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Trail Ambassadors in Search and Rescue
Piedmont Search and Rescue Training - Richmond, Virgina If you start Search and Rescue (SAR) to find people, you will be sorely disappointed. The majority of your time will be...
Trail Ambassadors in Search and Rescue
Piedmont Search and Rescue Training - Richmond, Virgina If you start Search and Rescue (SAR) to find people, you will be sorely disappointed. The majority of your time will be...
Diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, Smokin' Bear He...
It's official, our family just completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail this past September. To say this journey has been an adventure would be an understatement; mentally unpacking all...
Diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, Smokin' Bear He...
It's official, our family just completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail this past September. To say this journey has been an adventure would be an understatement; mentally unpacking all...
Red Flags while Hiking
Sign after the fact "If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder. Keep the nose out of the blue!" -line from the Air Force song Perhaps a strange introduction to...
Red Flags while Hiking
Sign after the fact "If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder. Keep the nose out of the blue!" -line from the Air Force song Perhaps a strange introduction to...

Going the (Ultra) Distance
When I packed up my enormous backpack full of crappy gear and unpalatable food in the spring of 2003. I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into. All...
Going the (Ultra) Distance
When I packed up my enormous backpack full of crappy gear and unpalatable food in the spring of 2003. I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into. All...

Backpacking the Rogue River Trail in Oregon
This past spring I convinced a few of my friends to join me on an adventure along the Rogue River Trail in Southern Oregon. My parents relocated to Grants Pass...
Backpacking the Rogue River Trail in Oregon
This past spring I convinced a few of my friends to join me on an adventure along the Rogue River Trail in Southern Oregon. My parents relocated to Grants Pass...
DIY Self-Tensioning Guylines
One of the popular fabrics for making lightweight tarps and shelters is silicon-impregnate ripstop nylon–silnylon or 'sil' for short. It is valued for its light weight, strength, and waterproofness (and...
DIY Self-Tensioning Guylines
One of the popular fabrics for making lightweight tarps and shelters is silicon-impregnate ripstop nylon–silnylon or 'sil' for short. It is valued for its light weight, strength, and waterproofness (and...