Things That Make a Campsite Feel One Bad Decision Away From a Fistfight
Most camps run smoother than people expect. Everyone shows up with a job in mind, things get set up,…
Ways to Tell You’ve Never Actually Had to Fix Anything in the Field
There’s a big difference between knowing how something works and being the one who has to make it work…
Campfire Habits That Make People Wish You’d Just Gone to Bed
A campfire is supposed to be the easy part of the day. Work’s mostly done, food’s handled, gear’s settled,…
Camp Habits That Tell Me You’re Going to Be Useless by Dark
You can learn a lot about a man in the first hour at camp. Not from what he says,…
Things That Make Me Think You’ve Never Spent a Full Day Outside
A guy can look the part for about fifteen minutes. Clean boots, expensive jacket, big opinions, maybe even a…
Signs your camp bag is just a collection of bad decisions
A camp bag tells the truth on a person faster than most people realize. You can learn a lot…
Things that make me hide my tools when you walk over
There are some people I don’t mind handing a tool to without a second thought, and then there are…
Ways to know a guy’s “outdoorsy” until something quits working
There are plenty of people who look outdoorsy right up until equipment stops cooperating. They’ve got the clothes, the…
Things that make a grown man look helpless before breakfast
There’s something about early morning work that tells the truth on a man fast. Maybe it’s the cold, maybe…
Things that make me know you’ve never been cold for real
There’s cold, and then there’s the kind of cold that changes how a man thinks. A lot of people…