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Eating Snow? Yes or No?

You don’t need to have any backcountry experience to know – “Don’t eat the yellow snow!”

Wilderness Survival: Why Everyone Needs At Least Two Knives

No knife can perform every task. Outdoor enthusiast Tim MacWelch provides a rundown on the differences in outdoor knife characteristics.

Solo Sleeping Shelters

Whether you’re heading out alone for a simple overnight get-away or embarking on an extended, minimalist-style adventure, choosing the right type of sleeping shelter is a major consideration. Besides weight and volume, utility also plays into deciding what type of … Continued

Paracord: It’s more than just rope.

Paracord is an essential piece of emergency/survival gear. There are several characteristics and properties that qualify cordage as authentic “paracord”. All ‘rope’ is made of strands that are either braided or twisted together. Structurally, paracord uses the kernmantle technique similar … Continued

The 101 on Tinder

Tinder is any dry material that readily takes a spark, match or other intense heat sources and easily ignites.

Choosing the Best Campsite for YOU

Two men camping in woods with chair, cooler, fire, and tent

A good campsite can be defined in many ways depending upon your preferred level of back-country comfort, the lay of the land where you can pitch your tent and to a lesser extent, the season in which you are out enjoying Mother Nature.

DIY Dry Bags

Even if you are a totally committed landlubber, you no doubt have a need for keeping gear dry whenever you venture outdoors.

Insulate Your Tent Floor for a Warm Winter Sleep.

My warmest and most comfortable nights of sleep during a North Dakota winter camp out was while nestled inside a tent pitched in two feet of snow cover.

Making Use of Campsite Snow

It’s the opportunity to put one’s skills to the cold-weather test that makes winter camping attractive to so many back-country campers. One of those tests may be in dealing with all the snow in and around the campsite. Under most conditions, … Continued