Video: A canoe trip on the Mississippi River
I’m going to share parts of a recent Mississippi River canoe experience with you – sit back, relax and enjoy the river’s peace and tranquility.
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Review: Naturehike® lightweight down sleeping bag for backpacking and canoe camping
Few items are more important to backpackers or prepper/survival types than a quality sleeping bag.
read moreIs this the best fillet knife? We review the Bark River Kalahari Sportsman
A quality fillet knife is one of the most useful outdoor tools imaginable. We wring out Bark River’s Sportsman.
read moreBest hunting knife? Fox River EXT-1 improved review
Users helped design what may be one of the best knives on the market for big game hunting. The Bark River improved EXT-1 checks all the boxes for me.
read moreEco-Adventure Mississippi River / Wilderness Survival Training Tours
Survival Common Sense co-hosts eco-river tour adventures with Quapaw Outfitters. It’s part vacation, part wilderness survival training, and part everything you ever wanted in a grand adventure.
With Big River Wild Adventures, you’ll learn basic survival skills while canoeing on America’s largest river, on big water through big wilderness country, with experienced, and safe guides. It’s a trip of a lifetime and whole lot of fun!
Big River Wild Adventures: Learn wilderness skills at this Mississippi River outdoors school
Want a totally unique eco-vacation, but one that is affordable and nearby? Want to learn basic wilderness survival skills while canoeing on America’s largest river, through some 300 miles of wilderness? Big River Wild Adventures combines wilderness, canoe cruising and learning.
read moreUpdate Day 28: High Winds on Lake Pepin – Follow this Mississippi River source-to-sea canoe voyage
Jean-Canot Stephen Walker, my friend and fellow Quapaw Canoe Company guide, is paddling the length of the Mississippi River this summer in a canoe. He will travel from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico.
Follow his adventures here.
Diving for clams on Mississippi River
The Natives viewed clams as a food source. Today, some people still harvest clams, but for different uses. Along the Mississippi, clams were the basis for a thriving pearl button industry.
read moreReview | Bark River UP Bravo EDC expands popular knife design series
Bark River and Knivesshipfree.com came up with a winner last year with the UP (Upper Peninsula) Bravo series. This latest addition to the series is going to be a really popular with backpackers, hiker and folks who want a smaller knife.
read moreBest canoe? 40+ years and this Coleman is still going strong
Good gear is an investment. I bought my 15-foot Coleman Ram-X canoe before setting out on my 1980 Source-to-Sea voyage on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The canoe is still being used.
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