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  • HOW TO: Light Your Fire: Make Your Own Firestarters

    Whether you're doing a bit of late season car camping in the cold and wet or you're heading south to ride a bit more, it's always great to have ready-to-burn fire-makings when you stay at...

  • HOW TO: Powdered milk on the trail

    If you already know a reason other than cooking that you might want to have some powdered milk in your backpack, you don't need this interesting article at the Backpacker Magazine website. Otherwise you might...

  • HOW TO: Tips For Finding the Perfect Campsite

    It can be tricky to find the perfect place to set up tent, especially in the back country.  On my rookie adventure trip a few years ago we had a problem while backpacking in Glacier National...

  • HOW TO: DIY Compact Survival Kit.

    A survival kit should be inexpensive, simple, small enough to carry with you, and contain items, you know, that could actually help you survive. This one's designed for the wilderness, in cool to warm weather...

  • QUESTIONS: Water treatment systems?

    I was doing a wild foods foraging progam today and mentioned a water purification straw that I carry with me as part of my basic just-in-case survival gear. Most of the participants had never heard...

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