Are you planning a camping trip with your kids and are wondering how the heck you will keep them entertained without Wifi, screens, and a mountain of toys?
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If you go camping often enough, you are bound to experience at least a few rainy days. So long as you are prepared, rain shouldn’t ruin your trip. However, setting up camp in the rain, especially pitching a tent in the rain, can be annoying. Do it incorrectly and the entire inside of your tent
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When it first came out in 2009, the Big Agnes Fly Creek was the lightest double-wall two-person backpacking tent on the market. Over a decade later, it is still one of the lightest semi-freestanding tents available. However, the tent is far from perfect. The Fly Creek is notoriously cramped, has sagging walls, and only has
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Most children aren’t able to complete hikes on their own until they are around 3-4 years old. So, if you want to go hiking with your baby or toddler, you will need a good hiking stroller or a carrier. As far as carriers go, the first thing to decide is whether you need a soft
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As a 5’1” woman, finding hiking gear which fits is often a challenge, but I didn’t expect it to be so difficult to find a hiking child carrier for petite women. After all, it’s usually the moms I see carrying their kids on the trail. Yet, most hiking carrier backpacks are made for people who
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Our knees can take quite a beating while hiking. The knee pain sometimes gets so bad that I’ve heard of backpackers who’ve had to walk down hills backwards in order to complete the hike! Here’s what Brent Wells, a practicing chiropractor based out of Alaska, has to say about what causes hiking knee pain and
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