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2025's Top LUXURY ITEMS (For ELITE Backpackers Only)
Episode 408
Gear expert Villain Jesse joins the show to discuss the top luxury items of 2025. Luxuries include items that are not necessities, upgrade of essenti…
3 months, 1 week ago
8 BIG GEAR MISTAKES You're Still Making (Throwback Thursday)
Episode 407
Derek and Carl discuss all sorts of gear mistakes they've made, you've made, we've all made...and how to fix them. Derek gives Carl advice about firs…
3 months, 1 week ago
The 9 MOST DERANGED Outdoor Adventures for Your Bucket List
Episode 406
Derek and Carl discuss deranged, irrational, unusual, odd, weird and funky outdoor adventures that you might consider adding to your bucket list. Are…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Best TROLL Comments & CRITICISMS -- We Respond
Episode 405
Derek and Carl have gotten some serious troll comments, criticisms, critiques and strange requests over the years. They have compiled the most intere…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
'I Bought the WEIRDEST CAMPING GEAR I Could Find' with Steven Smith (Throwback Thursday)
Episode 404
Steven from 'My Life Outdoors' joins the show to discuss a variety of topics that include weird backpacking/camping gear, the best and worst backpack…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Are EXPENSIVE Zpacks, Hyperlite & Other Cottage Brands Really WORTH IT? with Rob Pelton
Episode 403
Rob Pelton joins the show to pull back the curtain on cottage brands. Are brands like Zpacks, Hyperlite, Enlightened Equipment really worth the price…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
ANDREW SKURKA: 3 Things PRO Backpackers Do That You Don't
Episode 402
Andrew Skurka – one of the most famous backpackers of all time – joins the show to discuss some 3 or 4 things professional backpackers do that most o…
4 months ago
10K SOS Calls Logged on Garmin! But is it SAVING LIVES? (Throwback Thursday)
Episode 401
Derek and Carl 'break down' the data released by Garmin and share some of the interesting stories that involve pushing the red button. Also, somehow,…
4 months, 1 week ago
8 ABSURD Backpacking GADGETS You Might Purchase with Alex Hatlevig
Episode 400
Alex Hatlevig joins the show to discuss backpacking gadgets and trinkets that you might be buying that are useless (or mostly useless). Sure, you can…
4 months, 1 week ago
VOMIT in a Bag! The WORST Freeze Dried Meals in the Universe?
Episode 399
What are the worst backpacking freeze dried meals? And are some of them really as bad as people say? Derek and Carl asked over 40,000 members of the …
4 months, 2 weeks ago