If you like me. I hate knots. I am bad at them and never seem to get them right…then I have to pack up and the knots are a mess. Well here is one way I found to cut down on dealing with knots.… Continue Reading ““Toggles,Tarps,prusiks and Packs – A Handy Hammock Camping Hack””
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Once in awhile it happens. I did for me. I have been living in Minnesota now for 5 years. I had been told about this Minnesota treasure by a number of people. I took it as a pinch of salt. Then a couple months… Continue Reading ““4 Days in the Boundary Waters, May 2022. A Life changing experience””
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I am starting to spread my searches for the perfect Pocket Pal. It’s going to be long long search to find the one. Having the perfect EDC is my goal. Yep wishful thinking but I persist This one from BUCK KNIVES got my attention.… Continue Reading “Buck Knives 0389BRS Canoe – Very Nice Indeed”
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I found this online and thought that Gerber had finally made a folder I like the look of. So…Here I have it. Unfortunately I had some issues…Kinda disappointed with Gerber about this. Simple QA should have taken care of this but Gerber missed these… Continue Reading “Gerber Wingtip Pocket knife”
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Well I have looked at a lot of folding knives lately including Rough Ryder Knives. Rough Ryder has a huge collection and I have been looking at a lot of Them. I “like” them all. Well made, sharp and pretty. What can I say.… Continue Reading “Rough Ryder Seahorse – Whittler Black Micarta RR2217 Folding Knife”
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These Kershaw Knives were reccomended to me by a colleague at work. So took a look see. Was not dissapointed. This Kershaw select Fire was a little different. Not a multi-tool. Rather a folding knife first, with some extras. Check it out in my… Continue Reading “Kershaw Select fire (#1920) – Probably one of the better “multi Knife/tool” options out there.”
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I needed a compact seat for future fishing trips that would not break the bank, and not take up space. Well looked at these types of chairs and was horrified at the cost. Then found this guy.babout 1/2 the cost of other popular ones.… Continue Reading “Camp Chair by Mountain Designs – Compact and lightweight, Priced right”
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I needed a compact packable daypack for an upcoming trip up north. We will be Canoeing and have a Basecamp. We will be hiking and Canoeing from the base camp so because space is limited I needed to have a daypack I could take… Continue Reading “KLYMIT – Packable 20L Daypack -2022. Compact and handy to have for those occasional walkabouts.”
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A few weeks ago and friend of mine Leigh asked if I would like to go out and hot tent overnight in the snow. well you know me , I jumped at it. And so our little adventure began The first thing i learnt… Continue Reading “First Time Hot Tent Camp”
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I needed to upgrade my car camping house. So looking around I thought this would be great for me. Turns out it just maybe perfect for me. I have plans for this summer and that includes alot of fishing out of town. So planing… Continue Reading “Guide Gear 10×10 Teepee – Very nice and easy setup.”
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