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Origami is a perennially effective boredom killer for kids, and arguably the most fun kind of origami is ...

Whittling has long been a way people have wiled away the time. If you've got a younger child who isn't ...

These days, if we need some rope, we buy it at our local home improvement store.  But making your ...

A compass is a valuable tool for outdoor exploration. If you just know the basics of how to use one to ...

Medical practices have come a long way in the last hundred years. Case in point, the safety coffin. Also ...

If you call someone a dirtbag, you might be insulting them for being dishonest. Or, you might be ...

Many people, especially outdoorsy types, know the story of Christopher McCandless, as famously told in ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help ...

When you think about bunkers, you might be apt to think of the 1950s and people building basement and ...

Picture yourself in the backcountry, scrambling over some boulders at the end of a long hike to reach an ...

As a kid, you spend a lot of time imagining you’re someone else, like an astronaut deep in space, or a ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

Catching a fish with your bare hands sounds like the sort of story you’d hear around a campfire, a tall ...

  Some of you might be thinking, “Brett, why should I learn how to pick a lock if I don’t plan ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest article by Brett Stone.  If you stop and think for a second, you ...

When it comes to trying to save a life — either someone else’s or your own — it can be hard to ...

A couple months ago my fancy DSLR camera that I use for work purposes crapped out on me. It was a decade ...

Editor’s Note: This is a guest article by Dave Elniski. Driving may be the most dangerous task that ...

While bear attacks are rare, a man should always be prepared for a bear encounter. You never know when ...

It’s infuriating how a tiny little vampiric insect can ruin one’s experiences in the outdoors -- ...