With the advent of this summer I have several hikes and a high adventure backpacking trip to look forward to. My first objective has been to get in shape and My Fitness Partner and a great workout program from Outside.com my co-worker Glen (check out his site: glenerd.com) recommended have set me off in the right direction. My next objective is planning the hikes and the backpacking trip. While browsing the Internet to find trail maps etc, I came across Backpacker.com and a free map tool called Trimble Adventure Planner. This software program is not super robust but provides some great tools for planning the hike.

Also Backpacker.com has it set up so you can download hike details from the website an import it into the Adventure Planner. So even if you don’t own your GPS unit you can benefit from the hiking and backpacking community on Backpacker.com to get some great details about the adventures you want to go on.

So for all you adventure hungry techies out here are some great tools to making your summer gnarly!