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  • Find The Best Lightweight Sleeping Bag For You
    By: C Mueller | - he very best lightweight sleeping bag for you is going to be the one that meets all or your particular criteria. You will have to narrow down the field as there are so many different bags to choose from, it can easily become overwhelming. You can find lightweight bags in every style and temperature range. So how do you figure out what you need in a lightweight sleeping bag? Here are some tips for narrowing down the myriad of choices in sleeping bags.

    First consider the weathe ...

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  • Camping Needs Solar Shower And Festival Tent
    By: Frank Jit | - More often when we travel or do outdoor camping we feel a strong need of water storage in cold creeks. Having water when we are on camping in a cold place for solar shower and other use is a need. To deal with a problem like this a solution has been invented. The solar shower bag helps to save gas and water while we are on camping.
    In simple words, it is a bag which is black from one side. After filling it with water the bag is laid on the ground with the clear side facing the sun. Leave t ...

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  • Backpack Packing Tips
    By: Camping Tents | - First of all, the type of backpack you are using determines how you will pack. An external frame pack distributes the weight differently than an internal frame pack. Youll want the bulk of the weight low with the external pack, since this helps your balance as youre hiking. With internal frame packs, youll want the heaviest items placed in the middle of your back close to your body. This method of packing keeps the weight close to your center of gravity and allows you to turn around ...
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  • How Camping Can Be A Unique Romantic Getaway
    By: Allen Bell Sr. | - How Camping Can Be a Unique Romantic Getaway

    Are you interested in taking a romantic getaway with your romantic partner? If you are, have you already decided where you would like to go and what you would like to do? If you have yet to choose your romantic getaway destination and your romantic getaway activities, you may want to look into camping. Camping is popular, but it is still considered unique, at least for romantic getaways. With that in mind though, it is a romantic getaw ...

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  • Introductory Points For Getting A Bivouac Tent
    By: Barry Dacron | - The bivy sack could be the simplest sort of outside shelter which you can have. It will allow you to enjoy your trip outdoors. These bivy bags are easily transportable and very simple to make use of so you surely will not have any problem utilizing them. There is also adequate room for you to lie down and be comfy. Plenty of people who use a bivy enjoy an excellent view every morning.

    One of the principal capabilities of the bivvy sack is to help keep the sleeping bag waterless and ...

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  • Choosing The Right Camping Tent
    By: Art Gib | - Different kinds of camping trips necessitate different kinds of tents. Tents are made for and rated according to their use in various seasons and weather conditions. While the quality of tents will vary based on brand and price, you can start your search by pinpointing the style of tent and type of poles you need as a recreational camper or as a serious backpacker.

    For recreational campers, the recommended styles are 3-season, convertible, and 4-season. 3-season tents provide more ...

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  • Bivy Sack Guide
    By: James Coffeman | - If you are searching for bivy sack, you need to delve into every one of your choices.

    If you like ultra light travel, you are going to have to consider what sleeping solution to choose. By far, the lightest option to choose is to go with a bivy sack. A bivy sack is a special ultra light sleeping solution where you basically get into a specially designed bag. This bag is weather resistant and will help keep you warm and dry, regardless of the weather.

    What's a bivvy sack? A ...

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  • One Man Tent -- What To Look For In A Tent
    By: John Snowal | - If you are searching for one man tents, you need to search every single one of your options.

    If you don't have enough space to carry a regular portable tent or you need an ultra light sleeping solution, you should consider getting a 1 man tent. A 1 man tent is designed for the person who values light weight when hiking above everything else. There is no better portable tenting solution than a 1 man tent.

    A 1 man tent is a special tent specifically designed to support a sing ...

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  • How To Lighten Up Your Backpacking Gear
    By: Jonsky Sicuna | - Lightening up your gear is an essential part of lightweight backpacking. It's the most obvious step to take and with lightweight gear getting more common, not very difficult.

    Your tent is where you can save a lot of weight. The bigger the tent the heavier it is. A tent bigger than a 4 person tent is usually not suitable for backpacking because of the weight. If you are in a group, it does make sense to share a tent because it's warmer.

    However you need to consider t ...

