Numerous items for survival, recreation, and daily life in any environment. Bags, apparel, camping equipment, gizmos and gadgets, knives, tackle, and more…
This is another great set of tips from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob discusses the optimal backpacking setup.
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My standard list of backpacking gear has changed very little in the past twenty years.
I favor fairly heavy leather boots [...]
I am always surprised by the number of people I run into that do not have any supplies in their car for emergency situations. I guess most of them have the, “it can’t happen to me” mentality — that mentality will get you killed.
Every year, stories pop up in the news about a person or [...]
A new wood burning stove invention powered by a thermoelectric generator, will have the ability to convert waste heat from fire to electricity. The inventors say their BioLite stove can burn a wide variety of biomass fuels from wood, pine cones and underbrush to pellets, rice husks and even dung. The BioLite burning process performs [...]
This is another very very useful write-up from my online buddy, Bob. A seasoned adventurer and backpacker; he discusses the pros and cons of various backpacking stoves, fuels, and techniques.
He also does a side-by-side comparison of the time it takes to boil water in various weather conditions, relative to a normal kitchen range.
Very informative [...]
In light of all the (often deserved) buzz about solar and wind power; sometimes older, noisier technology is overlooked. So, lets talk needs, pros, and cons…
What do you need electricity for? During a normal day, you need it to power TVs, water-heaters, computers, the fridge, the stove, the microwave, and so on — but during [...]
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