All in all, it was a good experience. I didn’t make the summit (stopped at about 6000 m, 400 meters altitude and 4 hours hiking/climbing from the summit), but I made it back to my wife and kids (although the pain in my legs almost made me cry when my …

3 reasons I love ferrocerium rods (and cotton balls) Take a look at this video to see 3 easy ways to light a fire in an emergency:

Almost everyone carries one of those LED head lamps. They last forever and, as you may have seen, have an added benefit. They make fire. That’s if you have a bit of steel wool or other fine wire. The principle is simple and will work with most electronics (including a …

You knew when camping season had started when Dad came home with new outdoor gear to try out and use on our trip. From survival saws to camp stoves to waterproof matches we saw it all. What struck me the most (excuse the pun) were the fire starting gear. Particularly …

So I managed to make a video of me putting together my version of the Penny Alcohol Stove. I’ve used it Backpacking with my wife and daughter and it worked excellently. We managed to boil water in about the same time as some of the other expensive and heavier stoves. …

I remember the first time I went into an outdoor store… not Army & Navy, but a real outdoor store. Well I remember the price and thinking that my dad would NEVER buy me anything like that. All that money for a stove and gear. Why? And then I remembered …

When I was younger, my Dad would take us camping and fishing fairly regularly. We would travel all around southern British Columbia, Canada and the car trips were kept interesting by his seemingly unending knowledge of local flora and fauna, survival skills and stories about his own childhood in England. …