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For years I taught LNT as part of my outdoor classes but I always strove to stress it's an ethic not necessarily law. Unfortunately...

@scoutergriz : Your argument is very logical and, being based on years of your own personal experience, it is very believable as being...

interesting .... I taught LNT as part of my wilderness skills sessions for decades and never once found that in my course materials, so...

Tradition. Old school was tent poles leaning against a tree and an enough firewood to make a fire. A bunch of birch bark stuffed in...

That's a pet peeve of mine too. It seems rocks are added over the years for some reason (probably to block wind) and you end up building...

Old ways are the best ways, to a point. Leaving wood for a fire at a campsite or especially in a cabin, is not only good etiquette, it...

Several years ago, I was sleeping in my hammock far up the river in the Sawtooth Wilderness when I was startled awake by what sounded...

The winnowing sound of snipes flying at night is very, very eerie and otherworldly. I have been wakened by it twice while camping on...

Bump-bump, rustle-rustle-rustle. BUMP, bump-ba-bump, rustle-rustle-rustle. "Did you hear that?" "Yeah." "Well what was it?" "No idea."...

I've paddled in the Carolinas for decades. I don't worry about snakes much. I worry about people, drowning, and gators. This is an...

I am a bit of a gear hound. I enjoy testing and evaluating new equipment. Flextail Zero Pump 1.2 oz battery powered pump HydroBLU...

I’m pretty sure I will replace my wall tent (for back country camping) with a Frost River 2 man Campfire Tent. I need to lighten my back...

For a very long time, Kathleen and I used white buckets as chairs, as here on the Thelon River. A few years ago, Kathleen bought us...

Nowadays, the three C’s, a cot, cooler and a canvas tent,

Here are three more Cs. Campfire tent, Coleman stove, Canvas Canoe.