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Even if your goal is to get “far from the madding crowd”, having a working phone for emergencies means keeping it charged. Learning how to charge a phone when camping can be a life-saving skill. Unfortunately, electrical chargers aren’t as portable as one might wish. Pedaling or cranking a generator isn’t easy. Solar chargers only […]

When discussing how to use a camping can opener, it might be a good idea to discuss the invention of cans, can openers, and the various styles of can openers that might be available for a camper or backpacker to use. ‘ Cans, Canning and Can Openers Cans were first used to preserve food in […]

If you ask a seasoned camper or back-to-the-land ancient skills revivalist how to shower while camping, they are likely to snicker and say, “Don’t.” That is because you can get perfectly clean using the old-fashioned sponge bath method. Nor will you have to strip to what Mother Nature gave you in the chilly wilds of […]

As an old farmer once remarked, when dealing with most living creatures, you feed one end and clean up after the other. Humans are no different from other vertebrates, therefore, part of camping is the necessity of developing a latrine or bathroom area so you need to learn how you can empty a portable toilet […]

Building your own tent comes in varying degrees of comfort. Your personal woodcraft, carpentry, or sewing skills can come into play. The Rough Hut The very simplest of building a tent requires nothing more than a hatchet and a woodland area where you’re allowed to cut. You’ll want two sturdy poles with a fork at […]