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5 Games to Play When Camping with the Kids

Gemma Tyler Children, Activities, Camping 35 Comments
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By Gemma Tyler

5 Games to Play When Camping with the Kids

Camping with the kids can be a wonderful experience, but we all know that’s it’s not always easy. After all, it’s important to keep them occupied and entertained so that they don’t get bored – especially on rainy days or the evenings where adventuring through the woods is no longer an option.

Camping games are often the best course of action, and they not only provide them with masses of fun, but they can also bring everyone closer together.

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Dear Natalie You’re in Danger

Natalie McCarthy Solo Adventure, Hiking, Safety and Survival, Travel and Adventure 64 Comments
Dear Natalie: You're in Danger

By Natalie McCarthy

Dear Natalie,

Don’t you know it’s risky out there?

Signed,

Yourself, and society

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Dear everyone,

At first, I would have answered this question in one, easy, short, simple word: No.

I started hiking in Ohio. For my friends from outside the U.S., or those geographically challenged Americans, Ohio is flat and fairly developed. There are virtually no bears in read more

Dear Natalie: Walking on dirt really?

Natalie McCarthy Activities, Hiking 54 Comments
Walking on Dirt really?

By Natalie McCarthy

Dear Natalie,

What made you even want to get out there?

Love (sort of, sometimes),

Yourself

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Dear Me,

It’s too much.

You go to work every day. Most days, you venture out with a hopeful heart, and some days, you are tired. You are privileged to see the best and worst of humanity, the struggle and the joy, the decades – generations, often – of trauma and read more

Antelope Canyon Arizona is No Longer Hidden, but It’s Still a Gem

Mary Lyons Activities, Canyoning, Hiking, Travel and Adventure 56 Comments
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By Mary Lyons

In the 1970s, the slot canyons on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona were still relatively unknown to everyone except the Navajo. While visiting Antelope Canyon recently, I met a man from Tucson who said he visited Antelope Canyon in the 1970s. Twice. Fresh out of college, he went on a road trip by himself in his Volkswagen beetle. He stopped for gas and asked what there was to see in the area. He was told to go see “the skinny caves” by a Navajo man who worked in read more

The Best 5 Apre-Ski Resort Areas in Italy

Alessia Morello Travel and Adventure, Mountaineering, Winter Sports 39 Comments
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By Alessia Morello

From late November to early December, all Italian skiing areas begin to count down for the beginning of the ski season. If the snow arrives in advance, like this year, the ski resorts first open to the happiness of snowboarders and skiers who for 7 months are in a trepid wait.

Skiing is a tradition in Italy, if you live in the Alps and the Dolomites when you’re a kid it’s the norm to get up on Sunday at 6:00am, prepare skis and boots and leave for one of the many read more

A sailboat and a new way to see nature

Kristin Hanes Boating, Activities, Travel and Adventure 49 Comments
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By Kristin Hanes

We turned the corner of a long, dredged channel in the San Francisco Bay, which is just deep enough to accommodate the six foot keel of our double-masted sailboat. My boyfriend Tom cut the motor, and we hoisted a couple of sails, all ropes and winches, muscle and effort. The 41’ sailboat started to lean, catching the wind, pushing against the lines like a race horse ready for the track. In that moment, with our boat cutting through the water, I felt like I was somewhere far away read more

Dear Natalie, What is this? And why?

Natalie McCarthy Resources, Activities, Camping, Travel and Adventure 54 Comments
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By Natalie McCarthy

Dear you,

It’s a move to a written format.

This new format is not limited by letters, questions, fears, worries, or problems; rather, it is expanded by them.

Let me explain.

You might remember how, for a while, I had the honor of answering questions through an advice column called “Ask Natalie.” I fielded letters about back-country ethics and front-country relationships, read more

Man Woman Mountain.

Emily Pennington Solo Adventure, General, Hiking, Mountaineering, Travel and Adventure 44 Comments
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Man Woman Mountain

By Emily Pennington

“The surest way to mend a broken heart is through a forest wilderness.”
–John Muir

On really confusing evenings of self, I like to drink beer and make up quotations that John Muir definitely did not write. I summon him like my own, personal break-up Yoda the moment a man threatens to rip the sticky, sensitive tissue of my heart to shreds. I need this. A stubborn, fantasy-ridden reminder that things can still be beautiful, even when they do not read more

8 Ways to Mentally Prepare for a Solo Adventure

Marinel de Jesus Solo Adventure, Backpacking, Getting equipped, Hiking, Safety and Survival, Travel and Adventure, Trekking , , 51 Comments
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By Marinel de Jesus

Being a solo traveller, and even more so, a solo hiker or backpacker can be an intimidating endeavor to undertake. I cannot emphasize enough the need to be comfortable when partaking in anything serious such as hiking or backpacking in the wilderness by yourself. The same goes for travelling as it’s just not worth it to feel overwhelmingly anxious to the extent that it outweighs the joy of travelling or trekking solo. The key is being able to mentally prepare.

I, too, have read more

A review on High-Altitude Trekking in Ladakh, India

Carley Fairbrother Travel and Adventure, Camping, Getting equipped, Mountaineering, Trekking 43 Comments
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Political Location Map of Ladakh (Leh)

Getting there:

The easiest way to get to Ladakh is by flying from Delhi to Leh (the biggest town in Ladakh). It’s a two day drive from either Srinagar or Manali and you will pass over some of the world’s highest motorable passes. Be prepared for road closures, altitude sickness, motion sickness, and at least a few adrenaline filled moments.

Reviewed by:

Carley Fairbrother, British Columbia Canada.

Carley is a self-declared nature nerd from British Columbia, Canada. She spent read more

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