There was a gap in my travel arsenal between the 90L Patagonia black hole duffel my parents had bought me as a high school graduation present and a 30L gym duffel I’d bought with my own hard-earned ice cream scooping money. I really don’t like checking bags when I travel, mostly because I hate standingContinue reading “The Duffel”
Category Archives: gear
The Backpack? Not quite
It started as it always does: with an idea. I wanted to lighten my pack for the 2022 iteration of the Bob Marshall Wilderness open. I didn’t want to spend $400+ on a very nice backpack from any number of excellent small, cottage pack-makers. I did want it to be lighter and smaller than myContinue reading “The Backpack? Not quite”
A bar bag for Korbi
A good friend of mine has the coolest full name I’ve ever come across. I won’t type it all out here, because I’m not sure that he wants his info all over the internet, but I feel like “Korbi” is a good teaser. And it’s what he goes by anyway. Some exposition: Korbi was theContinue reading “A bar bag for Korbi”
Dirt bike frame bag update
You may have seen my first ever post, detailing ideas I had for a frame bag to put on my bicycle. It’s been over a year and a half since that post, and I have not kept up the frequency of posting I had planned initially. Who would’ve guessed. I now find myself looking atContinue reading “Dirt bike frame bag update”
Cross-Body Bag
My Granite Gear Crown 60 has some custom Zimmerbuilt hip pockets that the previous owner added to the hip belt, but I needed more storage for quick access to my phone, snacks, maps, etc. I liked the idea of a cross-body bag and had some spare materials lying around, so I decided to take a crack at designing one to fit my needs.
My Gravel Bike *eye roll*
I’m well aware that everybody and their hamster has a gravel bike at this point, and I generally try to stay away from things that are SUPER trendy. But I needed a quarantine project for the spring of 2020 and I spend a lot of time in northern Minnesota where the dirt roads far outnumber the paved ones, and can lead you to far more interesting places besides.
Elliot DH 