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ORGANIZATIONS
• The Florida Trail Association
• The Appalachian Trail Conference
• The North Country Trail Association
• Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association
• Sea to Sea Trail (Scenic Trails Research)
• Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail
• Continental Divide Trail Alliance
• Pacific Crest Trail Association
• Wilderness Volunteers
• Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics
• American Hiking Society
GEAR
• ArtoftheTrail.com - Beautiful Photography
of the AT an PCT
• Elemental Horizons - Lightweight packs, pack accessories, and paddle sports gear made in the USA
• Fanatic Fringe - Innovative Ultralight Gear
• Trail Designs, LLC
• Winwood-Outdoor UK - Performance gear from all over Europe. One of the UK's first and to promote ultralight gear.
• 10 lb Backpack - It’s [all] about lightweight backpacking, about ditching every redundant, too-heavy, useless piece of gear in your backpack and finding lighter replacements...
HIKING AND BACKPACKING
• ADZPCTKO
• FootTrails.com
• HikingandBackpacking.com
• Outdoor-Resources.com
• Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links
• Boots McFarland - Cartoon de jour -
"Boots" McFarland is a young adventurous hiker who finds herself in humorous circumstances out on the trail.
• Chris Townsend - Outdoor Writer and Photographer. If you're serious about backcountry travel and adventure, THIS is the guy you want to be when you grow up!
• Sources for Ultralight and Lightweight Backpacking Equipment - Great resource listing!
• Adventure Alan s Ultralight and Lightweight Backpacking - Adventure Alan s
Ultralight and Lightweight Backpacking:
Extensive info on
lightweight/ultralight backpacking – gear lists, food lists, getting
started, gear selection, trip reports (with great photos),
food/nutrition/cooking, lightweight backpacki
• Back Pack Base Camp - New site with some interesting stuff. Check out the Local Hikes section!
• The AT Guide - If you could only take one AT guide book...THIS is the one.. compiled by David (AWOL) Miller
• Nature Boy Hiking - 60 days on the AT! Follow Nature Boy on his attempt to break the unsupported AT thru-hike record.
• Still Living a Dream - Paralee Dawson - Outdoor Adventure Book-One foot in front of the other, one dream, one path, one horizon, on the way to the top. At the age of sixty she said yes to life and went hiking.
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FORUMS
• Appalachia.Outdoors.org
• Backcountry.net
• The Backpacker
• Backpacking.net
• Florida-Trail.org
• FootTrails.com
• HikerExchange.com
• PNT Message Board
• Sierratreks.org
• ViewsFromTheTop.com
• Whiteblaze.net
• Yahoo Backpacking Light Forum
• BackpackingLight
TRAIL FOOD
• Enertia Trail Foods - Most Excellent Trail Food
• Freezer Bag Cooking - Great Food Site!
• A Fork In The Trail by Laurie March - A Fork in the Trail, will forever change the way you eat on your outdoor adventures. More than 200 tasty recipes for the outdoor adventurer.
• Wilderness Cooking - ...bringing cuisine to life!
TRAINING
• Adventure Alan - The first and best place to start your foray into the world of ultralight backpacking!
• Survival Resources - A great training resource site to hone your outback lightweight and survival skills. Packed with content!
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