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• Get a Professional Shine With Shurhold Pro Pro Polish and Pad
  

  After removing oxidation and surface scratches, the next step to keeping an RV in top condition is to protect and seal the surface.  This is easily accomplished by Shurhold Industries’ Pro Polish and Pro Polish Pad.  The Pro Polish Pad is designed specifically for use with Shurhold’s Dual Action Polisher.  Together, these products enable owners [...]

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• Thousand Trails’ Carolina Landing Gives FLW Fishing Fans a Home for the Tournament
  

  South Carolina’s famed Lake Hartwell will host the Wal-Mart FLW Fishing Tour’s second tournament of the 2012 season. Beginning March 8, this four-day tournament features some of America’s best bass fisherman competing for a $100,000 first-place prize. Professional fishing is becoming a spectator sport. The advent of fantasy fishing in 2008 is a testament to [...]

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• Great Eastern Trail Links 1,800 Miles of Trails From Alabama to New York
  

  According to the Great Eastern Trail Association, who is working with the American Hiking Society and local trail partners in the United States, the next long distance hiking trail is under construction.  The route, which lies west of the Appalachian Trail, will run through the states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland [...]

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• National Park Service to Burn Debris Piles in Denali
  

  Denali Park, AK– Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will burn piles of debris consisting of trees and brush when weather conditions permit beginning Saturday,   February 18 through May 31, 2012. The piles are situated at four locations, including sites near the Denali Park Road and in the backcountry. Smoke may be visible in areas [...]

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• Icy Conditions Lead to Hiker Rescue in New Hampshire
  

  Two young Manchester women were rescued this afternoon (Friday, February 17, 2012) after icy trail conditions caused them to become stranded in a ravine near Catamount Brook in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, N.H. Manchester residents Melanie Beaudoin and Krystie Gugger, both age 22, had been hiking on trails in the park when they [...]

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• Finding the Right Pace While Hiking With Others
  

  We’ve all heard the old adage, “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”  The same is true in various scenarios of life, including hiking.  Finding the right pace is a key component to making a hike enjoyable for the entire party.  If you’re hiking alone, consider yourself lucky.  If you’re hiking with [...]

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• Camping in the Sahara Desert, Part Two: The Campsite
  

  It was not the golden sea of sand I pictured the Sahara to be. The sand was gray-beige with a slight tint of red, very rocky and relatively flat. Not one dune was in sight. The real endless miles of dunes start in Merzouga, Morocco, four hours away from where we were, Zagora. The small, [...]

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• Camping in the Sahara Desert, Part One: The Drive There
  

  We made the mistake of a taking one of those “touristy tours” to camp overnight in the Sahara desert. In reality though, there is no other infrastructure available if you want to do a DIY desert tour. There is no bus connection, no train and definitely no plane. So if we wanted to see the [...]

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• In the City of the Jungle, Angkor Wat: Part Four
  

  Past the crowd of peddlers I came upon the second guardians the to main entrance of Angkor Wat. Two large nagas (seven-headed serpents) stood at the end of the bridge. Now it’s official, this is unmistakably the entrance. The bridge across the moat extends overland and leads you directly into the main hall of the [...]

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• John Nores on the Effects of the Illegal Drug Trade on the Environment
  

  Folks, this is important stuff. I strongly encourage you to catch John’s presentation at an ISE Show near you. In Phoenix February 23-26, and for Arizonans – look for a contest soon where you can win tickets! If you didn’t catch it, you can read Part 1 of my interview with John here. As you know illegal [...]

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• How To Protect Your Hiking Pack When Flying
  

  Don’t ruin your sweet backpack when you need to check it in as luggage! I see so many people at airports that just dump their $300 pack on the scale at check-in and don’t even think twice. We all know that baggage handlers are not careful with anything in their possession. Nor are they even [...]

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• How To Make the Most of Your Emergency Blanket/Bivvy
  

  On a trip to Morocco in January 2012, I planned to hike at least one of Morocco’s mountain ranges with my boyfriend on our first visit to the country.  We packed emergency bivvys (bags) at the bottom of our packs to be ready for a worst-case-scenario in an unknown country. While we mostly prepared for [...]

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• A Quick and Dirty Daypack Buyer’s Guide
  

  A friend of mine asked me the other day for some suggestions on a daypack, which got me thinking about them. Although I have two daypacks (EMS AquaDay and Black Diamond Covert) which I am fairly happy with at the moment, I am always considering getting a new one as well. Such is the case [...]

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• How To Find a Source of Water in Any Environment
  

  Water is one of your most urgent needs in a survival situation. You can’t live long without it, especially in hot areas where you lose water rapidly through perspiration. Even in cold areas, you need a minimum of 2 liters of water each day to maintain efficiency. More than three-fourths of your body is composed [...]

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• How To Procure Water from Vegetation
  

  A source of vegetation can often double as a source of water. There are many methods to procure water in the wild, such as distilling, purifying and trapping moisture. There is also the method of cutting into plants that store water. Green bamboo thickets are an excellent source of fresh water. Water from green bamboo [...]

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• A Walk in Bogs Boots
  

  Most hunters will agree that comfortable and reliable boots are a must when you are spending all day in the woods. I am a huge believer in this. Cold feet on the stand can result in a miserable and short sit and when the action is hot in the woods this can be a huge [...]

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• Brunton “Get Back” a Great Piece of Gear
  

  I’d like to thank Kim Cahalan of Media Direct and the folks at Brunton for supplying me one of these units to review. I’m not typically a “GPS Guy” and for the past couple of years have carried around the base model ETrex and used it mostly to mark simple way-points. You can read the [...]

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• Pelican Freedom 100X Kayak
  

  Every year about this time, when most other winter sports are winding down, I like to take to an Ozark stream for some cold weather floating, especially when there is a good snow on. This year I had the opportunity to try something a little different. I had been contacted by Pelican International, our Canadian [...]

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• Goal Zero Nomad 13.5 Solar Panel, Sherpa 50 Power Pack and Universal Inverter
  

  Solar Power Anywhere With as much time as I spend outdoors, I have always wondered why there were not any portable and dependable solar devices that I could rely on to charge my cell phone. Before new technology, my cell phone and laptop were really the only devices I depended on to gather and send [...]

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• Montie Gear Tree Hook
  

  I’ve gotta confess: I never thought I’d be ‘raving’ about a tree hook. In fact, I wasn’t quite sure that I’d ever really know what a ‘tree hook’ was or did, and when my good friend Dave asked me to try one out and write a review for NortheastHunting.com, the biggest question I had was [...]

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