Camping, Friends & Partners

The National Outdoor Leadership School is the Leader in Wilderness Education

Portland's Outdoor Footwear and Fabric Repair place

Mountain Soles 1623 SE 12th (one block south of Hawthorne)

Hours: 11am-6pm Tuesday through Friday

Closed Weekends and Mondays

Equipped to Survive is a non-profit organization specializing in testing gear. It's mostly focused on emergency gear, but a lot of the content there can be applied to camping gear. Great place to learn more about packing light but still being prepared!

This website highlights author William Sullivan's favorite Oregon places -- more than 270 places to hike, camp, ski, snowshoe, bike, raft, canoe, kayak, and climb. 

There are also links to Sullivan's excellent guidebooks in his Navillus Press catalog, and the schedule of his many free slide shows and booksignings.

William Sullivan produces some of the best guidebooks around for Oregon.  If you are serious about hiking, you will own and cherish his books.  

"The Mazamas, founded in 1894 on the summit of Mt. Hood, is a non-profit mountaineering organization located in Portland Oregon. We offer about 500 hikes and 300 climbs annually. Activities, offered for every skill and fitness level, are open to both members and non-members. To join Mazamas, you need to have climbed to the summit of a glaciated mountain peak."

Mazamas members get a discount on certain products in the shop.