My friend Mike and I successfully completed a Grand Canyon Rim-to-River hike in September, 2025. That story is linked here. What follows is my amateur review of pretty much everything I carried into the Grand Canyon on that Rim-to-River hike. Many of my choices I learned either from others on the Grand Canyon R2R Facebook … Continue reading Hacks, Packs, and Quacks – Reviewing All The Gear I Carried. Some Worked And Some Not So Much.