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Bulky, heavy camping gear isn’t all bad
When I was a kid, my dad used to take me into the mountains above Pinedale each summer. I was quite young when Dad decided I should carry my own weight – literally. Before we […]
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There’s still plenty of stuff to do outside
Fishing season is finally here. The die-hards have been hitting the water for the last several weeks, but now even a lot of the higher country is free of ice. Be careful, though, because the […]
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Know how to defend yourself in a bear encounter
If you’re wandering around the woods, doing everything you should do to keep from startling a bear, chances are you won’t see one. But even the best precautions don’t always work. Say you’re whistling as […]
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When did camping get so expensive?
If you’re at all serious about camping, you can spend a small fortune – or even a large one, for that matter – on camping gear. Every time you head for the hills, you evaluate […]
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You know someone’s tracking your GPS points
An e-mail came out recently saying cell phones are now being hacked by computer-savvy creeps. I don’t know how true it is, but the word is they can listen to your calls, or they can […]
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Some lessons you just have to learn the hard way
While thinking about some of the wisdom I’ve gained from experiences in the outdoors, I thought of the most obvious piece of wisdom first: Don’t eat yellow snow. But some of my wisdom has been […]
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I have my new camping gear picked out
My wife and I went on a hike to Bomber Mountain in the Bighorns over Labor Day weekend, and we wound up losing one pair of expensive sunglasses and breaking another one. But we also […]
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I need to do something about my heavy gear
I never used to be too concerned about the weight of my camping gear, but that’s because I’ve always had horses to get deep into the backcountry. I still have horses, but sometimes it’s good […]
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Wildflower Women help ladies get out in the wilds
My wife went on one of the Wyoming Wildflower Women excursions a couple weeks ago to South Pass City, where they camped in the ghost town, toured the gold mine, and did a bunch of […]
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When I rough it, I like to rough it
I’ve been getting advertisements from a bunch of glamping companies. I don’t have any idea how they got my name for their mailing lists. I am far from their target audience. For one thing, I […]