Why long term wilderness ability differs sharply from impressive outdoor demonstrations The post The Difference Between ...

SELF-SUFFICIENT: Annie Egelkraut grew up with an Eagle Scout for a father. But she learned even more outdoors skills as an adult, thanks to Landmark Learning in Cullowhee. She’s taken wilderness ...

BREVARD – The age-old traditions of axe-slinging and tree felling by cross-cut saw are not only alive and well, they are skills in high-demand. Along with sustainable trail building and land ...

Wilderness survival expert and canoe-tripping expedition veteran Jim Baird shares lessons learned from a solo paddling journey on the Yukon’s Hess River. Every year, fishermen and through-hikers alike ...

Cara Peden was trekking day hikes around Ojai when she wanted to start doing overnight trips to go farther into the wilderness. So she started with an overnight trip in the Sespe. “That was kind of a ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — There is a place for outdoorsy women, or those looking to try it, in Columbus. The Women’s Initiative for Learning and Discovery (WILD) offers women’s-only backpacking trips, ...

If you’ve ever been backpacking, you know how much there is to learn out there. About plants and animals, of course, but also about yourself — what you’re capable of, how to push yourself a little ...

In January 2011, Zack Slavkin traveled to a secluded property in northern Vermont, deposited everything he had into a locked closet and rode a snowmobile deep into the snowy wilderness. For most of ...