Weekend Outdoor Activities

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If you are a camper or someone who actively trains for a potential survival situation, the importance of possessing a high-quality knife cannot be overstated. The wilderness can be very unforgiving at times, and unless you are ready for every potential scenario it is really easy for those wilderness conditions to overrun you.  A good

For outdoor enthusiasts, such as campers and backpackers, the proper gear is everything.  But what do you do when an item in that gear—a tent, backpack, sleeping bag or a piece of insulated outerwear—becomes ripped or torn?  Sure, you could just opt to throw that item out and replace it, but that can become really

If you are an avid backpacker and/or wilderness camper, one of the most crucial pieces of gear available to you is a sleeping pad, also known as a sleeping mat, air mattress, insulated pad, ground pad or bed roll.  These vital pieces of equipment serve a number of purposes when braving the outdoor elements and

It’s summer, which means there’s no better time for a hike! Before you remove those boots and stash them away for next weekend, though, it’s crucial to take a step back. You never want to discover that your equipment has started to emit a nasty odor. Fortunately, it doesn’t take much effort to ensure that

Australia is a huge country with an overwhelming amount of opportunities for an outdoor enthusiast. Amazing beaches, incredible hikes through ancient rainforest and some of the most unique animals in the world. Get your vehicle ready and follow this road trip up the east coast from Sydney to Airlie Beach that will get you a

Nothing matches the fun and adventure of backpacking; the fun of exploring the backcountry of this great country and taking in all of the gorgeous flora and fauna it offers. One of the keys to a successful backpacking adventure is a pack that is loaded up correctly and thoroughly, with all the gear one might

If you’re doing some hiking in a rainforest or anywhere else that leeches can be found, then it’s a good idea to prepare yourself for the inevitable. Those blood-thirty little suckers will ruin an otherwise good hike. So we’ve got some tips on how to avoid them and what to do if some have already

When you go camping, you’re not always guaranteed access to running water and a shower. In fact, while some campgrounds do make a shower houses available to campers, often when you go car camping there is no shower for you to use. So, what’s a cleanliness conscious camper to do when there’s no shower house?

Snorkeling is the act of using a snorkel to breathe underwater. That’s literally the only requirement. You don’t need a mask, you don’t need fins. If you are breathing through a snorkel, you’re snorkeling. However, many people think of snorkeling as the full-on gearing up that allows you to comfortably (and safely) float through the

A snorkel is a tube with a mouthpiece designed for breathing underwater. When worn properly, a snorkel keeps water out of a snorkeler’s mouth and air flowing in, allowing the person to breathe without surfacing for air. How Snorkels Work At the most basic level, snorkels work by creating a path from a snorkeler’s mouth