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Hi Everyone! I'm looking for some Yosemite advice. In mid June, my wife and I are taking two very fit, but inexperienced friends with us to the park and want to do a three day / two night backpacking trip. I'm wondering if anyone has experience in Yosemite and could recommend a specific...

Anyone have a good "1st time on showshoes" hike? Something uphill would be cool....

I've been in the market for a good multi-fuel stove for a while and have narrowed it down to the "Brunton Optimus Nova Muli-Fuel Stove" and the "MSR DragonFly Backpacking Stove" Having never used either, this has been based completely on research and reviews. Has anyone had any experience with...

Driving up to NH, I was intending to go to Washington and visit the Alpine Garden, but after looking at the cloudy sky for two hours, decided against it. I still wanted to get up above the treeline so after driving through Franconia Notch, I thought "why go any further", and went back. I was...

Growing up in the woods, my parents always warned me that snapping turtles were dangerous. This weekend, while hiking on a friend's land, I saw a very large snapping turtle on the bank of a pond that my dog swims in all the time. Now, I'm worried about letting her swim in the water. She...

They landed a helicopter on the summit of Everest! http://www.everestnews.com/stories2005/everestcopter05232005.htm

Now that we're all buying bear canisters I have a question: What exactly is the proper protocol for using a bear canister? Should I still hang it in a tree or should I hide it in the bushes near someone else's camp? I'm thinking you just leave them on the ground, but could someone please...