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Hill People Gear ‘UMLINDI’ pack – Review

Hill People Gear ‘UMLINDI’ pack – in-depth review after full season of hiking etc. I’m a pack addict, I admit! I need a new pack…

Nite Ize Figure 9 Rope Tighteners – Review

Nite Ize Figure 9 Rope Tightening products make tensioning and securing ropes a simple and positive procedure – even if you cannot tie a knot…

Primitive Living as Metaphor

Paul Pinkerton

Here in Montana I practice and teach classes on primitive or stone age skills–which is to say, camping with little or no gear. We build…

SOL REPUBLIC Introduces Relays Sport Wireless Headphones

After more than two years of research, development and feedback from their initial launch on Indiegogo, SOL REPUBLIC releases Relays Sport Wireless, a premium, wireless…

Extract Clean, Drinkable Water From Plants

Paul Pinkerton

Water is the most important thing if you are stuck in the wilderness. Sure, food is important too, but you can live for a while…

How to put a handle on a knife

This is an article about putting wooden handles on knives and it can apply to any knife blank and handle, so if you’ve had that…

Fingerless wristwarmer mitts made in five minutes

Winter’s going to be here before you know it, the cold winds and snow are going to be blowing in and sucking the heat out…

Dangerous Adventure: The Champawat Tiger was responsible for 436 deaths in Nepal and India

Paul Pinkerton

During the late 19th century, a Nepalese region close to the Himalayas was terrorized by the most notorious and prolific man-eater of all times. Men,…

Egypt isn’t the country with the most pyramids – Sudan has approximately 255 of them

Paul Pinkerton

The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within present-day Sudan, was home to three Kushite kingdoms during antiquity. The first had…

Your Next Camping Trip: To Plan or be Spontaneous?

There are some people who have to have everything planned. When they are doing something or going somewhere, it’s planned down to every last detail,…