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These sites are recommended because we've used them and found their products to be of good quality, their prices fair and their service excellent.

• Granite Gear www.granitegear.com/ www.granitegear.com/ Very high quality backpacking gear. We own several of their products. Richard owns a Nimbus Meridian pack and we are planning on a Vapor Ki for Sherri, on the recommendation of Alpine at Mountain Crossings. Posted January 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM

• Tarptent www.tarptent.com www.tarptent.com Henry Shire's incredibly light tents and tarps. We own one of his Double Rainbows. Posted January 19, 2009 at 10:38 AM

• Zpacks www.zpacks.com www.zpacks.com Some very cool ultra light stuff, including very light cordage and teeny tiny cordlocks. Posted January 1, 2009 at 8:32 AM

• ArmyGear.net www.armygear.net/ag/store/index.html www.armygear.net/ag/store/index.html A reliable, fairly priced site we use for inexpensive, used military gear, especially cold weather clothing. Posted January 5, 2009 at 3:17 AM

• Campmor www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Home_ www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Home_ Huge selection of gear from many companies, with excellent customer service and good prices. Posted January 19, 2009 at 10:37 AM

• Photon Freedom II micro-lights www.photonlight.com/Photon-Micro-Light-II-Keychain-LED-Flashlights-p/p2-keychain-led-flashlight.htm www.photonlight.com/Photon-Micro-Light-II-Keychain-LED-Flashlights-p/p2-keychain-led-flashlight.htm Our favorite keychain lights. We carry them on neck lanyards on the trail. Incredibly bright, tough, dependable little lights. Posted January 19, 2009 at 10:41 AM

• Zen Stoves zenstoves.net/ zenstoves.net/ "This site is composed of a compilation of techniques and ideas dealing with commercial and do it yourself (DIY) camping stoves that use alcohol and other hiker friendly (as well as unfriendly) fuels for cooking." Posted March 2, 2009 at 9:20 AM

• High Mountain Outfitters www.HIGH-MOUNTAIN-OUTFITTERS.COM www.HIGH-MOUNTAIN-OUTFITTERS.COM We ordered six Vargo Ultralight titanium tent stakes from these folks. They had the lowest price we could find ($14.62 the set), only charged $4.90 for shipping and got them to us in only 3 days during the Christmas season. Free shipping for orders over $35. Posted December 25, 2009 at 3:12 AM

• White Blaze www.Whiteblaze.net www.Whiteblaze.net In our opinion the premier website about the Appalachian Trail. Posted January 1, 2009 at 8:27 AM

• Appalachian Pages www.appalachianpages.com/ www.appalachianpages.com/ Excellent trail guide by the good guys. Posted January 1, 2009 at 8:30 AM

• Appalachian Trail Weather www.sophiaknows.com/atdb/weather.php www.sophiaknows.com/atdb/weather.php This is part of the The Appalachian Trail Database. "The Appalachian Trail Database (the 'ATDB') is a geographical dictionary collecting trail mileage, position, and elevation for over 500 AT Waypoints, inlcuding: Trail Shelters, Post Offices, Features, and Hostels." Posted January 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM

• The Online Companion www.aldha.org/comp_pdf.htm www.aldha.org/comp_pdf.htm Here you will find links to the files that make up the 2008 edition of the Posted February 2, 2009 at 2:20 AM

Good Guys of all types.

• Arf Aid www.arf-aid.org www.arf-aid.org Our friend Sue Smith rescues Austrailian Sheperds and to raise money for them and to celebrate her 50th birthday she is throwing a huge and crazy bash this March and the entire universe is invited. Posted January 1, 2009 at 11:09 AM

• Mountain Crossings www.mountaincrossings.com/index.asp www.mountaincrossings.com/index.asp Mountain Crossings is a don't-miss outfitter-store-hostel-haven at Neels Gap along the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. Owner Winton Porter and his staff are famous for going out of their way to help hikers in more way than can be listed here. Go to this Backpacker Magazine story to learn more: http://www.backpacker.com/november_08_pack_man_/articles/12659?page=2 Posted January 1, 2009 at 11:13 AM

• North American Bear Center www.bear.org/website/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 www.bear.org/website/index.php?option=com_frontpage&;Itemid=1 Will you or will you not get eaten. Posted January 1, 2009 at 11:27 AM

• Change Through Challenge www.changethroughchallenge.org.uk/ www.changethroughchallenge.org.uk/ Change through challenge is a charity that creates opportunities for people at risk of social exclusion to "change attitudes through challenging yourself". An increasing number of people are at risk of social exclusion in today Posted January 17, 2010 at 5:25 AM

• Wahoohiker wahoohiker.com/ wahoohiker.com/ Posted January 1, 2009 at 8:22 AM

• Travis in The Backcountry travisinthebackcountry.blogspot.com/ travisinthebackcountry.blogspot.com/ Posted January 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM

• Florida Hikes www.floridahikes.com/ www.floridahikes.com/ "I'm Sandra Friend, author of eight books on Florida hiking, and this is a work-in-progress drawing on more than 600 hikes I've done and 2,500 pages I've written about hiking Florida. Browse the articles, look for a hike near you, and check out the forum to learn more about Florida hiking." Posted January 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM

• Leave No Trace Center for Outdoors Ethics www.lnt.org www.lnt.org How not to foul our nest. Posted January 1, 2009 at 11:21 AM

• Leave No Trace www.leavenotrace.org www.leavenotrace.org More about not fouling our nest. Posted January 1, 2009 at 11:24 AM

• Free Cycle www.freecycle.org/ www.freecycle.org/ "...a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills." Posted January 3, 2009 at 7:18 AM

• BackpackGearTest www.backpackgeartest.org/ www.backpackgeartest.org/ "BackpackGearTest.org is a site where backpackers evaluate new gear in the field over a six month testing period. We report to BackpackGearTest.org in a setting that encourages discussion. For gear tests, manufacturers provide a set of gear to go to a broad range of testers. For other evaluations, we provide individual reports on our own gear with which we have had significant field experience." Posted January 5, 2009 at 3:14 AM

• Jason Klass Gear www.freewebs.com/jasonklass/index.htm www.freewebs.com/jasonklass/index.htm "Since I began backpacking, I have found relying on gear that I've made myself to be not only more ultilitarian, but very rewarding. This site is a humble effort to create a repository for homemade-gear ideas that I've found both progressive and practical. " Posted January 10, 2009 at 9:56 AM

• Peak to Peak www.peaktopeak.net/ www.peaktopeak.net/ Find trails near you, far from you - anywhere! Posted March 2, 2009 at 9:43 AM

• Webs.com www.webs.com/pages/features/ www.webs.com/pages/features/ We started Backpackin' for free at Webs.com and were so pleased with the fre service we upgraded very quickly. Posted January 19, 2009 at 6:30 AM

• Dry Tortugas www.drytortugasinfo.com www.drytortugasinfo.com Visit Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas National Park, 100% Lowest Price Dry Tortugas Ferry Guarantee! Snorkel, Food, Drinks, Sun, & Get 10% off Dry Tortugas Charter. Posted December 16, 2009 at 3:31 AM

• Pyramid Profiles www.PyramidProfiles.Webs.com www.PyramidProfiles.Webs.com Marlyn Black's excellent personal training. Posted January 14, 2010 at 5:58 AM