Duct Tape Then Beer – an outdoorzy creative media company put together by Fitz Cahall (of the Dirtbag Diaries) – produced a video series for Outdoor Research, called The Classics. Seven short stories that take you on kayaking, backpacking, skiing and climbing adventures. What’s not to love.

We’ll share these stories with you here on the Adayak Blog. Below is a backpacking adventure in the Wind River Range, Wyoming.

Backpacking the Wind River Range. It should be the right of passage for any trail lover. Titcomb basin connects a series of trails to deliver hikers to a granite stronghold of alpine lakes and Wyoming’s tallest peaks. The fishing is excellent. The elevation gain is minimal. Dogs are allowed in the Wind River Range, a rarity for wilderness areas in the U.S. It’s little wonder that NOLS using as this for a lot of its course work.