If you’ve ever found yourself unpacking half your kit in a hurry—to find your rain cover during a squall, mosquito repellent in early evening, first aid kit after a nasty fall—then you understand why ...

TAYLOR GEE: Hi, my name is Taylor Gee. I'm an editorial fellow here at Outside Magazine. And last summer, I through-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. So today what I wanted to show you was how I packed ...

I did not grow up in an outdoorsy family. We spent the occasional summer road-tripping through Colorado, sure, but I was just as likely to spend an entire school break playing Super Nintendo in my ...