Backpacking: Get wet
No, not like that you degenerates, foul weather. Now that you’ve finally left your house and are out backpacking, camping, hiking etc you will need to consider foul weather or…
Food for Thought: Terrain Consideration
Know your area.The lower or inland regions of California are mostly hills covered in low grass and scrub brush and dry, rocky desert effectively. Very wide open affairs most of…
Making a Tropical Rucksack
So a while back I got the idea to make my own Tropical Rucksack since the reproductions looks discontinued and originals were going for $400. The frame is almost identical…
Repost: So You Think You Can Camp?
Found some of the articles from the old site on “The Wayback Machine” so thought I would repost them. What kind of outdoorsman are you? A lot of us fancy…
Land Navigation
By Kevin O’Brien Below is a series of articles Kevin had started before he died. The intention was to teach people land navigation and using tools and maps. Of course…
Repost: Backpacking: Let’s Get Started
PlanningBefore any trip you will need to analyze the area and start planning. For this exercise I am going to use the mountains as the main example and just have…
An Interview with Ted Kaczynskiby Blackfoot Valley Dispatch
In 1999 I requested an interview with Theodore J. Kaczynski for the Blackfoot Valley Dispatch which he kindly granted. The interview took place that same year at the United States…
Dragoon Unlimited Poncho Liner Field Test
So I took the DU poncho liner out instead of a sleeping bag this summer to see how it worked. I have taken an old liner out before but I…
Self Defense And First Aid In The Woods
You never know what can happen in the woods! Carry a Med kit and #beprepared to self-rescue in case of an accident or emergency! Best wishes for a speedy recovery…
Kentucky Camping
Last weekend some of the boys came in from all over the state to shoot and camp out with me here on my end of the state. I thought it…
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Scattered Shots 