by Dan Lawton “I just moved to Thailand last week and one of my major packing dilemmas was whether or not to haul my tent with me. In the end, despite the extra ballast, I decided to take it, knowing that I’d regret it if I didn’t. Why?For one, camping abroad is one of the […]
by Daniel Lawton Here’s a cool article from the Toronto Sun about yurt camping in Ontario, Canada. If you’re unfamiliar, yurts are small, circular huts that were traditionally used by Mongolian and Turkish nomads in Central Asia. Today, they’ve become a popular winter feature of many recreational areas. Many yurts, including those in Ontario’s various […]
by Daniel Lawton I purchased my first camping backpack two years ago, before I began a six-month sojourn through West Africa and Southeast Asia. Everything in the store looked suspiciously tiny for the load I would be carrying, and the price ranges were humongous, anywhere from $100 to $300. The description tags were just as […]
by Daniel Lawton Fountainebleau State Park in Mandeville, LA consists of 2,800 acres of swamp, woods, wilderness trails and camp sites, all bordered by Lake Pontchartrain. It was named after a forest near Paris by Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville, who first developed the land as a sugar plantation in the early 1800s. Today, the […]
Daniel Lawton I swiped this from the Awesomer (via Gizmodo), because it’s pretty neat and definitely worth checking out. Heimplanet has just released a video promoting the Cave, a tent that can be erected without poles. Apparently, it uses a pump and can be fully inflated within a minute. The tent has an inflatable diamond […]
by Daniel Lawton Last year, I returned to the U.S. after six months of traveling abroad. I had been in a number of developing countries throughout Africa and Asia. In Ghana, where I had an internship as a reporter for a newspaper, I had traveled to remote areas where electricity, running water and other elements […]
by Daniel Lawton n the last post, I wrote about how you can start a fire with just sticks. Despite the fact that the instructions might not be that difficult, it’s a very tough process. Unless, of course, you are a Maasai warrior. This semi-nomadic tribe, which lives in Kenya and Northern Tanzania, is skilled […]
by Daniel Lawton Why would you ever need to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together? Well, there are two good reasons: either you’re stranded in the wilderness without matches or you’re trying to show off your primal manliness. In either case, it’s important you fulfill your objective. Starting a fire can be a […]
