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Choosing a sleeping bag is the decision that determines whether you actually sleep on camping trips or lie…
Fly fishing has a reputation for being expensive, technical, and intimidating to learn. The reputation isn’t entirely fair,…
Stopping to dig a water bottle out of a frame cage breaks rhythm on a technical trail, and…
A machete clears green growth faster than any axe and splits wood far worse than one, which is…
Buy a family tent rated one or two sleeping slots above your actual headcount, because rated capacity assumes…
A camping cot lifts you off the ground so cold soil, roots, and puddles stop dictating how you…
A backpacking quilt is a sleeping bag with the back panel and the zipper removed, and it stays…
Buy a portable camping toilet once you camp beyond a short walk of a vault toilet, and pick…
Children need less gear than most parents expect, and almost all of it should be bought cheap because…
A stove is optional on short warm trips and close to essential once the weather turns cold, because…
Fuel planning works backwards from boils rather than days, since what matters is how many times you bring…
A day hike lets you carry real food instead of dehydrated meals, so the only useful question is…
Camp dishwashing works by leaving as little residue as possible in the first place, then dealing with the…
