Code of Ethics

We are sponsored by no one. Nobody compensates us for publishing any content on this web site or elsewhere. We purchased all our gear except for one item as described in the Binoculars article. We adhere to the Outdoor Blogger Codex.

We use affiliate links. If you buy anything after clicking an affiliate link, we earn a 4-10% commission, without any extra fees for you. We donate all revenue to non-profit organizations that focus on open space protection in the three regions where we do most of our backpacking: San Francisco Bay Area, Southern Utah, California’s Sierra Nevada. In 2017 we donated all of our affiliate revenue ($266) to Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Grand Canyon Trust to support their efforts to protect Bear’s Ears and Escalante Grand Staircase National Monuments.

Our affliliates: Amazon, Backcountry, CampSaver, Darn Tough, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, Moosejaw, OMCGear, Patagonia, REI, SierraTradingPost, ULA