One of the best-known long-distance trail races kicks off this week. The Hardrock 100 takes runners through 100 miles of Colorado mountains.

Gardening is good for the soul and the soil. It gets you outdoors year-round and off of screens. Besides the benefits of unplugging, gardening has numerous other positive aspects.  Let’s dig into a few reasons to have a garden in the backyard, especially one that supports pollinators: Surrounded by pops of color, plants are known [...]

It’s happened to us all. It starts raining and the dreaded drips start rolling inside of your tent. Here are Bear’s tips for a leaky tent.

Keeping the environment around you safe so you can stay healthy is an important consideration when you are camping. Planning where to go to the toilet and where to dispose of the waste requires some thought—if you are not near a proper toilet, you will need to keep waste away from other people or animals [...]

If you live in a big city, it might feel hard to escape to the outdoors. It can be hard to get to the woods if you don’t have a car, and even if you do it might be several hours of driving from your home to the mountains. But many cities are hiding a [...]

During his years of adventuring in the wild, survivalist Bear Grylls has figured out many clever ways of cooking, using materials from nature. Best of all, these methods save on carrying or washing pots and pans. Here are some favorites that Bear has written about: Mud baking Baking something like a fish in mud is [...]

With almost no mechanical ability, you can transform a bucket and frozen jug of water into a functional DIY Air Conditioner.

Let’s face it: While you might live for the great outdoors, not all of your family or friends are born campers. But that doesn’t mean you can’t spend a few nights together in the wilderness—provided you choose your accommodations to suit everyone in your crew. Whether you prefer the beach or the mountains, these all-inclusive [...]

Anyone who has ever been lost in the wild will know how useful a compass is for navigation – and nobody knows this more than survivalist Bear Grylls. A compass tells you which direction is north, whether it is a tiny button compass or a special ‘lensatic’ compass, which has a lid, magnifying glass, and [...]

If you can’t bring yourself to spend hundreds on a cooler or you need a project, here are six cooler hacks to upgrade your no-frills cooler