Wild Bear Dangers – Bear Safety in the Outdoors
By Editor | May 18, 2008
Bears are like Green Berets you admire them from afar, but don’t want to hang with them when they’re pissed. With 650,000 bears roaming North America, you’re almost guaranteed to encounter one while hiking sooner or later. Most likely it will be a black bear-this species is found in 42 states and is 50 times more common than the grizzly bears.
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Bisphenol A – Plastics Alert In Canada – Water, Baby Bottles And Other Plastic Containers
By Editor | May 12, 2008
Recently the Canadian Goverment announced a health advisory concerning unsafe plastics that can cause long-term health problems due to plastic leaking chemicals into contained food or liquids. Do yourself a favor, be an educated consumer and read the article below.
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Sleep In The Woods
By Editor | April 27, 2008
If you had a chance to camp in the trees or the meadow, choose to camp in the trees.
The reason is that the meadows are generally colder and more wet (dew) in the morning.
Also the meadows are more succeptible to damage if frequently used by campers, so to be a good environmentalist you should preserve the natural state of the meadows.
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Make Sparks For Camp Fire
By Editor | April 27, 2008
Bring steel wool and a 9-volt battery on your next camping trip. When you need to make a fire, just touch the steel wool to the end of the 9-volt battery and you will have spark to start your fire.
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Suunto MCA Compass
By Editor | April 25, 2008
The Suunto MCA compass gives you the classic compass set-up plus a mirror, making it the choice of not just for backpackers, but surveyors, architects and rescue patrols. To further ensure accuracy around the world the Suunto MCA compass is balanced for five geographical zones.
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Purifying Backcountry Water
By Editor | April 25, 2008
For quick thirst-quenching, use a water filter while you are hiking. When you are sitting at the campsite use chemical water treatments to get several liters without a lot of pumping from filtration pump devices.
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The Petzl Myo 3 Headlamp
By Editor | April 16, 2008
Camping and overnight trekking excursions will never be the same with the Petzl Myo 3 headlamp. Offering dual light sources, a long-lasting LED light and xenon halogen bulb, the Petzl Myo 3 headlamp provides a beam range of 15m to 100m. Whether running madly in the dark like a sleep-deprived adventure racer, or cooking up some campsite chow at night, the Petzl headlamp leaves your hands free for the work at hand.
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Bushnell Powerview 8X21 DCF Binoculars
By Editor | April 16, 2008
This high-powered binocular from Bushnell is compact enough to fit in a shirt pocket and will take a bit of abuse while on the go. It features rubbery coating around common impact areas and 8X21 lens which delivers pretty good magnification for the price.
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Victorinox Swisstool Spirit Multi-tool
By Editor | April 15, 2008
Victorinox over the last few years have increased their line up of outdoor products.
They now added a butterfly multi-tool to their portfolio of outdoor products. This multi-tool features 27 implements,
including a variety of screw drivers, a saw, can or bottle opener, and the familiar knife blade.
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