Anatomical Sleeping Bag
Looking for a way to stay warm on a camping trip, while freaking out everyone around you? Then buy a Japanese anatomical sleeping bag.
Building an Igloo
by Dan Lawton “The prevailing wisdom is that winter signifies the end of the camping season and for many campers it does. However, if you’ re a hardcore camper and don’t mind braving the cold, you should consider trying to build an igloo.Yeah, I know it sounds nuts, and no, I’ve never done it myself, […]
Camping Abroad Successfully
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 […]
Winter camping in a yurt
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 […]
Picking a Camping Backpack
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 […]
A stroll through the swamp
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 […]
The Cave, an Inflatable Tent Without Poles
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 […]
The Merits of Backyard Camping
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 […]
Masai warriors start fire with sticks
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 […]
How to start a fire with sticks
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 […]
