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When going on a trip, one of the most important aspects to think about is the food that you are going to be taking with you. Obviously this will depend on the type of trip – just a day hike, an overnighter, a multi-day trip, etc.
However, there are always some pretty basic food items that you can consider when planning your menu for the trip. Here are some ideas for foods to get your started.
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The secret to making a good fire is to build it up gradually, beginning with small pieces of wood, then progressing to larger branches and logs as the fire gets going. Your wood should be graded into tinder, dry kindling, and lots of small sticks, large sticks, and logs. Get each size of wood burning well before adding larger pieces.
Tinder
You will need a ball of tinder at least the size of a grapefruit, buffed to its finest consistency. Tinder is the most important part of a fire, since you cannot start a fire by just lighting thick sticks…unless of course you use a manufactured firestarter that takes the place of tinder.
Once the tinder has begun to burn, you can add dry kindling in the form of small sticks and leaves. Make sure that the kindling is bone dry. The sticks should be about the thickness of a pencil.
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Main Fuel
Large sticks act as the main fuel. They should be thicker than your finger, but easy to break into manageable pieces. You will use mainly this size fuel for your fire.
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Thick logs are for keeping an established fire going all night, or in a semi-permanent camp. Make sure that they are completely burned when you put out the fire or you use enough water to completely put them out.
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Just a quick post to say I hope that you and your families have a great Holiday season. With Christmas just a few days away, Hanukkah just getting started, and the New Year coming soon, its a time to celebrate, spend time with family, and just enjoy the time that you have.
If you get out into the woods, great. If not, they will be there next year! I’ll be posting a bunch over the next two weeks leading into the New Year, so please leave comments and let me know what you’d like to read about.
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Until then, happy holidays to you and yours!
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When going out in the oods, you should never be without your most valuable and vital pieces of equipment. You should take great care to not lose or break them, since they can’t be replaced and may be crucial to your survival. Each of these items should be attached to a separate strong cord and be hung around your neck, available when you need it. Tuck the items inside your clothing when not in use to prevent from breaking them.
Consider these items your outdoor bling!
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Along the same lines as the post from the other day about setting up your own camping kit, you should also consider setting up your own survival kit. No wait, let me rephrase that – set up a survival kit. Obviously it does not need to be as extensive as this one that we will mention, but get what works for you and makes you feel like you are ready to survive in the wilderness if you need to. However, remember that there is no good way to test out what is in your survival gear unless you need to survive. That being said, maybe try taking your survival kit out one day and use only its contents to see how you do at night.
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In survival situations, a few key items can make the difference between living and dying. These important items should be carried in your pack at all times. Depending on the size of your kit, they could fit in a small dry box Dead and Gone the movie
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Bug psp A good collection of camping equipment is only created by trying different things and seeing what works best for you. After you come back from a trip, look through everything you took and separate your gear into two piles: stuff you used and stuff you did not use. Leave the “stuff you did not use” pile at home on your next trip. What you add and remove from the kit should be based on your experience from previous trips as well as the type of trip you have coming up. With that being said, here is a pretty good base list of items to take on your trips.
As you start to go on more trips and try out the different gear, you will quickly realize what you need and what you really should have left at home so you were not carrying the extra weight.
For a more detailed list, that lays out different clothing options and more, check out the post What To Pack For A Backpacking Trip What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? dvd Naked video .
What are the essentials that you take with you on a trip?
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Over the next couple weeks, I am going to share some different tips for urban backpacking about what to pack, things to do, ways to travel, and finding places to stay. I know I usually focus on wilderness backpacking, and I will continue to do so, but I thought this would be a great route to take the posting for a couple times.
What do you think?
Are you an urban backpacker? If so, leave some comments about your experiences, links to your blogs or pictures, and the types of articles that you’d like to read. I’ll try to post about all topics suggested!
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The other day a friend of mine from college tweeted at me about a great resource on backpacking and I wanted to throw the link out to you all.
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Based off of his own experiences from age 8 to 25 the article is full of great info.
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This past weekend (before Thanksgiving) I had the chance to go camping with my Boy Scout Troop. I earned my Eagle Scout award in 2004 and have not been involved much with the Troop since going to college. Now that I am back home and in the area, I have been helping out with different things when I could. One of the major things that I jumped on was the chance to help plan a camping trip weekend based on a theme and set up different stations for the younger scouts to go to and practice skills. We call it a roleplay because we try to come up with different themes and organizations for the kids to be apart of. For instance, we have done Mission Impossible themes weekends, Lord of the Rings, Pirates, Campolot, 007, and more.
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One of the best parts, besides getting a chance to teach skills and hang out with some people who are still involved in the Troop who had a great impact on my life, is the fun behind it all. We always wrap up the weekend on Sunday with a big ‘final battle’ after recovering clues on Saturday from the stations. The final battle usually includes a major water gun fight, but since we scheduled the roleplay for the weekend right before Thanksgiving, water guns were out. Instead, we got fun noodles and pipe insulators as weapons and ‘flour bombs’. The best part of the final battle is rigging up different explosions, rockets, and small black powder charges.
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Here are a couple videos from the weekend to see a little more of what the final battle is like.
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The white streaks going through the air which may look like a weapon or some kind of explosion are actually flour “bombs”. Basically we put about 3-4 tablespoons of flour in a tissue, sealed up an end with a rubber band, tape, or glue. When you throw them with some force they will break or leak. Then on impact they will burst and leave the target covered in flour. A very effective way to ‘battle’ in the cold when you can’t use water guns like we usually do. The other ‘weapons’ are pipe insulators and “fun noodles” or pool noodles.
