Skills Every Backpacker Should Know
Top Skills Every Backpacker Should Know: 1. Navigate with Map and Compass This one is pretty straightforward. You are going to put...
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John Muir Quotes & Pictures
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that...
Teddy Roosevelt and the National Parks: A Bit of History
Image: Theodore Roosevelt 1885 (age 27). Library of Congress. Today in 1858, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was born in New York City. He...
Abe Lincoln and the National Parks: A Bit of History
Image: Abraham Lincoln with General Grant. Credit: hmcurrentevents.com 150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln died due to a gunshot wound...
A Sense of Perspective
Image credit: NASA (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI) One of the major reasons we backpack, or spend time in wild places in general, is to gain a...
Photography: Getting Started and Why My Camera is Always a Part of My Backpacking Gear
This photograph of two mule deer was taken by Mark at Wind Cave National Park using a Canon EOS Rebel T6i DSLR Camera. Take a look at the...
The U.S. National Parks
"One learns that the world, though made, is yet being made, that this is still the morning of creation, that mountains long conceived are...
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