 40L Backpack
This weekender 40L panel loader is built with durable, lightweight high tenacity nylon and loads of ergonomic features ensuring years of fast, light, and comfortable use. The Breezeway trampoline suspension backpanel sports a coated mesh sling for increased airflow, DWR coated airmesh foam for increased breathability, and innovative ICS Cup (Illiac Crest Shelf) hipbelt that transfers and locks the pack load onto the hips for increased stability. To round out the comfort and optimal load transfer, the Phantom includes a Lumbar Control Point pad on the lower backpanel to fully secure the pack load. Take the Phantom 40L out on the trail for weekend trek or load it up and toss it in the trunk for your car camping adventure. My favorite part… the easy-access zippered front panel sized to fit all the essentials ($149.95; http://www.mountainsmith.com/).
Highgear Smartlite Lantern
A great on-the-go lantern for any camping trip or hike, the SmartLite from Highgear features a rechargeable battery via USB along with a back-up power hand crank. The Smartlite is a portable powerhouse capable of throwing a lot of light. Just plug it into your computer and recharge the battery by USB; it doesn’t get any better than that ($35.00; http://www.highgear.com/).
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Great!
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Great product! I have seen at teh local retailer – but this one has to go on my list for “future purchase”
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Perfect! Let me know how it goes if you pick up and try out any of the products.
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Great items for camping. I love your suggestions.
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Thank you! I put a lot of thought and energy into finding the best. I certainly found what I was looking for with camping gear.
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It just amazes me all the stuff you manage to do in your life. Amazing. I hope to start doing stuff like this too soon.
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No time like the present 😉
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But is it bear proof…
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If you test it out, let me know how it goes 😉
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I did not know that you knew Portuguese. Amazing. You don’t speak in words, but the thoughts and images you transmit are unmistakable. You are amazing. You are brilliant. And most importantly, you are are so cool.
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Hey! You’re blog shows such exciting things. So glad I found you to make me feel like I really am a hermit. Hah. Inspiring really. Thanks for liking my post a while back, that’s how I found you.
Keep inspiring us.
Love
~Tinkerbell
P.S. I love your wedding photo in your gown jumping on the shore. I wish to have a wedding this fun and this beautiful. Wish you the best with the baby on the way =)
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With equipment lake that I could start camping again.
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A total novice, but after reading your post I now know a thing or two. TFS
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I love the bucket list idea, so much so that I’m nominating you for a blogger award! Yes, it’s for real… Check it out! http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/
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Thanks for the blog. Me and my boyfriend love to camp!
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i can’t remember the last time i went camping. i sure miss it!
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nice camping gears you have there
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Looking at your site always makes me want to head back out into the mountains. Thanks for the constant inspiration.
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I love receiving your blog posts, you get up to some amazing things and your photo’s are so atmospheric that I often feel I am there with you. I have awarded you The Beautiful Blogger Award via both of my blogs quirkybooks.wordpress.com and beatredundancyblues.wordpress.com Keep up the good work. Sandra
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I am chomping at the bit to go camping! We are getting all of our gear over the next couple of weeks and although we too (since having a child) have moved into the realm of car camping, I still want good stuff! Thanks for the post on camping, and thanks for stopping by my page =)
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Nice gear. I especially love the USB charged light! $35 is a GREAT price for that. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Thanks for the great gear list. We are heading out camping in Maine in three weeks – have our tent and camp kitchen well established, but always looking for a better lantern. My hubby just won’t give up his ancient kerosene one, though.
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Have a fantastic day,
Chanel
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Looks like another great product. How do you find the time to do all this stuff? Boggles the mind.
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Technical details you share with us are realy great but the amazing part of reading your articles is that they are imbued with a incredible sense of adventure, a contagious enthusiasm and passion. Yes, yes, yes … Nobody can read this without starting to plan his/her own adventures. I’m glad I found you …
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