And take lessons. Boston Post Rd. Synthetic fabrics that feel like cotton, only cooler when it's hot and warmer when it's chilly, says owner Chris Howe. So you can get a shirt that you can take on a trip that's going to keep you warm in the morning, then cool later in the day, then warm again at night. You can wash it that night and it'll be dry in the morning.
Travelers can get away with packing just take two outfits.
You literally could go hiking in it that day and go out to dinner that evening. That's not to say Trailblazer's image as purveyor of rugged equipment is false. Those 1-pound sleeping bags, manufactured by Western Mountaineering, are for real. Selection is a big part of Trailblazer's success, Howe says. In backpacks alone, for example, Trailblazer carries eight different companies and has turned away six or seven more.