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Backyard Camping

Last night I decided to camp out in the backyard. Why? Because I could and with temps dropping to the teens made even sound like more fun. The skies were clear, no wind, and a full moon. It also makes for a good testing of the limits of my gear. It's much better to find that out when you're at home than 20 miles down the trail.

I wasn't expecting to see fog coming off the bag when I took the photos, but it mades sense and interesting photos.

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The other benefit. Waking up to the moon nestled in the trees.

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Link: Homemade Backpacking Gear - Home

Since I began backpacking, I have found relying on gear that I've made myself to be not only more ultilitarian, but very rewarding.  This site is a humble effort to create a repository for homemade-gear ideas that I've found both progressive and practical.  You might wonder what that strange metal-looking thing is in the upper-lefthand corner of every page.  It's the Belt-Buckle windscreen which I consider to be my first and most original contribution to the UL backpacking community and, thus, a fitting icon for my site.

The mainstay of this site is the Gear Laboratory where I post articles by myself and others.  Feel free to submit your own ideas and I will be happy to publish them.  Please keep checking back for updates and I hope you find the information here helpful. 

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I enjoy learning about tools created by practitioners of a craft or activity. It's been way too long since I last went backpacking.