Camping is one of the best ways to enjoy nature, but choosing just the right spot for pitching you tent can be tough. This video will give you some tips for choosing a site that is safe, convenient, and comfortable.
Before you make that extended camping trek out into the wilderness, there are a few things any self-respecting camper should know how to do. And one of those things is how to safely feed oneself. With this free video guide, you'll learn how to practice food safety when roughing it in the wild.
Dr. Cook discusses the best ways to pack your food for a camping trip. When it comes to packing food for your camping trip, the best way is simply to pack everything into Tupperware. Everything will be held neatly in one place, and certain items can even be organized in Ziploc bags, and then put into the Tupperware. These bags are also great for keeping the food dry, and can also be used to pack individual meals. Removing the food from its original packaging and placing it in a Ziploc bag als...
Learn how to cook nutritious breakfast while camping in simple steps. While camping you either go for a cold breakfast or hot breakfast. Few options for the cold breakfast are white bread with cheese, honey or whatever you brought along with you. You can even have some cookies, energy bars if you are starting early. To make a hot breakfast, you may boil some water to make coffee or you can even try oat meal. You can even use powdered milk which would be very helpful.
Backpacker editors demonstrate how to (and how not to) hang a bear bag to protect your food in bruin country. Check out this instructional camping video to ensure you have a safe and fun trip outdoors while camping in serious bear habitats. Learn the various methods of hanging a bear bag with this backpacking tutorial video.
For those who didn't learn any knot-tying skills in scouts, or have forgotten them all now, this video demonstration shows how to do knots from basic to more advanced knots such as Sheet Bend, Fisherman's Knot, Square Knot and Thief's Knot. Knot tying is essential for camping, sailing, fishing, and even when you least suspect it. Watch this video camping and outdoor preparation tutorial and learn how to tie two ropes together with several different styles of knots.
Learn how to cook in the outdoors the real way - over a campfire! This how-to video shows some great recipes for the camp fire. These could end up making your camping experience much more fun.
There’s an art and a science to setting up camp, and this how-to video is going to teach you both. Setting up a camp sit is difficult for most, so these simple instructions can teach you a lot about how-to set up your campsite.
So you and your trackful of gear finally make it to your campground. . .now how do you set up camp?
Thinking about building a rocket stove? A rocket stove is simply made and accepts small-diameter fuel such as twigs or small branches, yielding high combustion efficiency and directing the resultant heat onto a small area. In this video learn how to make a rocket stove with the help of a few friends and items you can find in your own barn!
Second Class Boy Scouts work on building their outdoor survival and camping skills. Compass work, nature observation, camp tools, and swimming are areas where new skills are mastered and demonstrated. A second class scout, having completed all the requirements, should be able to lead a hike, care for his own equipment, set up a campsite, and perform basic first aid.
The stove in your RV is crucial for cooking on the road, and maintaining the LP system that supplies it is vital to your safety. If your RV stove is making a "poof" sound when you turn it off, it's not too hard to fix. This video will tell you about two potential solutions that will ensure proper stove function.
In every wilderness adventure, there needs to be some form of stove, even if it's only a fire. To prepare and heat canned or caught food, the stove is a must! In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to build your very own hobo stove with the help of a few tools: A number 10 tin can, knife, 2 tent sticks, a church key can opener, and a coat hanger.
Can't afford to buy a stove for your kitchen? Then watch this how to video to learn how to make a sixteen brick rocket stove. This adobe brick stove is great for cooking food outside.
As a Boy Scout, when the First Class rank is attained, a scout has learned all the basic camping and outdoors skills of a scout. He can fend for himself in the wild, lead others on a hike or campout, set up a camp site, plan and properly prepare meals, and provide first aid for most situations he may encounter. A First Class scout is prepared.
Putting up a tent is hard, but putting one up when one of your poles is broken is nearly impossible. Remember that little metal tube that came with your tent? Now is its time to shine. This video will teach you about the tent pole repair sleeve, the aforementioned metal tube, and how to use it to fix a tent pole and get your camping trip back on track.
The next time you're out camping, whether it's outdoors in the wilderness or right outside in your own backyard, try this hack out for an effortless campfire all night long. While there is definitely some prep work involved, it's well worth it if you don't need a huge bonfire, and more so if you plan on cooking meals over the flames.
Love 'em or hate 'em, you have to know where all the good camping spots are on a multiplayer map in any online shooter to be a really effective player. This video will help you to that end immensely, at least in the Black Ops map Berlin Wall, showing you all the best camping spots to snipe from or to hunt snipers in. It's also just a good tour of the map.
Camping is loved by some, hated by most, and we're not talking flies and mosquitos. We're talking Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. More specifically, we're talking the Chinatown map. NextGenTactics gives you some tactics on camping in Chinatown. Check out some ideal camping locations that you can use to provide strong defense and opportunities to kill enemy players.
