Choosing a Emergency Shelter
As part of the ten essentials, carrying an emergency shelter can save your life. There are several types of emergency shelters to protect you from wind and rain in case you get stranded or injured on the trail.
Ten Essentials Every Backpacker Should Have in Their Pack
Packing the “Ten Essentials” whenever your planning and multi day trip into the backcountry, just a day hike, is a good habit. Yes, on a short day trip you may use only a few of them or none at all, it’s when something goes sideways that you’ll thank yourself later for carrying these items that just might save your life!
How to Have a Conversation With Your Kids (and Grandchildren) About Climate Change
“Because it is good for Mother Earth.” A comeback from my five year old granddaughter on a recent camping trip to the Smoky Mountains National Park when I asked her to pickup any trash in and around our camp site. I was so pleasantly pleased (and a little surprised) by her reply.
How to Hang a Bear Bag
If you’re heading into bear country, it’s absolutely vital to store your food and other scented items safely out of reach from hungry bears. This protects you, the bears, and the overall experience you’ll have outdoors.
The Mountain Biker Who Vanished Without a Trace
Hikers go missing with frequency; it stands to reason, there are many of them out there. Runners, too. Berry pickers and mushroom hunters. David Paulides, founder of the North America Bigfoot Search, is obsessed with disappeared game hunters.
COVID-19: How Will it Effect Your Fishing And Hunting Trips This Year?
The COVID-19 virus’ affect on lives, health, and the economy is well documented. The question all sportsmen and women now have is how will it impact spring hunting and fishing seasons?
Physical Fitness Can Reduce Your Cancer Risk
One of the first things they would teach you in health journalism school, if that were an actual thing, would be to treat purported anti-cancer news with extreme caution. People are desperate for hope, so hyping up the latest mouse breakthrough or Amazonian tree fungus is somewhere between unethical and cruel.
When (and How) to Introduce Your Kid to Outdoor Sports
Kids also do best when they’re allowed to explore, instead of being cajoled into ever more challenging situations. “Too many parents approach sports with a fixed mindset, saying, We’ve got to get to the end of this trail,’” says Paul Dreyer, CEO of Avid4 Adventure, which instructs kids ages three and up at camps in Colorado and California.