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I have always found it easy to just carry a few tea lights. PUt them under a wet teepee of small kindling, and it will light, eventually. Size up slowly, remembering that the wood needs to dry and ...
One thing you might try is Gaia GPS. With a free account you can explore OpenStreetMap, which tends to have good coverage of and metadata about dirt roads. And with a paid account you can access an...
If you don't want to hand-make some of the tinder suggestions made here (which are all great suggestions, the cotton-and-jelly and paraffin lint balls are all time tested), you can buy cedar shavin...
Bring skills. Skills are by far the lightest and most useful thing to carry. They are, however, also rather difficult and time-consuming to acquire (as compared to, say, some tools that you can si...
A lot has been covered already, I'll add the thing I find most of use. Knowledge about flora and geography where you hike. Someone answered "Skills" which is fundament, of course - but they won't...
A bit of googling seems to indicate that Michigan has the second largest deep population in the US at around 1.7 million. There is about one deer for every 5 or 6 people in Michigan. The chance...
You're talking about aligning the map, and no, it's not strictly necessary if you're sure of where you are and where you're going next. You certainly don't need to be that accurate about aligning i...
There are times when accuracy counts. A map will tell you where there is a dangerous or sensitive area, like highways (where you might miss a pedestrian crossing), cliff, body of water, private ...
Little things add up. Do you need a set of batteries a day for your GPS or is 3 sets enough for a week. Take food out of boxes. A plastic bag is 6 grams. A box is 40 grams. -- about an ounce....
What I have always carried is cotton balls mixed with petroleum jelly stored in a film canister. It's small and light, the cotton makes it easy to light and the petroleum jelly gives it quite a bit...
I am fairly sure I have seen this documented by Mark Grommers of PACI. On this page http://www.paci.com.au/knots.php you can download the document 01_knots.pdf (password is given on the webpage). ...
When we go camping I generally use this technique to pack the cooler(s). Generally, a cooler like the one shown will last more then a week, if done correctly. First in goes a layer of ice, on the ...
At your weight and height I would look for 23" snowshoes. When in doubt about size, it is usually best to lean toward the small size. Smaller snow shoes are easier to walk in, particularly in wette...
There is no magnet you can lift that is strong enough to damage a cell phone, so don't worry about your phone, apart from physicial damage e.g. dropping it on your phone. You may need to be careful...
A healthy set of firelighters and some woodworking tools. An axe and saw are a must along with your pocket knife. Failing that, a knife and hand axe. With fire lighters, you will struggle to light...
1,5 year old question, but I do not see this trick which I (also) use: Make the car and its content look shabby and uninteresting (that is more 'extreme' than the earlier suggestion avoid leaving ...
Freeze as much of the contents as practical eg bottled soft drinks, spare water. You can freeze water in a bladder such as Platypus or Camelbak (with lids rather than hoses ideally) - don't fill c...
Most countries have a national mapping service. In the U.S. it's the U.S. Geological Survey. In Canada it's the national topographic service. In the UK it's the Ordinance Survey. Google is grea...
A lot depends on the type of snow you get. Ojibwa regarded snowshoes as 'disposable' You made them for the current conditions, used them for a week or a month, or a winter, and threw them away. H...
What I have always used over the years is plastic. One grocery plastic bag melts down to about a teaspoon of highly flammable and water resistant fire starter. Some tips: Look for tiny dead twig...
I'm suprised nobody has mentioned "Feather Sticks". As described above, split some smaller branches by "batoning" but then on the exposed (dryer) internal corner, carefully shave down at varying a...
There's quite a bit to unpack in your question, beginning with some basic terminology. Because maps are two dimensional projections the north on a map is grid north and not true north. This should ...
A YouTube search for “neoprene neck gasket repair” yielded some hits such as this one in which the guy uses a heat gun to remove the tape on the seam: https://youtu.be/MtEODsp1JO8 The advantage of...
There's a saying in Arizona "If you like our wildness, go away". I'm of a different mind. By going into nature, and coming out of it wishing it to be protected, we do a service to it. How can we...
I've never seen such a label convention. It seems reasonable that just using a label with the word FOOD clearly spelled out it should suffice in most circumstances. You may need to adjust i...
