PINE PITCH FIRE

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The wounded bark of a coniferous tree will yield a useful "sap" that in time becomes a thick sticky syrup able to hold a flame ver...

Cattail Tinder

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Cattails are one of the most easily recognized natural tinders in the wilderness. Their location is predictable and harvesting is simple. ...

Natural Tinder For Flint And Steel

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My route to work each day takes me by a field of weeds,grasses and wild flowers. It is a small overgrown patch of ground most noted for it...

WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THIS? or POOPIN 101

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Do you smell that? Well you shouldn't. If you spend much time in the woods sooner or later you will need to relieve yourself. As awkwar...

Long Range Reconnaissance

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Maps and Charts Man I just love looking at maps. As a youth I would make maps of my wooded areas and plot almost anything worth having a ma...

A Cup A Cup A Cup A Cup A Cup

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You may sip from your Canteen or Pack Hydration Badder. You might guzzle from your Can or gulp from a Bottle. Wine Skins are cool if that...

FILTER MODIFACATION

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Katadyn Hiker Conversion - Modification, The "HIKER" is an excellent filter. Many wilderness travelers know and trust the HIKER an...

Cool and Rainy Day

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TEA That's what I needed, (and an excuse to play with a Stove) With the rain soaking my prospects for an "outdoor" adventure, ...

OLD FRIENDS

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HOLY CRAP! The Vibram Gods only know how many miles my boot heels have seen over the years. Although many of these steps were lone introspe...