When I was about 13 my dad took me on my first backpacking trip. Now that I have my own kids, I’ve wanted to instill in them a love and enjoyment of the outdoors. That made it very important for me to do it right when I took my almost …

I’ve done a lot of fishing in my time. Some days are good and some are bad. Now a days I use barbless hooks for one reason only: I don’t like getting fish smell on me. I find that I can usually unhook the fish and get it off without …

We saw a fist-sized white fungus on a furry moss-covered log, woodpecker holes, two small horsehoe funguses, a gnarled old tree that looked just like a bear… and all sorts of other things that we had to find to keep our tough 4-year-old´s hiking shoes on. The Barclay Lake hike, …

Alright Everyone, Just bear with me for one more video. This is the conclusion and final morning of the hiking trip. It was a great experience and worth starting on a Thursday. Saturday was absolutely jammed with people going up for day and weekend trips. Here you are: Video Part …

Well, I have more video than I thought so this is part 3 of 4 videos of the backpacking trip. More eating, more fishing and my DIY coffee cup at less than 2 oz. why not kill another 10 minutes? Video Part 1Video Part 2Video Part 3Video Part 4

At the end of July my brothers in law and I went on a 3 day hike into the Mason Lake basin via the Ira Spring Trail. We had a blast. This video looks at the fishing on day 1, home made sushi made with fresh cutthroat trout and the …

At the end of July my brothers in law and I went on a 3 day hike into the Mason Lake basin via the Ira Spring Trail. We had a blast and got a lot of it on my Panasonic Lumix point and shoot camera. For the next few posts …

credit Thamar Alexander Alright, to spice things up, I’ve got two reports of the same trail from different perspectives. I figure it’s time for a bit of variety. Friday, 22nd of July, 2011 Several cars lined the road when we arrived, and another van pulled up as we were strapping …

You know the old saying, “don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs”? Well it applies to trekking poles. My dad used to use old ski poles on hiking trips, he has for a long time. We sometimes thought he looked silly. Just like those bell bottomed pants of his that …

We want to look at one more tip on how to find out which way is north. All it requires is a watch. An analog watch (one with hands) is best, but if you can draw an analog watch based on the time displayed on the digital watch then you’ll …

Stephania Andrade of Flank Marketing (she is involved with EMS marketing) passed this info graphic on to me and I thought you all might be interested. So, What are your thoughts? Do you see some of this old “then” kit in your pack, or have you improved on the “now” …

Alright, so far we’ve seen some traditional tools on how to navigate without the need for the sun, but now we want to get to the more accurate and easier to apply tools of navigation, the sun! Me and my shadow The first tool in the list is you and …