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If you've traveled much in a land of lakes and rivers, you know the troubles that worry even the most seasoned wilderness trippers: overgrown portages, hungry bugs, storms or shorelines that force you ...

For those who believe that less weight means more freedom in the backcountry, there’s never been a better time to be a hiker. Gone are the days when going ultralight meant you carried nothing more ...

Last week's Amazon Prime Day sales event may be over, but there are still plenty of ways to save before the weekend. Take REI's current summer sale, for example, which currently offers up to 70 ...

Many backpackers are eschewing heavy rugged tents for lightweight tarps. If you normally carry a rain poncho you can kill two birds with one stone by adapting aluminum or fiberglass tent poles to fit ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- With the Safe Harbor shelter closing for the season, those who stayed there are having to find a new place to sleep. For many, that means moving to places like The ...

Ask any of the hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims living outdoors in Haiti's shattered capital and you're apt to get the same plea: "Give us a tent." Few will get one. Aid agencies and ...

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