Campsaver is offer a 20% coupon for a limited time.  Are you looking for something for that spring backpacking trip?  Browse over to Campsaver and save a few bucks.

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The Wilderness Basics Snowcamp went without a hitch this last weekend.  The penultimate event of the 10-week class was the most challenging of the 3 WBC snowcamps I have been on, but everyone stepped up, remained reasonably comfortable, and had some fun to boot.  The weather was brutal, with a blizzard blowing through, and depositing [...]

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One of the coolest magazines in print and on the web is offering a one year digital subscription for only $5.00.  If you have not checked out Wend yet you need to, and for only 5 bucks there is little to lose.
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The Outdoor Industry has begun to embrace the social media platforms in a big way. Us end users can benefit , as these platforms provide a direct avenue for our voices to be heard. They are also doing some cool things to attract an audience in places like Facebook, Twitter and others. [...]

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Injinji has supercharged the Toesock. No longer will you think of those silly stripity cotton socks worn by aging hippies in flip flops.  Instead the you will be see serious hikers and runners donning toe socks for comfort and blister protection. Injinji offers toe-socks in a multitude of different styles, including a line of natural wicking [...]

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The annual Wilderness Basics snowcamp near Mammoth Mountain is coming up this weekend.  In just a few hours we will be boarding 3-busses,  traveling to the Sierras and strapping on our snowshoes for a weekend of fun and cold.   The weather looks condusive to snow camping,  with a chance of snow falling on us Sunday.   [...]

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One of the most unique tents on the market today is the Nemo Morpho AR.  This breathable, single wall, two person, non-freestanding shelter not only uses a unique structure system,  it provides a multitude of options for setting up the tent to fit different situations.

The Morpho AR is a reasonable weight for a two man [...]

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The Jetboil Helios is a butane canister group cooking system.  The system features a 2-liter capacity, and utilizes the same flux ring heat exchanger as the well established Jetboil PCS for a quick boil times.  The stove has a remote inverted canister for efficiency in cold weather, and a remotely activated lighter.  The system comes [...]

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I wonder?  If we all placed solar panels on our roofs, would the heat that is absorbed into the panels and converted into enery instead of being reflected back into our atmosphere, help cool our planet and mitigate global warming?

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It is the little things that are going to make the big difference, helping turn our communities into environmentally friendly places.  We can talk all we want about the grand picture of “greening” our country; it is not until we take those first tentative steps that anything is going to happen.  People who’s passion is [...]

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