ON ICICLE RIDGE, Chelan County — Weary, low on water and waiting for a lift from a helicopter, I knew I would have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Like: “How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? Am I an idiot?”

A few years ago, I set off on an adventure that would eventually leave me both alone and alone in the woods…for days on end.

As the waves of pollen that keep many of us trapped indoors throughout the spring subside, it’s time to start gearing up for summer activities. If that includes camping, or really any inactivity that has you relaxing under the sun, it’s worth considering a camping chair upgrade. The folding Mock ONE lets you set up a comfy hammock anywhere, even if there’s not a tree in sight.

Over the past 12 months, four people have gone missing within a 60-kilometre radius in Victoria's High Country. None have been found, leaving police and locals baffled.

More than 78.8 million households camped at least once in 2018 and 41 percent of them were millennials.

If you're mountain biking, quading or otherwise wheelin' in the backcountry, then there's a good chance that cellular service may not be available. So, how do you keep in touch with your fellow riders? Well, the RidingToo RT1 sports walkie talkie looks like it could be a good way to go. The RT1 consists of two parts: a main "host" unit that is mounted on the handlebars or carried on the rider's body, along with a bar-mounted Bluetooth remote.

This past weekend, she set a new bar for traversing one of the most iconic landmarks in the U.S.

A hunter is fighting for life after a bear he shot tumbled down a slope and landed on him. Alaska state police said William McCormick, 28, was also struck by a rock dislodged by the bear as it fell on Saturday afternoon. He was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Anchorage, where he was in a critical condition.

In Grafton, New Hampshire (pop. 1,300), residents will use anything—guns, electric fences, firecrackers, cayenne pepper, bottle rockets—to defend themselves from bears. But is the town's ursine threat just fake news? By Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling.

Lithuania-based Eurodita is building quonset-inspired log cabins that can arrive fully assembled.

Having a proper light source while camping or backpacking is crucial to the outdoor experience, which is why camp lanterns have always been a popular accessory to carry with us on our backcountry adventures. Those lights usually require fuel or batteries to serve as a source of energy, which can become problematic on longer excursions. But a new lantern called the Luminiser powers its internal LED lights using a unique form of energy, potentially changing the lives of those who use it.

A teen staffer at a Colorado camp fought off a bear after waking up Sunday to find the animal biting his head and trying to drag him away.

Waking up with his head inside the bear's mouth, the camp counselor was likely the bear's targeted prey.

Have you been searching for an interesting virtual puzzle with many features? Then the extraordinary game “Hextris io” for you. You have a huge field for activities here, which at first is easy and confused. Undoubtedly, you will understand the rules in time, especially if you played in the old good Tetris. Fun in its essence reminds once a popular toy, but is more elaborate, improved and with improved graphics. After running the application, a bright polygon appears before you, which you will manage to succeed. Above, as usual, will be falling elements of a variety of shapes, which you will mellow into a holistic picture. But you can not

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While there are many delicacies in the modernised world that we are living in. Have we ever stop to wonder what if we are in the wild and there are no cafes nearby to ease our hunger pangs? Would it be helpful to be aware of what could be found and eaten in Mother Nature? Just sharing this helpful article around..

El Caminito del Rey, the King's Little Pathway, is now a tourist attraction near Malaga, in southern Spain. But once, it brought adrenaline junkies here - sometimes fatally. Now it's safe: but the internet doesn't really know that yet...

Some of the 'survival advice' that we've picked up over the years is totally wrong, often dangerously so.

About 100 people in the U.S. drown after being sucked out to sea in rips each year, and new research has experts arguing over how best to escape them.