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  • TALK: Who is the typical camper?

    <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td>   About 20 percent of American go camping every year, but that doesn't mean we're all one big homogenous group, according to Responsive Management, a Virginia-based research firm...

  • TALK: Texts for Treks (Part 5) - Edward Abbey

    The conclusion of this series culminates here with [one of] the best you-are-there authors fit for being on the trail. These posts were not meant to be in any particular order, but I was always...

  • HOW TO: Find little pieces of wilderness

    Anyone with two brain cells to rub together can pull out a map and find Yosemite, say, or the River of No Return Wilderness. It takes an open, inquisitive mind to find a pocket of...

  • GEAR: Great gift item for both the REI set and the hook-and-bullet crowd

    It's called the Skeeter Beater. It allows you to leave your car windows open without offering yourself as a blood sacrifice to the mosquitoes and black flies. I haven't tried it myself, but I think...

  • TALK: *edited* Fan of The Office? Check this out.

    I haven't watched it yet, but on NBC's online recent-shows archive, there's an episode of The Office (American version) that features a morale-building wilderness challenge program. I'm guessing that hijinks ensue.My mistake. It wasn't a...

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