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Keeping Your Knees In Good Health - At Home Exercises - Part 1
Friday, July 30th, 2010
No matter what activities you do, your knees are a big part of those activities, like just going for a walk in the city, hiking on the trails or snowboarding. So it is recommended to try to keep your knees in good health all year round. If you don’t it makes you more succeptible to injuries, below are a exercises and other things you can do at home to improve
and maintain your knees.
Replacing Broken Tent Poles with Aluminum Arrows
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
If you break a tent pole you could replace it with an aluminum arrow shaft. Many arrows are made of Easton aluminum which are similar grade to tent poles and come in hollow 36-inch lengths that can be cut down to size.
Float Across Deep Water Using Your Backpack as a Buoy (floatation device)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
During spring melting snow and lots of rain equals streams and rivers that will be overflowing. If you are hiking along and your trail suddenly turns into a deep river crossing then you can try using this outdoor survival technique.
Remove Seam Seal From Sticky Fingers
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Your getting your tent ready for the upcoming camping season, and you’ve just applied seam-sealer to your tent, just in case of those freak thunderstorms. But you’ve got a problem, now you have seam sealer all over your fingers…No problem, to remove the sticky seam sealer, just rub acetone-based nail polish remover on your hands with a rough cloth, then wash your hands with soap and water. Seam sealer be gone!
Advanced Search Now Available - Search for Outdoor Gear Reviews
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Advanced Search has been added to GetOutdoorGear.com, start using it now!
Here are some useful searches for the coming spring and summer season (click links):
Methods For Keeping Weight Down For Long-Distance Backpacking / Hiking
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Going backpacking or camping by shaving as much weight (ultralight) as possible off your backpack might sound quite hardcore, but veteran hikers and backpackers know that the lighter weight of not carrying so much stuff is worth it and easier once you get the knack of it.
Finger / Toe Nail Injury In The Outdoor Woods - What To Do
Friday, February 26th, 2010
If you somehow rip your toe or finger nail off partially when you are outdoors camping, or on a long hike what should you do? Should you leave it in place or rip it the rest of the nail off?
The Science Of Mountaineering - Documentary Video
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Mountaineering is no easy task and to tackle the mountain you first must be trained how to do it. In this documentary “The Science of Mountaineering” there will be lots of useful information to get you started, if mountaineering is something that you have always been interested in doing.
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