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What Does ‘Pounds of Buoyancy’ Mean?A buoyant apparatus is anything that can float and hold up weight. For instance, if you had a Type III PFD that is required to...

Hi, my name is Elizabeth and i work at Great Outdoor Provision Co. I am beginning my thru hike this march (2006) so i finally finished planning it all. Starting...

When getting water to pump through a water filter or add iodine tabs for treatment, lower the number of pathogens by collecting the water from a still pool or center...

Dry off a lean, ½ in piece of flank steak or other lean cut, wrap in brown paper, and wipe off any juices that the meat leaks at the end...

The best way to keep fresh food from spoiling on a backpacking trip is to wrap the perishables in plain brown paper bags or kraft paper. This allows air to...

After living in the Falls Lake area for several years, I recently started exploring the extensive trail system for day hiking. For years I have used Falls Lake as a...

Usually, we look for about a finger width between your longest toe and the front of the boot. This allows you to walk down hill without banging your toe into...

Important canoe concepts to understand: Any canoe is a displacement watercraft. They displace a volume of water that is equal in weight to the sum of the canoe/kayak and its...

The Necky Manitou series is our best selling line of kayaks –and for good reason. Quite simply, these are the most versatile kayaks on the market today. By versatile, we...

by David Silverthorn (Wilmington Staff) “An undisclosed spot in Western North Carolina.” That’s how I refer to this gorgeous, out of the way trout stream I visited recently. Oh sure,...

This falls trip to New Hampshire Salmon fishing started out as a bust, flood water all over. Brood stocked Atlantic salmon fishing was out of the question. Waters at the...

What you pay for when you spend more than $300.00 for a fly rod (and potentially up to more than $3,000!) is not readily apparent to everyone. Is it just...

Conventional wisdom on “small stream flyrods” dictates a very short rod, usually 7’ or under, fast action concentrated in the tip, and light line so that the small trout in...

By Alex Webb Reprinted with permission of the News & Observer. RALEIGH — The parking lot at Lake Wheeler was nearly full as Collins Chalmers pulled in Saturday. She was...

When I first saw people paddling with Greenland style paddles I laughed at them and called them names. I wondered why these folks were not progressive, why they did not...

“A Place for Everything and Everything In Its Place” By Bill Mauney When loading a sea kayak not only does one need to pay attention to weight distribution, trim, listing,...

By Bill Mauney Most folks think that loading a sea kayak is all about getting everything in, but a mariner understands that “there is a place for everything and everything...

It’s a cool fall morning, 58°, and the carpool line is moving well. While dropping my kids at elementary school my thoughts turn to a trail run in Umstead State...