Food on the trail is one of the most important considerations in hiking and backpacking. You need to give yourself as many nutrients as possible because, chances are, you are expending far more energy that you normally do back at home. The difficulty of choosing the right food for the trail comes in the form of specific tastes, of course, but also making the… read more
Choosing the right foods for camping depends on your approach to the outdoors. Some campers relish the challenge of cooking outside and make gourmet meals with the most primitive of tools. For other campers, "getting away from it all" means not having to deal with the chores of preparing a meal. These campers are better served by bringing prepared food that… read more
For short camping trips without big hikes, food is easy. Your cooler is like a miniature fridge that can easily accommodate any ingredients you will need for a few outdoor meals. For more extended camping trips or backwoods excursions, however, you have to really rethink the way you eat. Ordinary foods that you use everyday can easily spoil, and fresh ingre… read more
A cupboard filled with cans of stew may cut it for a month or two, but if you're planning for long-term survival, you need to think more basic. The cheapest survivalist foods are the ones you make yourself out of basic ingredients you stockpile ahead of time. Canned food is still a part of any survivalist's cupboard, but it needs to be used sparingly and com… read more
When doing a long backpacking trip, a good meal to start and the end the day becomes a simple and necessary pleasure. Planning a backpacking menu requires some thought, but you don't necessarily have to look exclusively to meals sold in specialty backpacking shops. read more
Backpacking and long-distance hiking necessarily mean everything that will be needed for the trip must be packed and carried. The "inn treks" of England and "teahouse trekking" of Nepal are far from the norm, and setting out on a hike… read more
A survival kit is useless unless you have it when you need it and should be reserved for emergencies. Equipping a survival kit involves a trade-off between space and weight and the necessity of the item. Items in a survival kit should… read more
One of the fun parts of camping is settling down to a meal. Whether it be the fun of cooking up a country meal in the outdoors over a crackling fire, or chowing down on a hard-earned meal after trekking several miles of rough country,… read more
Your food list for camping depends a lot on the type of camping trip you're taking. If you are going on an easy outdoor weekend trip with the family and can bring a cooler, you have many more food options available to you. For backwo… read more
The longer your camping trip, the shorter the list of appropriate foods. If you're going camping only for a day or so, you can bring nearly anything you might want to eat. For longer trips, however, you need to bring food that is eas… read more
Times Square is the core of New York City where a number of subway lines merge and where the theater district thrives. Times Square is roughly bounded by 6th Avenue on the east and Eighth Avenue on the west, reaching from 42nd Street t… read more
Planning your food for a backpacking trip isn't as simple as loading up your favorite snacks and meals. There are a lot of variables to consider, including the weight of the food, the space in your backpack and the area you will be tra… read more
You've already tried car and RV camping. You've camped at commercial campsites that had a convenient restroom and water supply. Now, you want to explore the road less traveled. Backcountry camping, also known as primitive camping, is a wonderful way to explore the remote...
Pismo State Beach, California, has many attractions and activities including camping, swimming, hiking and wildlife viewing. Birdwatching is one of the primary activities in the area. The park also has the largest over-wintering colony of monarch butterflies in the natio...
The first and most fundamental thing is never hike alone. There are too many situations, especially as an unexperienced hiker, where you may find yourself without anyone to help you. So the buddy system works and applies very much in hiking.
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