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Gourmet backpacking dinner recipes
With a little bit of preparation you can eat quick, easy gourmet meals on the trail — and be the envy of all your trailmates.
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Dinner Recipe: Beans + Rice with Fritos & Cheese - Andrew Skurka
This meal is my favorite. It goes on every single backpacking trip. I never get tired of it. Clients love this recipe. Need more convincing to try it? Key Stats Recommended meal weight: 5.7 oz Total calories: 675 Calories per ounce
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A Beginner's Guide To Backcountry Hiking Prep
From the Appalachian Trail in the East, to the Pacific Crest Trail in the West, and countless miles in-between, some of the best backcountry hiking destinations in North America are accessible in our national parks.
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5 of San Luis Obispo County's Best Coastal Campgrounds
The open skies, the fog, the mountains, the wildlife -- everything seems bigger and more intense here, begging for exploration.
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25 Best Hikes in the World to Put on Your Bucket List
Our 25 Best Hikes in the World to Put on Your Bucket List. So far we've only completed one and portions of others, but hope to get them all checked off!
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34 Night Sky Pictures
Harun Mehmedinovic grew up beneath starry skies in Bosnia. "There's something about the stars, at least for me," he said in an interview. "If I wasn't able to see them as a kid, I would have been a very different person. It wakes up your imagination."
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7 U.S. State Parks with Incredible Camping Opportunities
When those national parks get all booked, it's always good to know the closest state park. Here are seven of our favorites.
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How to Build an Upside-Down Fire: The Only Fireplace Method You'll Ever Need
Total reading time: 9 minutes. How would you like to light a fire perfectly and have it burn for 3-7 hours without touching it or putting on more wood? It can be done, every time, but it requires forgetting everything you've learned about starting fires...
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Olympic National Park: Backpacking the Wilderness Coast
Say hello to 6.4 out of the 73 miles of Olympic National Park's wilderness coast. Untouched and undeveloped by the human hand, this coastline is a pristine example of beachy beauty, brimming with wildlife and mind-blowing scenery!
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Eliminating Graywater - Ideas from Burning Man
Last year at Burning Man we set out to answer one simple question: How can we legally, safely and easily get rid of our RV gray water. In the video are the solutions we found at the event,
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Outdoor Action Guide to Bear Proofing your Campsite
The goal of bearproofing your camp is to minimize odors that might attract bears, and to set up safe storage areas for food and garbage that are out of reach of bears and are away from your sleeping area. The best way to do this is to start with a camp set up that facilitates these goals. In his book Safe Travel in Bear Country, Gary Brown describes a basic camp set up where the sleeping area is upwind of the kitchen and food storage area and at least...
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Beautiful American Campsites
It's not too late to get that summer camping trip in the books and any one of these 23 campsites would make for an amazing trip.
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View From Below: Does Lure Color Matter Underwater?
Have you ever wondered what the fish see? Find out how lure color changes underwater for better fishing results from fishing expert Steve Starling.
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How to Make Rope from Grass
This practical tutorial from Ben Cusick of NighthawekInLight explains how to make rope from long grass in your back yard or the local park, with a few tips
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Can't Sleep? A Week of Camping Could Be the Fix
Night owls could use a week in the woods, reports a new study, which can fix what ails your circadian rhythms.
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The Dakota Fire Hole - Stealth Fire
If you want to get into stealth camping, build a fire during gale force winds, or just want to lay low then the 'Dakota Fire Hole' is just what you need.
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Portable Wind Turbine Blows Everyone Away On Kickstarter, Raising Almost Entire Goal In A Day
Trinity is a second-generation, waterproof, portable wind turbine that will let you generate power on the go. The Kickstarter met its funding goal in just over one day, with the new 50, 400, 1,000 and 2,500W models to be delivered in 2016; the smallest weighs only 650g (1.4 lbs.), and the largest, with a 300,000 mAh battery, weighs 19 kg (42 lbs) and supposedly can charge an electric car.
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The Roof of America by Eric Hodges
Trekking and climbing in the high mountains of Northern Peru, a rarely visited region well off the beaten track, the beauty and scale of the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Huayhuash ranges from the sublime to the overwhelming.
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The Truth About Hammock Camping: The Ultimate Hang
It wouldn’t be honest not to admit that I occasionally have a bad hang in a hammock. Some comfort issues are common enough to become regular complaints among avid hangers.
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Wright's Beach | Chinookers Journey
At last I've got some free time to catch up on blog posts, check on what's going on in the world, and take care of a few chores - we've been super busy spending time with Tiffany; also when we took a trip to Wright's Beach on the coast we were completely without internet service for several days.
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