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Review – Coleman Exponent Trekking Stool

Review – Coleman Exponent Trekking Stool

Boulders and logs just don’t do it for me in my ripe old age. I like to be off the ground, which means Crazy Creeks and Therm-a-Rest chairs aren’t adequate either unless I get all Bear Grylls and built a … Continued
Review – Coleman Exponent Trekking Stool

Review – Coleman Exponent Trekking Stool

Boulders and logs just don’t do it for me in my ripe old age. I like to be off the ground, which means Crazy Creeks and Therm-a-Rest chairs aren’t adequate either unless I get all Bear Grylls and built a … Continued

What do you do when you are sick and there is no help?

I wasn’t feeling all that fantastic earlier today, with a nice little fever from an infected sinus or two and vertigo as a result. Walking around or even just standing up resulted in masticated Costco hot dog (damn I love … Continued

Looking for some good bushcraft reads?

A fine fellow called Doc-Canada has been compiling lists of books related to all kinds of wonderful outdoors topics for a long while. He has 20 or so lists and was kind enough to send me several of them in … Continued

Video – How to use a firesteel

I get questions from Going Gear customers on a pretty regular basis asking how to use the firesteels I sell. Typing out angles of strikers, pressure involved, wind speeds, tinder fluffiness, favorite color, etc. is kind of hard, so I … Continued
What’s this we have here?

What’s this we have here?

I get e-mails on a regular basis asking when my store will have the Sparky knife back in stock. The original maker did a great job on the first batch, but got caught up with work at his day job, … Continued