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  • How To Camp In Wet Weather
    By: Jonsky Sicuna | - If you camp regularly, you're bound to encounter some rainy days even when you thought the day or week would be perfect. We might not be able to predict the weather perfectly each time but there are some things we can do to at least make it a little bit more bearable.

    The most important thing on a rainy day at camp is your tent. You should have a tent that can keep you dry in the worst of weather. Make sure your tent is weatherproof and that it has a ground sheet. This is where mo ...

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  • Backpacking Tents Where Do You Find The Best Ones?
    By: Chriss Tyrrell | - People from all over the world enjoy going on a good camping trip as they are nature lovers. If you are a nature lover, then we are sure you would enjoy spending your time on a hammock in the woods far away from any home. Yes, a good old touch of Mother Nature is what we all need in order to get away from this everyday stressful life. Before you go on that camping trip, there are some plans that you need to make. You definitely cannot forget about those backpacking tents. There are many forms of ...
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  • Two Person Tents - The Definition Of Lightweight
    By: Jonsky Sicuna | - A 2 person tent that weighs more than 4 pounds is not considered as ultralight, at least not these days. The term lightweight is often clouded by manufacturers who claim that their tents really are lightweight when they're not.

    Many tents are not suitable for lightweight backpacking because they're too heavy. Tent makers tend to focus less on the "lightweight" market because they perceive it as being too small. But all that is changing because of the increasing trend in ultraligh ...

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  • The Ten Best Things To Have In Your Daypack
    By: Jonsky Sicuna | - Hiking in the woods and mountains can often be unpredictable due to sudden changes in the weather, injuries or getting lost. You should always be prepared to stay for the night in case you have to.

    If I were to only have ten items inside my backpack for a dayhike these would be it:

    - Hooded windbreakers : A hooded windbreaker is cheap, light and inexpensive. It'll help you keep dry in mild rain and protect from wind chill. With the windbreaker you can wear layers of ...

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  • How To Choose A Bivvy?
    By: Jonsky Sicuna | - Solo shelter systems like the bivvy has evolved considerably with the growing sophistication of ultralight camping. There are a variety of choices and designs available to anyone determined to keep their loads as light as possible.

    The main function of a bivvy is to keep the user's sleeping bag dry and to increase the warming capacity by at least 10 degrees. Bivvies are for people who travel solo in the backcountry, are on hiking trips that take longer than a day to complete, cam ...

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  • Challenges On A Guided Hiking Tour
    By: Jonsky Sicuna | - An organized hiking tour usually come with porters that will help you along the way including carrying your backpack, pitching your tent, cooking your food an so on. Even so, you might still encounter some challenges along the way.

    The challenges you may encounter depends on the destination, your goals, weather, the tour company and your level of fitness and experience. Some terrain are harder than others and the weather in some parts of the world may be harsher. Some may have br ...

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  • Low Cost Wild Adventures
    By: Steve Gillman | - My own wild adventures include summiting Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador (20,600 feet, the last 4,000 feet over glaciers), getting lost in the mountains of Colorado, and kayaking days from the nearest road in Canada, in six-foot Lake Superior waves. I may have had more of these trips if I had more money years ago. And of course time can be an issue when you want to have some adventure.

    The good news is that some wild adventures aren't expensive or in far-away places. There is plenty o ...

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  • Is That A Snake In My Sleeping Bag?
    By: Bill Kernodle | - One of the first questions you must consider when camping or backpacking is whether or not to take a tent.
    For me I can say I always have and always will take a tent. Yes, it sometimes is a lot of weight, yes it sometimes is trouble to set up and yes it can be very expensive to buy a good one in the first place, but it is worth it.


    Imagine if you will walking into camp and you are exhausted and want to only get some rest, some food and get clean. Well, there are al ...

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  • 20 Tips On Sleeping Warm In The Outdoors
    By: Jhon | - Sleeping warm is one of the factors that can make or break a cold weather adventure. Remember the body cools down during sleep and the blood is drawn from the extremities (feet and hands) to the center or core of the body, so proper insulation must be provided to prevent heat loss. For a good nights sleep on your next cold weather adventure, you may choose to use some or all of the tips below:
    1.Keep hydrated during the day and avoid drinking lots of fluids at night, so you won't have to ...

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