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How to Car Camp

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Car camping is one of the best deals around. It's inexpensive, easy and with the right gear can be quite comfortable. If spending time with your family or friends, de-stressing from a hectic week, and enjoying the great outdoors are priorities to ... more »

How to Extinguish a Campfire

By hikernb

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It's getting late, the S'Mores are all gone, the campfire is just embers now--how to extinguish it so you can climb into your sleeping bag with peace of mind?.. more »

How to Find the Top State Park Campgrounds in Tennessee

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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The great state of Tennessee has long been home to some of the finest southern hospitality; the state park campgrounds of Tennessee typify this gracious manner. Tennessee has been blessed with natural beauty that is hard to believe. For your ... more »

How to Fold Up Your Tent to go Home

By ehudsonj

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How to fold up your standard tent properly before heading home is most important to ensure long life and useage from your tent... more »

How to Make Cherry Simplicity in a Dutch Oven

By scouterclay

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This is a simple and tasty dessert, that anyone can make in a Dutch oven... more »

How to Make Damper or "Bush" Bread

By anasteso1454

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If you find yourself out in the wilderness, you can't make hardtack in a more primitive fashion than this!.. more »

How to Make Dryer Lint Firestarters

By Green2

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Whether your going camping or just trying to start a blaze in the fireplace at home, dryer lint firestarters are quick and easy ways to reuse household items to help you start a fire... more »

How to Pack for a Camping Trip

By eHow Travel Editor

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The wilderness can be unforgiving, even with the proper gear. The last thing you want is to reach a remote destination and find that you forgot something essential. Develop a plan to guarantee that you're well equipped... more »

How to Pitch a Tent

By hikernb

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Just bought a new tent? Most excellent! Here are some tips so that your tent-pitching goes smoothly and you have a fantastic camping trip... more »

How to Prepare Your 10 Essentials

By scouterclay

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Whenever you take part in an outdoor activity you should take your 10 essentials. These are the things that you should always have on your person and will help you survive it something goes wrong... more »

How to Prevent Your Camera From Freezing During Winter Camping

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Winter camping offers stunning photographic opportunities but not if your camera freezes. Prevent cold from freezing your camera, draining your batteries and tearing or fogging your film... more »

How to Roast a Marshmallow

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Whether you like lightly toasted marshmallows or raging flamers, here's the proper way to get the job done... more »

How to Safety Check Your RV Before Hitting the Road

By Mark Corgan

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RV travel is a great way to get out with family and friends to see new sights, visit new places, and meet new people. In all the excitement though, it's easy to overlook some important safety-related items with your RV. By following these ... more »

How to Start a Fire in a Pot Belly Stove

By kevin229

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Starting a fire in a pot belly stove may seem easy but can be somewhat challenging. Here's what has worked best for me... more »

How to Start a Fire Without Matches

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Need to start a fire, but don't have any matches? There are still plenty of ways to get tinder burning as long as you have the proper tools and a little patience. Here are several different methods to make a fire, depending on what you have at ... more »

How to Tie a Sheet Bend

By anasteso1454

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This is a very popular and useful knot to learn if (and when) you need to connect two ropes which are each two different thicknesses. Length of the ropes does not matter as long as you have enough to make the knot... more »

How to Tie a Thief Knot

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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The Thief Knot was used by sailors to tie their bags. If someone tampered with their bags, they could tell because the bag would usually be retied with a square knot, which was more common but different from the Thief Knot. Follow these steps to ... more »

How to Treat a Burn in the Wilderness

By eHow Health Editor

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Burns are among the most painful and dangerous of soft tissue injuries. Quick and thorough treatment is of the essence... more »

How to Wash a Sleeping Bag

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Just like any bedding, you want your sleeping bag to be clean and fresh. Sleeping bags, which are made from down or a synthetic-fiber fill, have specific ways of keeping them clean and in good condition... more »

How to Whip the end of a rope

By scouterclay

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Whipping the end of a rope will make it look nicer and keep it from unravelling. This will help the rope to last longer... more »

How to Assemble a Tent

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Whether you're hiking in the mountains or camping in your backyard, a tent provides quick shelter to protect you from bugs, rain or snow. While tents vary in size, most tents have a similar design and are assembled the same way... more »

How to Boil an Omelet while Camping

By Carla Lucas

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Here's a quick outdoor cooking tip that provides a great hot breakfast with no mess to clean. It's called a boiled omelet. This technique is always a hit with scouts on group camping trips or just something different for experienced campers. How ... more »

How to Build an Emergency Bivouac Shelter

By BuddyHollywood

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Most of us will never have to unintentionally spend the night in the woods. Those who choose to do so generally bring along, if not all the comforts of home, at least enough to make the outdoors comfortable. But in the unlikely event you happen ... more »

How to Camp in Comfort

By randomgirl

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Camping can be a great, cheap way to get away for a night or two. If you do not like “roughing it” and you do not have an RV, then follow these instructions to camp in the most comfortable way possible... more »

How to Camp on Assateague Island

By Carla Lucas

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The Atlantic Ocean, salt marshes, bays, and wild horses beckon you as you cross the bridge over Sinpuxent Bay from Maryland's mainland to Assateague Island, a barrier island dedicated to conservation, natural resource preservation, and ... more »

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