Simply Hiking

When you are ready for outdoor adventures, but want to try something new, you have to think in new ways. Forget the mountain bike or the paid rafting tour. Here are some low budget interesting things you may not have tried.
Mine Hunting
A friend and I have been to Phantom Canyon six times this spring, hiking [...]

Which is the best of  the best wild edible plants? That depends on whether you are collecting them for a tasty meal, or as a matter of life or death. It also depends on the season and where you are. But despite all these qualifications, there is one that stands out as especially important in [...]

Any individual that loves wine will surely enjoy going on a special wine tour. It does not really matter if you are a connoisseur or you just learn about wine. You have a lot more wine tours available than you might imagine. We do recommend combining wine tours within a vacation so that everything is [...]

As pack weights get lighter and going into the wilderness gets safer, backpacking also is getting more and more expensive. How do you save money without giving up the ultralight equipment and safety gear? Let’s look at a few different ways.
Backpacking  in the most remote places has become much safer now that there are personal [...]

What kind of sleeping bag should you get? That depends on how you will use it. Of course, it also depends on what your budget is. So decide what you can spend, and then consider the following six questions before you go shopping.
1. What is the coldest weather you will be camping in?
If your backpacking [...]

It is true that treasure hunters know a few things the rest of us don’t usually know. They are familiar with common hiding places where people put their valuables and money, for example. They know the usual locations for buried treasure. More generally, they know that we humans like to hide things far more often [...]

If you have visited a winery in the past or if you have never had the pleasure, there are quite a few different reasons as to why you may be interested in visiting a winery. For one, when you go to a winery you get to get away and learn more about wine such as [...]

Those who like to travel light in the wilderness are always looking for the lightest backpacking food they can take. Of course, light doesn’t mean crackers or other things that have little weight for their volume. When hiking you need calories above all, so the lightest foods are those that provide the most calories for [...]

Nothing can ruin a hike or backpacking trip as quickly as foot blisters. The pain can be intense, and walking further on blistered feet can cause them to get worse, or to break and get infected. So how do you just avoid them altogether? Here are ten things that have worked for others.
1. Wear running [...]

What goes on in the mind of an ultralight backpacker? A reporter for a backpacking magazine asked me this in a  recent interview. I’ve gone backpacking in winter conditions with as little as eleven pounds total on my back, so I do think light. In fact, there are some basic questions that seem to automatically [...]