Camping for Women
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Camping For Women’s 10th Anniversary: Let’s Celebrate 10 Amazing Years!
Can you believe it’s already been 10 wonderful years since we started this adventure together? The very first day this site went live to the world was in 2015 on May 15th; the launch of a global resource for outdoor women adventurers. Our intention since this day has been to provide you with anything you…
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Happy Second Birthday Camping for Women
Happy Second Birthday Camping for Women! By Nicole Anderson Camping for Women is now officially 2! So we are marking our ‘happy second birthday’ with this brief message. The website www.campingforwomen.com went live with its first blog post on 23 May 2015 and it’s hard to believe that was two years ago. We had a…
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The Versatile Blogger Award
By Nicole Anderson Camping for Women has just received the Versatile Blogger Award, recognizing the efforts of everyone involved with its blog. So what is the Versatile Blogger Award? The Versatile Blogger Award is a peer award where bloggers nominate other bloggers who they believe deserve some recognition for their high-quality standard of writing, images, uniqueness…
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Camping and Hiking on your Period
By Oceana Setaysha Don’t let your period slow you down! If you’re an active, outdoorsy type, there’s nothing more annoying than trying to schedule your hiking and camping around your period. It always seems to arrive at the least opportune time, and nobody wants to miss out on their fix of outdoor adventures. But who…
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Know Your Knots Infographic
By Sarah Brown Making Effective Knots Made Simple Feel like you are all thumbs when it comes to doing knots? You are definitely not alone! As outdoor enthusiasts, we all know that we need to do knots with our ropes for everything from camping to fishing and survival. It is obviously important when out in…
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An Amateur Dirtbag’s Guide to Zion in the Winter
By Emily Pennington “I feel bad about Ben,” J.C. muttered as we tip-toed down the razor’s edge of Angels Landing. “He would have loved this.” I nodded, squinting as I peered off into the brittle, orange canyon, 1500 feet below. At that exact moment, a pair of bouncy, brunette pigtails inched over the top of…
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Planning Your Hike while Backpacking
By Janessa Tice Miller Planning your hike should consider some key things before you head out on a backpacking trip. Doing this correctly from the start will help ensure your hike goes smoothly and safely. Planning Your Hike Route & Daily Mile Goal Before you can do anything else on a backpacking trip, you need…
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Winter Camping: Tips for Success
By Lynley Joyce Winter camping can be cold, dark, wet and windy, maybe even snowy. Many of us are fair-weather campers. We aim to be out in the elements when the weather is almost guaranteed to be favourable, but there are real joys to camping in winter. The trick is to stay warm and dry.…
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How to Store Camping Gear
By Whitney Klenzendorf Sometimes it can feel like the majority of a camping trip is spent packing, unpacking, and locating equipment. This is a situation which sometimes drives me slightly insane. And everyone seems to store camping gear differently. So to combat this insanity I’ve developed a pretty efficient system of storage. A system which…
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Dry but delightful: Hiking in the desert
By Lynley Joyce Deserts are dry, dangerous and often barren. So why would anyone go hiking in the desert? It’s because deserts can also be stunningly beautiful with a wide range of plants and wildlife tenaciously hanging on to the rugged and sometimes dramatic landscape. Desert trails If you are considering hiking in the desert,…