Health
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The Ultimate Guide to Personal Care While Camping: Women’s Edition
As a woman, preparing your body against the threats of the wilderness is essential when embarking on a camping trip. From staying hygienic to ensuring safety and comfort, personal care while camping plays a crucial role in ensuring a memorable outdoor experience. In this ultimate guide, we’ll explore the best practices for women…
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The Great Outdoors and Your Skin
How Camping Affects Facial Aging and What You Can Do About It By Naomi Cook. Exploring the wilderness offers a sense of freedom and connection to nature, but it’s important to remember that our skin, especially our faces, is vulnerable to the aging effects of the elements. While a solid skincare routine is essential, some…
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How Being in Nature Benefits Women’s Well-being
Carina Bayer explores how nature benefits women. Hey, all you busy bees out there, ever feel like you’re stuck in a never-ending loop of work, stress, and, well, more work? Trust me, you’re not alone. But here’s the kicker: nature is calling, and she’s got some serious wellness perks up her sleeve, especially for us…
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Nature Therapy: The Mental Health Benefits of Camping for Women
By Hannah Angni. Finding strategies to detach, recharge, and prioritize mental health is crucial in the fast-paced, technologically-driven world of today. One activity that offers a perfect escape from the chaos of daily life is camping. In addition to allowing us to fully appreciate nature, camping has many positive effects on our mental health, particularly…
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5 steps to protecting yourself from mosquitoes on your next camping trip
Amie Sparrow shares practical tips on protecting yourself from mosquitoes. Use these tricks to stay bite-free Nothing can ruin a relaxing outdoor trip faster than having to be constantly on guard to defend against mosquitoes. Unfortunately, they’re a fact of life for outdoor enthusiasts because the things we love doing most while camping,…
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Wakiwaki Filtered Water Bottle Review
By Sara Baird. I took my first wilderness trip when I was 12. It was a weeklong trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota with an environmental school. I will always be grateful that I had the opportunity to take this trip as it changes the way I see the world. I…
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The Benefits of Learning CPR
By Ashley Nielson. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving procedure that anyone can learn to save lives when someone else’s heart stops beating or they’re unable to breathe. You may know of CPR from popular movies where someone is pulled out of a pool or lake, and a lifeguard performs CPR to get them to…
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Are Individual Vitamins Better Than Multivitamins?
By Ashley Nielsen. When spending a lot of time outdoors trail running, camping, and hiking, it’s important to stay healthy. While you can try to eat as many nutritious foods as you can while camping, it’s hard to take in as many nutrients and calories as you’re burning during your daily activities. Taking daily…
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5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Allergies
By Julia Olivas Allergies come with all sorts of unpleasant symptoms that can ruin an otherwise perfect spring or summer day. From digestive problems to headaches and difficulty breathing, allergies are something many people suffer from, especially during the springtime. However, they can flare up at any point throughout the year. While there is no…
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9 Things to Better Your Mental Health
By Casey Scott Mental health is an essential aspect of our overall health and has recently become more talked about in the media. Taking care of your mental health is an ongoing process, and it can be easy to neglect or not even realize you are struggling until things are already bad. There are so…