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Ultimate Survival Alaska Season 3: Same Drama, Different Format
This past Sunday, we saw the return of Ultimate Survival Alaska on the National Geographic Channel for a third season. This post just reflects my thoughts on what I saw, for what it’s worth. Initially...
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Mountain Hardwear Direkt 2 Tent Long Term Review
I usually don’t write much about tents. I’m not a tent guy. I don’t have or use many tents, and it’s hard for me to offer you any side by side comparisons. In all of my years camping, here are all the...
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Trip Report: Taconic-Hereford Multiple Use Are 1/2/15 – 1/3/15
So, I know I’m still behind on the trip reports. This last weekend however I stayed home, dealing with the closing, so with this post I will be up to date with the trip reports. For this one I decided...
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Lonnie Dupre Successfully Completes Solo January Summit of Denali
On his fourth attempt, after years of struggles and bad luck, Lonnie Dupre finally manages to complete his solo summit of Denali in January, the coldest month on the mountain. A January summit of...
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Backpacking Stoves For Cold Weather
Recently I have been reading a lot about cold weather stoves online. I like making things, and tinkering with my stoves and modifying them makes me extremely happy, so I’m constantly looking for ideas...
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Trip Report: Ice Fishing 1/31/15
I was planning on going out to do some snowshoeing this past weekend, but on Friday my friend Rich asked me if I was game for some ice fishing. Of course I was!We decided to try our luck on Lake Welch...
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MSR XGK EX/Reactor Hybrid Cold Weather Stove System
What?! Well, in my last two posts I had a picture of one of my stoves, and once the posts went up, I started getting questions about it. While I wasn’t planning on posting about the stove for a while,...
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Trip Report: ORAK Ruins 3/28/15 – 3/29/15
As you guys have probably noticed, I’ve been away from the blog for the past two months. As I mentioned a while back, I was in the process of buying a house, and the past two months I have been moving...
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Mountain Harwear Direkt 2 Tent Modification
A while back I reviewed the Mountain Hardwear Direkt 2 tent. You can see the review here. I have been very happy with the tent. It is light, it is small, it is free standing, and it can handle some...
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Trip Report: Moodna Creek Fly Fishing 4/4/15
The general trout season opened in April in my state. I had plans to spend the weekend at the Neversink River fishing. Unfortunately, all of the fishing reports I saw that week pointed to very poor...
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Is it Wrong to Profit From Your Hobby?
Back in February, Andrew Skurka published a post titled “Is it wrong to “profit” from your passion? Not at all.” I stumbled across the article a few days ago, and wanted to address the topic as I find...
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Trip Report: Ramapo River Fly Fishing 4/11/15 – 4/12/15
Another weekend in a not so great of a start to the trout season. The combination of snow we had all of March and the rain we have been having recently has made for rough trout fishing. The rivers are...
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The Evolution of a Wood Trekker
Last week there was a forum post that posed the question of how bushcraft has evolved for you over the years. I thought that the evolution of a person’s approach to the outdoors over time was an...
View ArticleTraditional Birch Bark Canoe Construction
I remember watching an episode of Ray Mears’ Bushcraft years ago where he constructed a traditional birch bark canoe. Well, here is a video from 1946 showing the construction of such canoe.The video is...
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Smoke, Mirrors, and Misdirection: What We Don’t See About Wilderness Skills
This post was prompted by several different things that have been brought up recently. The main theme here is that these days we have very easy access to all sorts of wonderful information regarding...
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“Your Need That Protein!”: Things You Hear on TV That Just Aren’t True
It’s almost gospel on current TV survival shows, and you have heard it over an over again. It is a statement along the lines of “You need that protein”, “Your body needs that protein”, “You need to get...
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Trip Report: Surf and Turf 3/2/15 - 3/3/15
Sorry for the delayed trip report guys. I has been a busy week. This is my trip report from last weekend. It was a busy one, and I covered a lot of ground. Turkey season opened in my state on May 1st,...
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Not All Tinder Fungus Is The Same
You guys may remember that a few weeks back I did a post where I referenced a show where one type of fungus was shown, but another type actually used for the fire lighting. Well, I was out and about...
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Primos Bombshell Turkey Call Review
Now, I usually don’t review hunting products, primarily because I am not good enough at the craft to be able to offer any meaningful perspective, but I’ve been using this product for a bit now, and I...
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Trip Report: Killing Time 5/23/15 - 5/24/15
So, there was some talk on one of the forums about glamping, which then lead to a discussion about whether people go camping to relax or for other reasons. So this past weekend I figured I would just...
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