MSR Stoves are manufactured by Cascade Designs. The company was established in the 1970’s after two engineers; who had been laid off during the Boeing financial restructuring in which 50,000 people lost their jobs and John Burrows, an outdoor enthusiast with a vision for improved equipment. Their first product was developed to create a better [...]

Take Your Best Mate On The Backpacking Trail Too We all have our particular styles when it comes to backpacking but I think one thing we all would find enjoyable is too take our four legged pal along with us. Of course there are a lot of places he may not be allowed but there [...]

Like most people who backpack, hike or just simply enjoy the outdoors I like to vary how and what I eat while I am out in the bush and with the wide variety of backpacking foods out that is really pretty easy. To be honest I have a preference for ready made backpacking food like [...]