Getting equipped
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How To Start Backpacking
Backpacking: How To Start and Be Fearless in the Wilderness By Lucy Gomez Imagine leaping into a fresh-water stream, feeling the icy shock as you plunge in and the buzz as you warm back up again… the most energizing feeling in the world! Stepping into the wild opens the opportunity to discover the world’s stunning beauty, and…
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Tips to Prepare for Fishing from a Boat
By Jameesa Alvin Preparation Preparation begins well before your hit in the water and involves everything from normal boat repair to servicing rods and checking all your terminal tools. Essentially, you should undergo a complete check of everything; test your engine, check the battery and electronics are working, and rods are performing well among other…
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Try These 7 Quick Camping Drinks
7 Quick Camping Drinks To Make For Your Daring Companions… By Rita Myers Even if you’re going to give me all the luxuries in the world, nothing beats the great outdoors. After a long hectic week, I always try my best to bring my two sons and husband for a camping trip. Sometimes they show…
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Microspikes Are My New Best Friends
By Emily Pennington “Why have I never used these before?!” I quietly exclaimed to myself as I skipped down the side of an ice-covered ridge in Yosemite National Park. Rather than boulder-hopping and mountain-goating from stone to stone as I had on my way up the mountain, I was suddenly free to move, parading over…
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Inspiration for the (Female) Adventurer’s Soul
Where do you find your inspiration? By Andrea Willingham I confess: I’m a sucker for a good story with a strong heroine, and we’re not talking Scarlett O’Hara here. We’re talking that rare breed of female lead that somehow seems to elude most mainstream media, disproportionate to the number of male protagonists that dominate our…
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The Appalachian Trail and My Story
The Appalachian Trail – What to Expect and How to Prepare… By Mary Lyons How did I get this crazy idea? In 1996 I met an author who would change my life and never even know it. His name is David Brill, and he is a freelance writer for men’s magazines. He spoke to…
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What If You Lose Communication
What to do if you lose communication while camping? Sponsored Post For many of us, there is nothing like going into the great outdoors to get away from the stress and strife of modern-day life. Unfortunately, however, while being out in the wilderness is great to unwind, it’s still nice to have some connection to…
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Ways to Go Camping with Baby
6 Safe and Super Fun Ways to Go Camping with Baby By Rita Myers I’ve enjoyed camping since I was little, and it’s probably one of the few activities that have remained constant in my life, from childhood through adulthood. And now that I have a family of my own, I especially enjoy being able…
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Free checklists for lovers of the great outdoors
By Nicole Anderson Many of us live for the time when we get to experience the outdoors. We are constantly planning the next great escape from the city to again be at peace with the serenity, majesty and wonder of nature. Often in our pressured, busy lives it is so easy to forget a few…
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Bear spray or guns for protection?
Personal protection against bears – guns or bear spray? By Carley Fairbrother I spent seven years as a backcountry ranger in northern British Columbia, and one of the questions I got asked the most was, “do you carry a gun out there?” They seemed genuinely concerned when I told them that I usually just carried…