Tag Archives: MSR

  Far better than pounding tent stakes down into hard ground with a rock, the MSR Tent Stake Hammer is made with a hardened stainless-steel head and aluminum handle, and is balanced to provide an easy but powerful swing.  At only 11 ounces (312 g), this tool is a great …

   Recently, while hiking on the Appalachian Trail, my wife and I stopped at a river crossing to refill our water containers.  Another couple who we had run into on several occasions in the past few days had also stopped to do the same.  We noticed that they weren’t just …