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I come from a long line of crazy outdoorsmen
My dad is one of those hikers who knows millions of shortcuts that always wind up being at least six times as far as the “long way.” “One more hill” is a favorite phrase, as […]
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Put at least a little work in your Halloween costume
Between all the usual obligations and the added hunting-related activities you need to juggle in October, there isn’t much time to put together a Halloween costume. That’s no big deal, at least until your better […]
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There’s an outdoor program just for women
Guys, let’s face it. We are often hard to take when we’re trying to teach the women in our lives about the outdoors. And if we’re completely honest with ourselves, we don’t always know all […]
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Sometimes the dumpster fire is the fun part
An outdoor writer called me the other day. She was planning a story on outdoor mishaps and asked if I knew anyone who’d had any. I told her every hunter I know has had at […]
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Calvin is right; the summers are absolutely packed
Every so often, I re-read my old Calvin and Hobbes comic books. One of the books I have is called “The Days are Just Packed,” and that right there is one of the reasons I […]
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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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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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Women Who Hike can help get you outside
If my wife doesn’t get to go out for a long hike every so often, she gets antsy. She needs to strap on the hiking boots, throw on a pack, and just truck out through […]
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Happy Memorial Day to you
This day has become the unofficial beginning of the summer, even though it won’t truly be summer for another month. But the weather is getting nice enough to get away to the hills, and the […]