The carabiner and snap hook are both hooks with a safety mechanism to stop them from opening. The carabiner comes from the German Karibinerhaken, relating to the carbine – a rifle with a shortened barrel used from the 19230’s onwards. The clip was used to fasten the gun to a strap for carrying and be …
Carabiner Vs. Snap Hook: What Are the Differences? Read More »
When people climbed into their wagons to cross unknown territory in the interior, they had to be well prepared, as they didn’t know exactly when they would be able to get more of the basic ingredients to keep themselves fed. For a balanced diet, the pioneers needed some carbohydrates besides the protein from fresh fish …
I walked into a supermarket yesterday and picked up a bag of so called ‘Trail Mix’ just to check the contents – it ran heavy to little buttons of white chocolate, with raisins and peanuts scattered through the mix between the pops of color from sugar coated candies. Seriously, if someone ate this on the …
Activated charcoal has a seriously wide number of uses, so it is worth discovering what makes it activated and how it differs from normal charcoal, because normal charcoal is just not the same. When we are planning a campfire and prefer not to have the smokiness of wood, we may head off to buy a …
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Rooftops tents, or RTTs as they are known, have been around for a long time – mainly because they are very necessary in certain parts of the world, where if you slept in a normal tent on the ground you were likely to have predators sniffing your toes. Up in the air in the RTT …
Should You Buy a Rooftop Tent? 10 Good Reasons, and 5 Bad Ones Read More »
The name Trench Cake doesn’t sound particularly appealing for a of fruit cake, but it got its name because it was eaten in the trenches during World War I. Women at home had very little in the way of rations, and made do with what they had available in order to send a fruit cake …
The more you camp, the more you learn tips and tricks from other people, and modify your camp set up to be as comfortable as possible without adding too much weight either to your backpack or to your vehicle. It’s often trial and error… You come home and say, “Well, that didn’t work!” and out …
101 Clever Camping Tips and Tricks That’ll Make You a Pro Read More »
We are moving to a paperless society, so why keep a bookshelf with survival books?Well, it’s fine to have the digital options, but in case of power failures, or an EMP, the knowledge contained in print can last for generations. Plus, you can access books at any time without having to worry about whether your …
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The 1929 crash was exacerbated by the low prices paid for crops, steep increases in machinery costs, and one drought upon another, virtually forcing farmers to use submarginal land in a bid to keep enough money rolling in to pay their mortgages, and feed their families. With the mass plantings of wheat, grasslands that had …
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If you’re asking yourself this question then it means you probably own a sedan and are keen to fit a roof top tent in order to enjoy the magic of camping holidays high up out of the mud and closer to the stars, well just a little closer… So can you set up a rooftop …
