Meet the MULES
Planning to hike the Appalachian Trail
Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I work at Great Outdoor Provision Co! I am beginning my thru hike this March (2006), and I finally finished planning it all. Starting...
Water Filtration 101
Water filtration is super important when camping or in the backcountry. You may have heard stories about backpackers who drink water from clear mountain streams and who miraculously never get...
How to Keep Food From Spoiling While Backpacking and Camping
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...

Coastal Paddling - Loading a Sea Kayak Part II
When loading a sea kayak not only does one need to pay attention to weight distribution, trim, listing, etc., but also one should make sure that the items are packed...

Coastal Paddling: Loading a Sea Kayak Part I
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 in its place.”...

Barracuda Basics
That was a mini albacore, I said to David. I thought he fought too hard to be a Spanish, he replied. A moment earlier, we watched the foot long false...

Topwater Drum Flies
He’s on it! I hissed. Keep it moving steady… strip, strip, strip. As usual, I was attempting to coach one of my fishing buddies from the poling platform, as if...

Roanoke River Striped Bass Fishing
Stripers have arrived in the upper Roanoke River. They are not as numerous or as large on average as they will be later in the season, but there are more...