10 Essential Skills for the Outdoorsperson
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With the weather warming and spring-summer camping/hiking/paddling season coming up, it’s time to brush up on your backcountry skills and ensure you’re up to the task of taking this season for all it’s worth.
Looking to get in-the-know on the most useful things an outdoorsperson like yourself needs to know? Read on and check out these 10 articles — 10 Essential Skills for the Outdoorsperson.
Start With Number One:
How to Remove Ticks and Leeches
If you get bitten by one of these nasties, here’s what to do
How to set up a tarp for camping. Under a tarp, with a warm fire going and a cup of tea brewing, things don’t seem so bad. Here’s what you need to know:
How to build the perfect fire when camping: Step by step instructions to build an impressive and useful campfire. Read on:
What to do when you run out of water
If you find yourself out of drinkable water, use these steps to easily distill your own.
How to find direction without a compass
Lost in the woods and can’t wait for help? Learn how to find your own way out.
What to do if you encounter a bear
As Erin McCloskey details in the recently published Bear Attacks in Canada, defending yourself against an attack depends on what species of bear is doing the attacking. But some basic principles do apply to encounters with all three North American…
Cuts and scrapes are normal. But if you get a big gash out on the trail, follow these steps to treat it
The key to more efficient hiking is simple—hike more. “Many people don’t go hiking because prepping for a hike seems like a pain,” says Craig Copeland, who with his wife Kathy has logged 45,000 kilometres researching their guidebooks.
A dull knife is a dangerous knife. Find out how to keep it sharp with these basic steps. Great camping tip!
How to Boil Water For Safe Consumption
Modern water purification tablets have come a long way since those awful iodine tablets, and filters work well too — but what if you are all out of tablets, you don’t have a filter and you need safe water? You…
