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Plastic soda or water bottles make great inexpensive water bottles. A 2-liter bottle fits nicely into the side pocket of most backpacks.
Cooking over a fire
If you like to cook over an open fire, there is nothing like a small rubber hose to encourage reluctant wood, or coax a small ember to life. Start with a 3" piece of 3/8" aluminum or copper tubing. Slip an 18" piece of rubber tubing over the metal and you are ready for action. No more bending over with your face next to the fire trying to blow at just the right spot. One caution! Don't breathe in through the hose.







Adventure Foods
Real Food for Real Adventures!

Anti-Gravity Gear
Provider of quality ultralight backpacking gear such as Pepsi can alcohol stoves, pot cozys, blaze orange survival bandanas, headlamps and cooking pots.

Animated Knots Index
Knot-Tying for Boating, Climbing, Fishing, and Scouting.

Arizona adventure, travel and leisure guide
Covers everything from great bed and breakfast to white water rafting - all things fun in Arizona.

Backpacking Light
The Magazine of Lightweight Backcountry Travel

Backcountry Equipment
Specializes in backpacking gear by major international manufacturers with limited exposure in the USA and unique and hard-to-find items of particular use for backpacking.

GORP Outdoor Recreation
Provides detailed planning guides, travel tips, and expert advice for all your favorite outdoor activities from camping to canoeing, biking to birding.

Hike Arizona
The BEST Arizona trail descriptions and trail reports. It's all in here....and more!

Northern Mountain Supply
The best deals on outdoor gear.

Outdoor Outlet
Find GREAT products at a GREAT prices since 1983!

Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics
Make skiwear, winter wear or fleece clothing. Sew up a tent, tarp or sleeping gear. We carry just the right fabrics and hardware for packs and bags of all kinds.

Pack Lite Foods
Lightweight Trail Food & Delicious One Pot Camping Meals

Pack Weight Number Cruncher
Get a Handle on Pack Weight

Peak to Peak
Hiking, Backpacking, Trail and Wilderness Web Sites - Choose From Thousands of Trails and Hikes!

REI.com
For 6 decades, REI has grown into a renowned supplier of specialty outdoor gear, currently serving 2 million + active members through 66 U.S. retail stores and via the Internet (REI.com and REI-OUTLET.com), telephone and mail.

Sierra Trading Post
Provides quality name brand clothing, footwear and outdoor gear at outlet savings every day - guaranteed. Be sure to check in frequently as numerous items are always being added.

Summit Hut
The very finest in outdoor gear and resources for climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, camping, hiking, travel, trail running, navigation, orienteering and much more.

The Lightweight Backpacker
If you engage in backpacking, you may consider packing a lighter load. That consideration was the main reason this website was created in 1996, and it continues to be its primary focus.

Tarp Tent
Tarptents are ultralight, mobile shelters that shed everything from flying bugs to summer snow. Elegant and airy, Tarptents set up virtually anywhere. Made in the U.S.A and constructed of the lightest and highest quality materials available.

Thru Hiker
The most effective way to cut weight from your pack is to focus on the big three: backpack, shelter, and sleeping bag.

Trek Poles
Real Trekking Pole reviews, the best Trekking Pole brands, and guaranteed low prices!

Ultra Light Adventures
Specializes in lightweight and ultralight backpacking products that address the needs of transitioning traditionalists, lightweight, and ultralight thru-hikers, day hikers, and distance backpackers.





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Meetings are held at 7 PM on the first Monday of each month at the  'Boulders On Broadway  located at 530 W Broadway Rd, Tempe (map). Non-members welcome!