Mar 21, 20163 minSkills Every Backpacker Should KnowTop Skills Every Backpacker Should Know: 1. Navigate with Map and Compass This one is pretty straightforward. You are going to put...
Oct 30, 20152 minJohn 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...
Oct 27, 20154 minTeddy Roosevelt and the National Parks: A Bit of HistoryImage: Theodore Roosevelt 1885 (age 27). Library of Congress. Today in 1858, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was born in New York City. He...
Apr 15, 20152 minAbe Lincoln and the National Parks: A Bit of HistoryImage: Abraham Lincoln with General Grant. Credit: hmcurrentevents.com 150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln died due to a gunshot wound...
Apr 6, 20153 minA Sense of PerspectiveImage 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...
Apr 3, 20155 minPhotography: Getting Started and Why My Camera is Always a Part of My Backpacking GearThis 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...
Mar 13, 20153 minThe 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...