The joke that was already decades old by the time I hit my early camping years in the late 1980s/early 1990s was when it doubt, use "Scout Water" to get that fire going. Scout Water was, of course,...

Starting a fire with gasoline...it's a life choice we don't recommend. Obvious safety concerns aside, is it actually legal, though? This is a question that is generally fairly easy to answer but...

We already looked at whether or not you can safely use expired bear spray, but that's not the only safety question that focuses around bear spray and its use. Since this aerosol is used to chase off...

If you live in North America there aren't too many spiders that worry you. The United States isn't Australia, which means even the "most dangerous" spiders in North America won't make a blip on the...

Having spent many many months of my life camping when temperatures decided to slam into the mid to high 90's, camping in hot weather is no stranger to me. Add in daily hikes in Austin Texas for two...

There are many flammable liquids out there that can be highly flammable. Whether or not they should be used to start a fire is another story completely. Vegetable oil is a classic example of a liquid...