
Brunton Backcountry Use Quick Reference Navigation Cards
A fundamental FieldCraft skill is using a map and compass. You don’t need an internet connection to have the piece of mind of information at your fingertips. As experts inContinue reading “Brunton Backcountry Use Quick Reference Navigation Cards”

How To Skin A Squirrel
Since we are all going to be on the verge of starving soon, I thought it would be a good time to bring back this article from the Groove-yard ofContinue reading “How To Skin A Squirrel”

New Friend
I was on the mountain today and ran across a new friend. Weird looking dog.

Repost: Backpacking: Get Packing
Finally the part all my fellow geardos have been waiting for, the gear.Since we settled on a three day trip in the mountains last time we’ll structure around that. BelowContinue reading “Repost: Backpacking: Get Packing”

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 haveContinue reading “Repost: Backpacking: Let’s Get Started”

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 fancyContinue reading “Repost: So You Think You Can Camp?”

Tangle Gut
It doesn’t sound tasty from the name but it is. It’s that time of year again. In the spring tangle gut grows. There isn’t much of a window to findContinue reading “Tangle Gut”

Free Topo Maps
https://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads National Geographic now has a site where you can get free downloadable and printable topo maps National Geographic is allowing everyone to easily download any USGS 7.5 minute topoContinue reading “Free Topo Maps”

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 IContinue reading “Dragoon Unlimited Poncho Liner Field Test”