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Backpacking stoves are built to take the rigors of the trail, but they need to be maintained to keep them running right.

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How to Make a Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Emergency Evacuation Survival Kit

The beauty of the Appalachian Trail and the pleasure of extended time alone - that's what solo backpacking offers. Here, Erika shares her joy and tips about hiking alone.

SPOT's innovative Satellite Communicator, which connects through DeLorme's Earthmate PN-60w to send text messages via satellite and can also signal for emergency assistance from almost anywhere on the planet, is being recalled. The device can malfunction

My favourite purchase of the last few years has definitely been my packraft. I love it for many reasons including because almost everyone I tell about it asks, "what's a packraft?"

SURVIVAL - The ability and the desire to stay alive, all alone, under adverse conditions, until rescued.

Day-pack kit - what I took on my last hike - mycountryside.org.uk

Gas saving tips to help you spend a little less money as you gas up your RV

Camp on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour

The biggest, baddest Benz

RVs are gaining traction. The recreation vehicle market is rebounding after the economy's plunge drove previously growing sales off a cliff. Now 8.4 million families own an RV.

In 1980, Jimmy Carter established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan Interior, cutting off 19 million acres of prime boreal wilderness from the mitts of fur trappers, oil tycoons, and would-be lodge owners alike. Only six families of white

Another thing worth mentioning is communications - mobile phones might be ok in the big centres but our OPTUS/VODAPHONE system were as useless as an ashtray on a motor bike - a carrier pigeon is more reliable. Our friends had a TELSTRA pre-paid which s

Winter clothing - Part 1: Fur parka and leggins

Bushcraft Knife Safety for Children

Take these precautions when traveling and I promise your stress levels will be slowed, dramatically.

Simple but useful rules to remember for hiking and backpacking with kids.