Buying a backpacking tent for Hawaii: save your $$.

Sticky tents. I've come across several people who have had this happen to their tents here, and I've also lost gear to "the sticky stuff".

How, and why, to make a rope log. And evaluating the safety of ropes on trails.

I am amazed that no one has done this before—record the installation of ropes on trails.

We've all been there: you get to a steep section, or steep drop on a trail, and conveniently, someone's put up a rope to help you.

How to interpret various types of trail markers, and the etiquette of putting up new tape.

I have mixed feelings about putting up trail tape in the wilderness. On the

Hiking with an Inreach satellite messenger. The best thing since sliced bread (but not better than my grandmother's cookies)!

Handheld satellite-signal rescue devices have come a LONG way.

Hiking with microspikes—go easy on the soil erosion, brah.

Kahtoola microspikes have become popular on Hawaiian trails during the last