How To Find And Enjoy Nature When You Live In A Big City
When you live in a big city it can be easy to forget how important it is to spend time in nature.
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Best Baby-Safe Mosquito Repellents for Camping
When I first started camping with my baby, the thing that worried me most wasn’t the weather. Or even whether she’d end up eating lots of dirt (hey, it boosts immunity, right! 😉 What did worry me was how I’d keep all those friggin’ mosquitoes off of her. Thus began my search for baby-safe mosquito
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Advice for Backpacking and Hiking in Spring
Honestly, spring is my least favorite season for backpacking. The trails are still under the winter spell, but without that beautiful blanket of snow you get during winter hikes. There is tons of mud. Rain is almost inevitable. And flooded streams can make for difficult crossings.
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How Much Food to Bring Backpacking? (with Calculator)
Figuring out how much food to bring on backpacking trips used to be really stressful for me. I would “eyeball” the amounts when packing food. Since I was scared that I’d end up hungry, I’d inevitably bring too much food – meaning my pack was way heavier than it should have been and I also
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32 Calorie-Dense Backpacking Foods which Are Actually Healthy
When backpacking or thru-hiking, you need foods which are loaded with calories but still light enough to carry. That’s why you’ll find so many hikers eating Fritos for dinner (or making meals like “Frito pie”).
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Nutrition for Backpacking and Thru-Hiking: Beyond Calorie Density
I’m a bit of a nutrition fanatic – and for a good reason. When I eat crappy food, I feel like crap. So, I simply can’t get on board with backpackers who eat Fritos (one of the most calorie-dense backpacking foods) for lunch on the trail. Backpacking nutrition matters – and there is a lot
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