Add a little variety to your trail lunch with Trail Quesadillas, and the best/most easiest version is this one from TrailCooking.com. The ingredients are simple:  tortillas and 2 packs of little cheese cubes.  That’s it.  All you need is a medium-sized titanium pan (gotta keep it lightweight!), a stove and an appetite. Watch Sarah from TrailCooking make it from scratch:

Do you have a favorite trail quesadilla recipe to share?  Add to the comments below!

Hiking comes naturally here at Trailsauce, but it’s clear we have some work to do in the SEO department

Soon Ranked #1 for "Bear Grylls Pee"! Sweet! Is there an affiliate program revolving around Bear Grylls's urine? I could promote the crap out of it <-- Pun completely intended and admittedly juvenile.

Photo via BackpackingLight.com

Sam Haraldson from Backpacking Light Magazine came up with the idea of making his own camera case from bubble wrap and duct tap before he tackled the Pacific Northwest Trail back in the summer of 2006.  He thought it was a dud but decided to take it anyway, and to his surprise it lasted all 1,200 miles of the PNT.  Cheap, lightweight, durable and one more example of why duct tape rocks–visit BackpackingLight.com and learn how to make your own.

Photo from NY Times

If you’re a purist who hates any kind of gadgetry on the trail, you’ve probably become increasingly frustrated over the leaps in technology that have produced smaller, lighter versions of mp3 players, gps units and cell phones, leading to their meteoric rise in use in the wilderness over the last few years.  Well, it’s about to get worse–or if you’re a gadget-lover like me, it’s about to get more AWESOME.  North Carolina-based Semprius has developed an ultra-tiny, ultrathin, ultra-bitchin’ version of a solar cell which could be interwoven into your clothes, pack, hat, or pretty much anywhere else, giving you all the power you need without having to carry around batteries or stop in town to recharge.  The possibilities are endless.  NYTimes via Treehugger

Ok, the purists might hate this one, but the MacGyver in me loves it.  All you need is some steel wool, your cell phone and some tinder (dryer lint ftw!) and you’ve got fire!  Video from the team at Backpacker:

photo from GypsyRocks

This gentleman from Cambridge, MA graciously–albeit unknowingly–volunteered his time to teach beginning hikers everywhere exactly how not to hike.  Thanks, sir!

Jeans — check
Sneakers — check
Garbage bag — check
Out of shape spaghetti legs — check
Random dudes from craigslist — check

Side note: My hiking buddy Suvid and I have a tradition which involves yelling, “Yay, Jeans!” whenever we see someone wearing jeans on the trail.  We’re not trail snobs, but c’mon…jeans?  Plz.  It’s almost as silly as the time George Costanza suggested the Yankees switch to cotton uniforms from a polyester blend.

Meatball hates waking up but loves his breakfast

If you’re like me, you love backpacking to a remote location, setting up camp, cooking dinner, then falling asleep to the serene (and sometimes scary) sounds of the backwoods.  If you’re like me, you also dread the waking-up part, because that means stepping out into the cold air, cleaning up camp and walking up more mountains on legs flush with lactic acid buildup.  For you non-morning hikers, here are 5 excellent lightweight, simple to prepare, downright delicious trail recipes to make your AMs just a little easier.