Camping & Survival
One of the most critical, and versatile pieces of kayaking gear is a workable length of line. Most…
I've managed to acquire quite a collection of books on outdoor wilderness skills. Some I've read from…
Patience is like a secure eddy in the middle of a raging rapid.It gives you time to formulate a plan…
Can we talk? I need to vent. Back when I was guiding kayak day trips on Kodiak Island we'd stop for a…
Keeping your food safe from bears (and other critters) is an important element of any camping trip. Not…
Ask any newcomer to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway or Boundary Waters Canoe Area what he or she fears…
"All day I've faced a barren waste without the taste of water, cool water.Old Dan and I with throats…
Carrying a supply of water is a basic requirement most of us tend to do out of necessity when we paddle,…
Eastern and midwestern waterways are generally clear and inviting. Not so in the far west and parts of…
Some years ago at Canocopia in Madison, Wisconsin, I chatted with a young man who had recently completed…
As avid paddlers, we know the importance of taking care of our environment. As a working part of the…
Blending with nature is part of what wilderness canoeing is all about, and for many paddlers this means…
I think it's a primitive act that comes out in all of us while camping; the desire to properly storm…
I advise people to put a waterproof plastic groundsheet INSIDE their tent, not under the floor as…
When it comes to cooking in the outdoors, you can't do good work without good tools. Badly designed,…
In the mid-seventies, I shared an afternoon with the famous woodsman, Calvin Rutstrum, whose flagship…
In an ideal distress situation - if there can even possibly be such a thing - a kayaker unable to…
Quick: name the one thing that an adult most fears about camping in the backcountry with a normal group…
Mention guns and canoe trips in the same breath and some folks are apt to go ballistic. Still, if you're…
Part way through a portage you come upon a group carrying a teenage girl on a stretcher. You determine…
The canoeing literature universally recommends that landed canoes be turned belly up when stored for a…
"Dee," I heard Maggie's voice from a distance. "Dee, wake up." I opened my eyes to see Maggie squatting…
As a fish o'er whose head surge the waves of the sea, In our great sea of air, the fish becomes…
A kayaking buddy, we'll call him "Ben", is one heck of a paddler. He's got years of big, blue water…