Timber Wolf, Lake Superior, Ontario


A lone timber wolf greets
paddlers along the north shore
of Lake Superior, Canada
(Photo by Michael Neiger)


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The Rucksack Masthead
By Michael A. Neiger, Marquette, Michigan
 Wilderness tripper: backpacking, winter camping, swift-water canoeing
Web site URL: http://therucksack.tripod.com • E-mail: mneiger@hotmail.com
Contents copyright © 1984-2007 by Michael A. Neiger • All rights reserved.

Resources

A RuckSack primer on...
Sources
for
wilderness
tripping
gear

A directory
of mail-order
catalogs and
on-line
vendors for
wilderness
tripping
equipment

By Michael A. Neiger
Copyright 2001

Last revised April 8, 2005

                                                              

                   
Biner and Pulley

Contents of page

   Specific activity
      Backpacking gear
      Biking gear
      Canoe and kayak gear
      Fitness gear
      Mountaineering & caving gear
      Snowshoeing gear
      Ultra-light backpacking gear
      Wintercamping gear
      X-C skiing gear
   General gear & supplies
      Discount outlets
      Fabric and sewing supplies
      First aid
      Lightweight rations
      Military gear
      Navigation tools
      Outdoor book sources
      Search and rescue gear
      Trail building & maintenance

 

When you have
worn out your shoes,
the strength
of the shoe leather
has passed
into the fiber
of your body.
I measure your health
by the number of shoes
and hats and clothes
you have worn out.
He is
the richest man
who pays
the largest debt
to his shoemaker.
   -- Ralph. W. Emerson
   1803-1882

    

 

                                                              

 

Additional lists of outdoor gear vendors

***Internet-wide bush gear shopping, ranked by price: http://www.froogle.com

Backpacker Magazine's
GearFinder
   http://www.gearfinder.com/

Chet Fromm's Backpacker Guide, Supplies page
   http://www.geocities.com/
Yosemite/1140/supplies.html

The Gear Addict
   http://www.web-dzine.com/gearaddict/

The Gear Page
    http://www.thegearpage.com/
home.htm

MySimon search engine
   http://www.mysimon.com/
index.jhtml
   Select "sports & hobbies" and then "outdoor activities"

Outdoor Gear Manufacturers
   http://www.backpacking.net/
companys-urls.html
   http://www.backpacker.com/
vendors/0,2673,,00.html

Recommend
a book, catalog,
or Web site.
 If you know of a useful outdoor-related book, catalog, or Web site not listed on this Web site, e-mail the book's title, subtitle, author, publisher, date of publication, and short description; or the catalog's address and phone number; or the Web site's URL to Michael Neiger at mneiger@hotmail.com.

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In God's wilderness lies the hope of the world,
 the great, fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness.
 — John Muir 1838-1914, Alaska Wilderness, 1890

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