There is really no limit to the recycling that a somewhat handy person can do given only some tools and a good supply of scrap. This video walks you through one recycling project, making a wood-burning stove enclosure for your yard using only old roofing tin. If you have access to a wood-burning stove and some old roofing tin scraps, then this video should be very helpful to you.
Ok guys! Here it is! (Finally! lol) This dance took 3 hours to master...not 30 minutes! So don't get flustered or anything because you're having trouble... You can do it. You need a hat or visor and a microphone as critical props for this dance. This is a very cool dance from Camp Rock by the Jonas Brothers.
Learn To Hack a Glue Gun and turn it into a Small Electric Stove to heat up your food. Its cheap to make and very helpful for when you don't have anything to cook you food with. Find out how by watching this video. All you need is a hot glue gun and some paper clips. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to build a mini electric stove.
Remind yourself how to make an ultralight wick back packing stove with tips from this how-to video. Or, just plain teach yourself how to do it, depending on what level you are at in making ultralight wick backpacking stoves.
To build a stone rocket stove, you will need the following: stones, wood, a tender pile, and lighter (or something to start a fire)
Tired of jet and helicopter campers in Battlefield 3? This guide will show you a surefire way to kill them before they can even get in the air, stopping them from becoming a nuisance later on. Learn how to camp the BF 3 campers.
This video demonstrates how to clean a wood burning stove. Cleaning the wood burning stove is a rather uneasy and untidy task. But this video has good advice and simple to follow steps to simplify the task, in a clean way.
This is a two part tutorial on how to dance to Camp Rock's song by the Jonas Brothers. The song 'We Rock' is a big part of the movie. This scene stars Joe Jonas and the choreography is amazing!
S'mores are definitely traditional camping food. You will need: a camp fire, large marshmallows, toasting sticks, graham crackers and chocolate bars. Two marshmallow toasting techniques are shown - the gentle, all-over toast and the marshmallow flambe style. Then sandwich between two graham crackers with choclate, and enjoy!
Sure, most people despise campers, but when it comes down to it, everyone camps, no matter what the game. Nobody wants to admit it, that's all… except NextGenTactics! In this video, they show you some ideal camping locations for the Broadcast multiplayer map in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare that you can use to provide strong defense and opportunities to kill enemy players.
In order to set up a tent, for a camping trip, you'll need to lay out all of the parts of the tent. Place the poles at the end of the tent. Work on opposite sides. Inserting the pole on both sides. It may be easier with two people. Once you insert the pole, then you'll need to snap it, fastening all the snaps. After you have completed this step, lay the fly over the tent. Snap it in place, in all four corners. Make sure that sides are below the mesh. Now, you can stake the tent. Staking the t...
In order to prepare a survival tin for camping, you will need the following: water purification, condoms, brass wire, a candle, a magnifying glass, waterproof matches, cotton balls, fishing hooks, small compass, whistles, fishing line, and empty tobacco tin, and artificial worms.
When you are camping, having a place to sit down other than the ground is always a plus. If you don't have the strength or space to carry a chair with you as you hike, check out this video and learn to make one out of materials you find in the forest. This way, not only will you have a place to sit, but you will be able to leave it once you leave and lighten your load. Enjoy this very cool tutorial, and learn exactly how to make yourself a comfy seat in an otherwise empty forest.
Vavrek shows how to build a twig-powered cooking stove from scratch.This demonstrates a basic portable solar cooker.
Sure, you can stick a lumpy little packet into the microwave and punch a few buttons. But once you learn to pop your own corn on the stove, you'll never want the fake-tasting kind again. It might seem like an overly old-timey way to make popcorn, but the results are worth it. You will need 3 tbsp. oil, a large pot with a lid, 1/3-1/2 cup popcorn kernels, salt, butter, and a bowl, as well as any spices or seasonings to taste. Watch this video snack-making tutorial and learn how to cook up stov...
In this how to video, you will learn how to install Boot Camp on the Mac OS X. First, go to spotlight and look for the Boot Camp tool. Once you find it, open it. Click continue and choose how you want to partition the disk space for the Windows operating system. Once this is done, press partition. Once that finishes, insert the installation disc and then select start installation. Your system will then restart and then complete the installation of Windows. This may take a while. Once that is ...
Memorial Day signifies the unofficial kickoff for outdoor activities like camping. Camping can either be a flurry of fun and adventure, or a miserable few days of getting sick in the bushes and being dehydrated. Every summer, thousands of people set out on these camping adventures, and every summer, many become stricken with food borne illnesses or a parasitic infection. Watch this how to video to keep this from happening to you.
Stove that you cant extinguish very easy. To make this survival stove, you will need WD-40, a paper towel, and a lighter.
Make popcorn the way your grandparents made it! This is a healthier alternative to microwave popcorn, and also lets you decide what flavors you want to add. You can make a traditional popcorn the old fashioned way using your kitchen stove.
If you find yourself stranded somewhere, or hungry in the wild, you will definitely need this tutorial.
