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.

A properly stocked wilderness first-aid kit could save your life. These 30 items are guide tested to keep you safe in the backcountry all year round.

Perhaps it's just that we've been paying closer attention to the segment lately, but we've seen a surge of innovative, small camper hardware over the past few years. From utility trailer build-ups like the Teal panel kit, to car conversion "campers in boxes" like the SwissRoomBox, to more permanent van and Jeep conversions, these small campers let you escape in your everyday vehicle without the bulk and cost of larger motorhomes and RVs. Our recent trip to the Dusseldorf Caravan Salon reveale

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Want to get quickly into the tree canopy? This modular set of stairs can be quickly and easily wrapped around any tree, without doing damage to the trunk.

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Urban Hammocking 101 You may not realize it, but your hammock is not just for your backpacking trip. Once you’ve become a hammock fanatic, you’ll find it hard to believe that you slept in anything else and your creative side might take over. If you’re living in a city, have

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After a long, arduous day of physical activity, there's nothing like kicking back in your tent and breathing in the nature around you.

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.

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

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...

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..

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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

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

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.

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.

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

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.