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Backpacking Light Print Magazine Issue 8 – Online Supplement

Backpacking Light Print Magazine Issue 8 – Online Supplement
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In this issue

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Trends

In Defense of the Great Bear, by Ryan JordanOne Night at a Time, by Mike ClellandWilderness and the Family Next Door, by Kevin Sawchuk

People

Bear Encounters, by Miles Barger

Places

Photo Essay: Breakaway Bivouacs, by Matt Hage

Techniques

Backpacking & the Bruin Mind, by R. Clinton Ohlers

Gear

Forum Heat: Bushbuddy CookingLight, Lighter, Lightest, by Ryan Jordan Food Containment Systems, by Steve NelsonGrizzly Bear Deterrents, by Ryan JordanThe Lighter Side of Bear Deterrents, by Ryan Jordan

Technology

Can Arch Support Boost Trail Performance? by Howard E. Friedman, DPM

Back Page

My Backpack, My Shrink, by Dave Swinehart

Related Resources (Links within the articles)

Page 25:

  • Arctic 1000 reference (one of three overall)

Page 32:

  • Bushbuddy Forum

Page 71:

  • Bear Bag Hanging Techniques by Ryan Jordan

Page 73:

  • Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (this is a duplicate)
  • Sierra Interagency Black Bear Group

Page 78:

  • Alaska Science Center Bear Pepper Spray Research and Information
  • Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee
  • USEPA Registered Bear Deterrents

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