Building a tarp shelter on a hillside during heavy rain requires careful site selection, secure rigging, and effective water ...

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Camping in the rain doesn't have to be a miserable experience if you're prepared. I’ll never forget my first winter camping trip. My Boy Scout troop took an excursion out in December every year, and I ...

“Once you have committed to it, realize, ‘I am going to get wet,’ regardless of how good your rain gear or equipment is,” Johnson says. “It’s just a matter of saying, ‘I am going to deal with this, ...

-3°C, freezing rain, and no tent. I head out solo for a stealth camp using only a low tarp shelter and a bivvy bag to see how minimal I can go in harsh winter conditions.

Hammock manufacturer Kammok is working to bring an innovative new tarp to market. Not only does the tarp provide shelter from the rain, it funnels that rain into a gutter system and bottles it, ...

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I got my start in the outdoor writing world as an annoyingly eager intern at the now-defunct Paddler Magazine (may it rest in peace) a little over ten years ago. The mag was based out of Kirkland, ...