Read on for a selection of some of the most popular "The Happy Camper" blogs from the past 12 months. Did you miss any?
Credit: Kevin Callan
Read on for a selection of some of the most popular “The Happy Camper” blogs from the past 12 months. Did you miss any?
Happy Camper: Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit
Zombie culture is definitely on the rise — including in outdoor marketing. One simple remark about how campers are prepared for a zombie apocalypse and…
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The Happy Camper: Doomsday Camp Stoves
Is a growing trend of campers using “stick stoves” over fossil-fuel powered units due to the rise in Doomsday Prepper Culture?
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The Happy Camper Top 10: Best Camping Gear of 2013
From Kevin Callan’s experience, here are the 10 best camping items of 2013 — gear that he truly enjoyed packing along:
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The Happy Camper: A Camper’s Chaos Bag
The Happy Camper: What’s in your camper’s chaos bag? Do you have one? Kevin Callan explains his own personal Chaos Theory.
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The Happy Camper: Dehydrating Yogurt
Yes – you can dehydrate yogurt, and it makes for a tasty, high-protein and relatively long-lasting camp food. Here’s a recipe to try today:
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The Happy Camper: Essential Camp List
When camping, prepare an equipment list and then check and re-check it at least a-thousand times before heading out. Here’s a packing list for a…
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The Happy Camper: How to Make Logan Bread
Invented by mountaineers while summiting Mount Logan in 1950, Logan Bread might just be the perfect backcountry food — especially for winter camping.
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The Happy Camper: Menu Planning 101
Kevin Callan dishes out advice on how to make cheap, nutritious and lightweight camping meals from bulk-store ingredients like quinoa, couscous, millet, beans and TVP.
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Hot Tenting Vs. Cold Camping
Hot tenting beats cold camping, hands down. I remember the trip that changed everything for me. I was “cold camping” in Algonquin park, sleeping in…
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The Happy Camper: Once Around Algonquin (An epic canoe journey)
Follow Kevin Callan on his epic once-around-Algonquin canoe trip. It’s a tough journey, with 93 portages totalling 63 km of land-travel — stay in the…
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The Happy Camper: Bug Season has Arrived
It’s definitely that time of year — bug season. I was out canoe-camping with the family last weekend and, once again, forgot how annoying blackflies…
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The Happy Camper: I Survived Algonquin Park
I lost 10 pounds, have muscles I’ve never seen on my body before and have mosquito bites all over my genitalia. Doesn’t sound pleasant —…
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Across Algonquin Park (family style) Part 1: Kyla Spots Her First Moose
Kevin Callan’s tales from a family adventure through Ontario’s Algonquin Park. Check out part one — his daughter’s first moose — and stay tuned for upcoming instalments.
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The Happy Camper: Sleeping in Comfort
Examining the latest trends in camping. What is popular in 2013? It’s all about comfort — and two new sleeping bags offer that in spades.
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The Happy Camper: Care for Your Camp Axe
Kevin Callan details the most effective ways to care for your camp axe — various rust removal techniques are tried and tested to uncover the best.
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The Happy Camper: Polar Vortex Be Damned – I Love Winter
Is there anyone else that is getting completely annoyed with the media’s attempt to terrify us about this season’s cold winter? Polar Vortex Be Damned…
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