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Camping Advice - Outdoor Techniques

Learn about camp hygiene, knots, nature photography, maps and compasses, and more tricks that might come in handy on your next camping trip.
A Practical Guide to GPS
By Don Bartlett, "written for hikers, fishermen, hunters and all persons who wish to traverse the wilderness in the full knowledge of where they are".
Basic & Wilderness Survival Equipment
A comprehensive guide to the selection and use of survival gear, from the pages of Equipped to Survive.
Cold Weather Camping
Advice for your comfort and safety, from Steve Tobin's The NetWoods Virtual Campsite.
Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
From the US Geological Survey.
Get Knotted
Animated knots for scouts plus additional advice on dos and don'ts.
Ropers Knots Page
Forget how to tie a Buntline Hitch? Before that next camping trip, visit this site to learn those needed knots.
Snow Camping Primer
An introduction to backcountry winter camping.
Travel Guides for Photographers
"Photographer's guides to some of the best scenic and wildlife areas in North America."

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