Unsplash Most backpackers spend hours researching tents and sleeping bags, then grab the first pad they see on the shelf.

Sleeping pads are assigned an R (for resistance) rating that measures how well they prevent the cold of the ground from creeping through to the side you are sleeping on. Low R values provide little to ...

There is no task I hate more while backpacking than deflating my sleeping pad and getting it back into its stuff sack in the morning. Trying to roll one up with the military precision required for its ...