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The Great Dietary Scapegoat: How We Got Heart Disease All Wrong

NEMO Pulse Quilt + KARO Baffling = The Warmest Night of Sleep You’ll Ever Have Outdoors

Why We Love Hiking: Exploring Why It's Type 2 or Type 3 Fun

X-Mid Pro 1 vs 2: Choosing the Perfect Durston Dyneema Trail Shelter

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X-Mid Pro 1 vs 2: Is sacrificing 10 square feet worth getting a shelter to 15.5 oz on trail? One is ultimate for size, the other my sanity during a relentless Texan downpour. The choice can haunt ultralight backpackers.

Mar 13, 2025

Book Review: Contraindicated

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Goeke obliterates mainstream nutrition dogma with scientific proof that "healthy whole grains" are a dangerous myth. The carnivore revolution has begun.

Mar 11, 2025

Book Review: The Carnivore Diet By Shawn Baker

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Can a diet without plants actually heal your body? Examine Dr. Baker's radical "meat-only" manifesto that's upending nutrition science. Critics call it dangerous pseudoscience.

Mar 11, 2025

What Is Carnivore? How It Helps Backpackers Thrive Without Constant Meals

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Backpackers typically binge eat and snack on trail—the carnivore diet fuels longer treks without the crap providing steady energy, lighter packs, and sharper focus. Fat beats carbs on the trail.

Mar 11, 2025

Thru-Hiking the Good Water Loop Trail In Under 24 Hours – Georgetown, TX

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To finish of February with a bang I went on a 27 mile loop trail in Texas near Austin. It was the perfect get away with open sun, cool night, and time away from civilization.

Mar 3, 2025

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Backpacking

Explore how to carry everything you need on your back for 10s to 1000s of miles.

Carnivore Diet

Your go-to resource for learning about a meat-based, zero-carb lifestyle.

Reviews

Inside we discuss gear for backpacking, books and more related to the carnivore diet.

Trail Health

Focusing on maintaining physical and mental well-being while hiking, with advice, tips, & challenges of the carnivore diet on the trail.

Trails

Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail is a legendary hiking path that stretches approximately 2,190 miles (3,524 km) along the eastern United States, from Georgia to Maine.

Trail Journals

First hand accounts of trails while carnivore, how things work and what are the benefits and drawbacks of real life carnivore on trail.

Authors

Josh "Trailvore" Koop