Camping Calculator

Camping in the boonies? You have high hopes of watching dinner, but the signal dissapears when you drive around that last ridge line. Campers encounter … Read more

Enter your route info into the calculator (above). Once you do, the app will calculate distance for you. Saving you a guesswork step (and saving … Read more

A PLB’s battery is never at 100 percent, nor is it ever at zero. Instead, it lives in the no man’s land of potentiality: a … Read more

Slick rocks make for a tricky hike and twisting an ankle is easy. The air’s fresh with the scent of pine needles and the sun … Read more

The dreaded bushcraft situation: You’ve got your poles laid out, ready for a camp table, and then look at the rope, you’ve realized you only … Read more

When you get hurt, your brain floods with adrenaline, and immediately begins scanning for anything stiff enough to hold a bone in place. There’s probably … Read more

Backcountry mishaps aren’t usually caused by getting lost in a straight line. They’re caused by underestimating difficulty of vertical travel. You see on your map … Read more

There is a load, two strong poles lashed together at the top, and something that want to be lifted off the ground. The instinct is … Read more

A skillet and a firebox create a camp kitchen, yet this arrangement won’t work without a way to get rid of waste. Good sanitation depends … Read more

Wood leaves behind a mineral called ash. When burned, ash looks like light gray snow; except it never melts. And most folks simply shovel it … Read more

This happens when you are in some dark parking lot three hundred miles from nowhere and the level sensor starts flashing red because of waste … Read more