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How to Stay Hydrated Tips

How hard is it to drink all the water that you need in any given day?  For lots of people, including us, it isn’t that easy.  The crap part about all of that is it doesn’t take much for your bodily functions start to decline and lose peak performance.  Just 2 to 4 percent of your body’s hydration is...

10 Lightweight and Nutritious Hiking Foods for the Trail

When hitting trail, nutrition is important, but so is the weight of your pack. You need to use as little energy as possible hauling your backpack around, but also need to have the tasty treats within to restore that energy. Even if you are not into that ultralight hiking trend, if you want to keep your pack weight down,...

How to Choose Proper Hiking Socks

When picking out hiking gear, we tend to forget one crucial area, one that is, strangely enough, the area we use most when hiking - our feet. While a good set of hiking boots is a must, what about the socks? Socks specially crafted for hiking aren't just another money grab, they can make the difference between being able...

Sleeping Bag Temperature Ratings Guide

Sleeping bags are all about comfort, right? I mean, we talk about liquid capacity and versatility of hydration packs, weight and durability of camping backpacks/hiking packs, and size and weight limit of hammocks for hiking and camping.  We like to talk solely about comfort when it comes to sleeping bags.  One very large comfort factor of camping is how...

Getting Accustomed to Sleeping Outdoors: A Camper’s Guide

There's nothing worse than the following scenario: You plan a fun and adventurous camping trip.  You intent to hike a day into a remote location with gorgeous, natural scenery.  There's a lake nearby and you plan on taking the days to fish, canoe, and bird watch.  You're nights will be filled with soft music, stories, and cooking and eating by...

Beginner Backpacker Tips

Backpacking for the first time?  A little nervous?  Feel like there's something that you should know or do but you just can't imagine what it is?  No worries, we gotcha' covered.  This guide will ensure that you have a safe, fun time backpacking and, hopefully, you'll want to do it again and again. Backpack with an Experienced Partner You can either...

How to Find the Best Camping Hammocks

Having a hammock instead of a camping tent can give you a unique camping experience.  Aside from that, it can significantly lighten your load.  In case that this is your first time of trying the hammock, we have compiled some necessary tips on what you will expect when you use a hammock and how you can find the best...

How to Hammock Responsibly

So, in this day and age we all have to be very aware of the impact that our outdoor activities have on nature.  Hammocking is a perfect example of low impact shelter/camping.  Tent hammocks offer total coverage, while traditional hammocks do the job of keeping you off the ground sleeping comfortable. The smaller that your "footprint" is on nature then...

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