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Winfields Best Blogs for 2018

Camping for Women Admin Resources, Camping, General, Glamping, Hiking, RVs Campervans Motorhomes, Trekking 75 Comments
Winfields Best Outdoor, Walking, Hiking and Camping Bloggers for 2018

Winfields Best Blogs for Outdoor, Walking, Hiking and Camping 2018

By Nicole Anderson

Winfields Outdoors has released its best blogs for 2018 and what a fantastic resource this is for anyone who loves spending time in the great outdoors.

In all, Winfields Outdoors has recognized 136 blogs from around the world across the following six categories:

Best General Outdoor Blogs

Best Walking and Hiking Blogs

Best Camping Blogs

Best Caravanning & Campervan Blogs

Best Outdoor Activity & Health Blogs

Best Travel Blogs

Within the announcement of read more

Hiking the Hoh Rainforest

Kristin Hanes Travel and Adventure, Camping, Hiking 66 Comments
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By Kristin Hanes

From the moment I started down the Hoh River trail carrying my backpack, I started to sweat. The place with thick with moist, hot air, like a tropical rainforest transplanted to Washington State. Drapes of moss hung from the huge branches of old-growth Douglas fir, Western Hemlock and cedar trees. Bright green ferns carpeted the soft, soggy ground. I breathed in, stuck somewhere between a steam room and a sauna, and tried to enjoy the stifling beauty read more

Dear Natalie You’re in Danger

Natalie McCarthy Solo Adventure, Hiking, Safety and Survival, Travel and Adventure 64 Comments
Dear Natalie: You're in Danger

By Natalie McCarthy

Dear Natalie,

Don’t you know it’s risky out there?

Signed,

Yourself, and society

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Dear everyone,

At first, I would have answered this question in one, easy, short, simple word: No.

I started hiking in Ohio. For my friends from outside the U.S., or those geographically challenged Americans, Ohio is flat and fairly developed. There are virtually no bears in read more

Dear Natalie: Walking on dirt really?

Natalie McCarthy Activities, Hiking 54 Comments
Walking on Dirt really?

By Natalie McCarthy

Dear Natalie,

What made you even want to get out there?

Love (sort of, sometimes),

Yourself

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Dear Me,

It’s too much.

You go to work every day. Most days, you venture out with a hopeful heart, and some days, you are tired. You are privileged to see the best and worst of humanity, the struggle and the joy, the decades – generations, often – of trauma and read more

Antelope Canyon Arizona is No Longer Hidden, but It’s Still a Gem

Mary Lyons Activities, Canyoning, Hiking, Travel and Adventure 55 Comments
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By Mary Lyons

In the 1970s, the slot canyons on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona were still relatively unknown to everyone except the Navajo. While visiting Antelope Canyon recently, I met a man from Tucson who said he visited Antelope Canyon in the 1970s. Twice. Fresh out of college, he went on a road trip by himself in his Volkswagen beetle. He stopped for gas and asked what there was to see in the area. He was told to go see “the skinny caves” by a Navajo man who worked in read more

Man Woman Mountain.

Emily Pennington Solo Adventure, General, Hiking, Mountaineering, Travel and Adventure 44 Comments
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Man Woman Mountain

By Emily Pennington

“The surest way to mend a broken heart is through a forest wilderness.”
–John Muir

On really confusing evenings of self, I like to drink beer and make up quotations that John Muir definitely did not write. I summon him like my own, personal break-up Yoda the moment a man threatens to rip the sticky, sensitive tissue of my heart to shreds. I need this. A stubborn, fantasy-ridden reminder that things can still be beautiful, even when they do not read more

8 Ways to Mentally Prepare for a Solo Adventure

Marinel de Jesus Solo Adventure, Backpacking, Getting equipped, Hiking, Safety and Survival, Travel and Adventure, Trekking , , 51 Comments
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By Marinel de Jesus

Being a solo traveller, and even more so, a solo hiker or backpacker can be an intimidating endeavor to undertake. I cannot emphasize enough the need to be comfortable when partaking in anything serious such as hiking or backpacking in the wilderness by yourself. The same goes for travelling as it’s just not worth it to feel overwhelmingly anxious to the extent that it outweighs the joy of travelling or trekking solo. The key is being able to mentally prepare.

I, too, have read more

The Lean-to Virgin, A Comical Journey

Janiel Green Travel and Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, General, Getting equipped, Hiking, Mountaineering 51 Comments
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By Janiel Green

My first backpacking trip turned out to be an utter disaster. The trip consisted of a backpacking, snow-shoeing trip up the mountaineering route at Mount Whitney in California. I labelled myself as a failure and the weak link in the party of 3 who attempted the trip. Granted it was my first time backpacking and had not been prepared for the struggles that were endured.

My trip started to unravel when I realized I had inadvertently grabbed the wrong sleeping bag for the November camping read more

Tips for Becoming a Better Outdoorswoman

Andrea Willingham Activities, Backpacking, Camping, Food and Cooking, Hiking, Resources, Safety and Survival, Travel and Adventure, Trekking 48 Comments
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By Andrea Willingham

Whether you grew up in an outdoorsy family, or are just now discovering the joys of outdoorsmanship, there’s a lot to know and a lot to learn about this wonderful world of exploration and adventure in the great outdoors. And despite what the media and history books might have you believe, women have always been a part of this world as well, if not perhaps in different capacities at different times. Believe you me, we have always found our own ways to take part in the fun! read more

Trekking in Bhutan – From Dream to Reality

Mary Lyons Travel and Adventure, Activities, Camping, Getting equipped, Hiking, Trekking 48 Comments
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By Mary Lyons

Bhutan had been a dream destination of mine for a long time, since before I moved overseas. Fifteen years ago I saw a quick blurb about it on television and thought, “I have to go there.” Just a couple of years ago, I finally went. Bhutan is more accessible than many people realize, even though it only has two airlines that fly into the country. The government does limit tourism numbers, but they have never reached their yearly limit since tourism began there in 1974. That year, read more

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