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Well,
As most are wrapping up their year and enjoying time with their family I thought I’d keep this post simple and do a recap of my highlights and your favourite posts.
This year was a great one for me and my family. The highlight was the birth of Baby Outdoor Adventure, who is still doing well thanks to God. It also included many trips down the exotic Choro trail in Bolivia, into parks, backyards, mountain tops and many DIY projects. We shared a picnic in the shadow of an amazing snow-capped peak, travelled to Incan Islands, zoomed down dangerous roads, survived with almost nothing and tested many a piece of gear that helped make the year possible and fun.
But those are just some of our highlights, now on to the most popular posts of the year. Some of these were posted last year, but stayed high in the rankings.
- What to put in your survival kit – Whether Mayans, zombies or backpacking in the outdoors, everyone wants to survive.
- Help me plan a survival trip – We received some good tips and a lot more people checking out what we did after the fact.
- SAS Survival Handbook review – This is my favourite reference book for survival skills. If you don’t have it, you should.
- Can you start a fire with water? – I was told this was not possible by a survival school. I’m not going to ever attend their school. It was picked up by Lifehacker and Treehugger.
- Backpacking wood stove – One of my old tutorials that still hits a spot amongst the backpacking community.
What does this say? Although many of you come to read about our backpacking, hiking and family related posts, as one can tell by the multitude of survival, doomsday and prepper shows on TV, survival and DIY skills are always popular. I believe the skills are universally applicable and that it’s always good to have the knowledge in your head so you can stay safe in an emergency.
If you haven’t seen our plans for next year, take a look on the right side of the page for some of our biggest trips that we have planned!
