31 ways to make outdoor life easier

By Outdoor Canada
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          For the average camper, learning tips and tricks to make your life easier while out in the woods are always welcome, especially when they come from those who have more experience. It's the little things that may save you when there's a rip in your tarp or you wander too far away from your campsite in the dark.

          Every experienced camper has their own techniques for dealing with different situations and different items that they can't leave home without. This article takes a look at what some of these techniques and items are. The tips range from bringing dental floss to act as a method for fixing torn tarps to how to stay warm using rocks on a cold night. Each tip is from one of the field editors at the magazine Outdoor Canada and has its own individual use, and though there may be a few that don't apply to your particular situation, there is bound to be something that can help you the next time you go camping.

          This article gave me insights as to some more effective ways to do things on a campsite, such as melting candle stubs, mixing them with sawdust and putting the mixture in individual segments of egg cartons for a fail-proof fire starter. It has made me think about what special techniques I use when I go camping: using hand-sanitizer to help start a fire that won't light. And through this article, I have learned many more techniques that I plan on implementing this summer when I go camping again, like using an old credit card to scrape food off of dirty pans. It is definitely something I will consult as I pack for my next trip into the wild and has inspired me to develop my own techniques and share them with others so as to make their camping adventures easier. This is a great guide for anyone looking to make their next trip run a little bit smoother, or looking for easy ways to deal with problems they've encountered on past trips.

Article:
Outdoor Canada. "31 ways to make outdoor life easier." Outdoor Canada RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 June 2014. <http://outdoorcanada.ca/21818/skills/articles-skills/31-ways-to-make-outdoor-life-easier>.