Every campground has their share of obnoxious campers. Someone said, look to your left, to your right, in front of you, behind you, if you don’t see an obnoxious camper, you may be it. If you want to make sure you are that obnoxious camper, just follow these ten trusted and proven tips: ...

Before you go mountain biking, be sure to bring along some standard items each time to avoid problems. It is essential that you have tools, supplies, food and water. Since you won’t want to carry any extra weight, only take what you need. With careful planning you can be prepared with a minimum of items. One of the most important things is a spare inner tube, and the tools to change it. Nothing can stop your ride faster than a flat tire, and if you are far out on the trail, it can mean a very long walk home. If it’s late in the afternoon, you could also run out of daylight. Getting trapped...

Nothing is more miserable than trying to sleep when you are cold. Sleeping warm during winter camping requires following a short list of basic tips to eliminate moisture and keep your body heat stable. Following is a list of cold-weather camping tips to make you more comfortable on winter camping trips: *Buy a quality sleeping baga mummy bag rated for 10 degrees or lower with quality fill material, zipper baffles, and drawstring hood. *Vent the tent at night. This prevents condensation from your breath from forming on the inside roof of the tent and dripping on you and your sleeping bag while...

You want to hike, but you only have a day. What do you take to make your day more enjoyable? Be sure you have a decent day pack. You may not want to lug along a huge backpack. Keep the big pack for your overnight trips. Your day pack will be just big enough to hold the essentials. Take a cellphone, but realize that all phones may not work in the back country. Also take a GPS or compass. You will want to know where you are in case of an emergency. Then you can find your way back to your trailhead, or your car. Clothing choices depend on when and where you are hiking. The appropriate gear for the...

To me, a vacation consists of: getting away, resting physically, mentally reflecting and having an adventure. This is camping! Get away~ there is no vacation more flexible than camping. It’s possible to camp on a mountain, along a river, on a beach, in a desert, in the woods, or on a gravel pad. The travel involved can be part of the experience. The best part of camping is really being away from houses, buildings and other “real life” reminders. This is truly getting away. ...

The bottled water trend hit with unnatural force and seemed to be more than a fad, but as a lifestyle advance, like automobiles or electricity. At one time, the idea of buying water seemed ludicrous. Almost overnight, no one left home without bottled water. It’s seen as a healthy lifestyle choice to have a bottle of water in your hand. Even if you never work out and eat fast food every day, that bottled water sends the message of health. ...

DAY 1 NAIROBI-AMBOSELI Leave Nairobi in the morning, you drive across the Athi plains towards the Kenya/Tanzania border post of Namanga. Then through arid Masai ranchlands to your campsite in Amboseli National Park for a late picnic lunch. Later in the afternoon you will enjoy a game drive in the surrounding areas before returning to Camp for hot showers and the evening spent around the campfire DAY 2 AMBOSELI After an early breakfast you leave for a full day’s game viewing with Mount Kilimanjaro, usually clear in the early morning, as a spectacular background for your photographs. Stop for picnic...

When planning a trip hiking in Costa Rica, smouldering volcanoes and wild rainforests are often some of the first images that spring to mind. The whole country is a natural paradise, with many fantastic sights to behold. Here a just a few of the highlights:rrCahuitarrCahuita is one of the few places in the world where you can combine a trek through a verdant jungle with an afternoon sunbathing on a perfect white sand beach. The region also contains a national park, which is among one of the most visited in the whole country. This park was formed in 1970 to protect Costa Rica’s largest coral reef...

One of the most important tools for catching fish is the fishing accommodation rod. The act of fishing accommodation is very relaxing, invigorating and it tells a thing or two about how aquatic life is and also the lesson of being patient.ofcourse, eating what you caught is a high in itself. There is very good competition between many of the fishermen and they try and oust the other by one way or the other. Using the right kind of tools can help to attain success and come out as the winner. One of the first and foremost considerations to having the right tool is to choose what you want to catch. When...

So you dream of going on a week long backpacking experience, or you have already been on several such trips but felt that your gear was inadequate and did not fully enhance your backpacking experience. Backpacks for longer trips should be designed to distribute the weight of more gear and supplies evenly and provide much needed ergonomic support for carrying larger volumes. The Osprey Crescent 70 backpack has these features and more. The Osprey Crescent 70 backpack retails at around $349.00 and is designed with the backpacker’s comfort in mind, made possible in part by the new BioForm CM...