A sense of creativity can help in a lot of ways on Alone. For starters, the contestants can only take 10 approved items from History’s gear list with them to their drop site. None of those items are ...

Nov. 30—OK, Pachaug State Forest may not exactly be "wilderness" — but this 28,804-acre swath of woodlands, lakes and rivers, where I set out on a solo hike the day after Thanksgiving, does comprise ...

There are a few different flavors of wilderness camping. Most often, the term refers to simply camping in the backcountry. That means camping in a place that you have to hike at least a mile or more ...

Dick Proenneke was an American naturalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes. Living simply in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable ...

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