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Earlier this month, 71-year-old Donald Zimmerman was jogging near Pillar Mountain outside of Kodiak, ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday ...

When you think of perimeter alarms, your brain probably conjures up images of laser beams, loud sirens, ...

There are many skills fathers should pass on to their children: how to ride a bike, how to skip a stone, and ...

It is one of the planet's great ironies that a person can be lost at sea, surrounded by water, and die of ...

Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to know how to give a commanding whistle with my fingers in my mouth. ...

When we got married fifteen years ago, we both wanted to make the outdoors a part of our lives together. ...

An essential part of being an awesome uncle is having a repertoire of tricks and jokes that ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday ...

It’s easy to forget that rope is a tool; like all tools, it needs to be properly maintained in ...

Picture yourself lost at sea, adrift in a boat with a broken engine and torn sails. You’ve sent out ...

In 2019, Arne Murke and his brother were sailing off the coast of New Zealand, about to head east for an ...

Once upon a time, I figured composting was either for serious gardeners or “zero waste” type ...

In the world of hand-to-hand combat, there are few tactics more brutally effective than throwing a ...

Editor’s Note: This a guest article from Tony Galloway. There was a time when nearly every man ...

In 1978, The Swarm premiered in theaters across the country and illustrated the raw, destructive ...

Grenades are diabolical little devices that go back as far as the 8th-century when soldiers from the ...

When you’re out in the wild, your campsite will be your home away from home. Maximizing your ...

Bruce Lee is a legend. Most of us grew up watching his movies, like Fist of Fury and The Way of the ...

In disasters or accidents, why do some people survive and others perish? In exploring this question, my ...