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The Best Winter Campfire

Jason Hunt, Ph.D.

Jan 17
3 min

The Best Winter Campfire

Fire lays for winter activities are important and there are many methods of setting up a fire to stay warm through extremely cold temperatures. From all of these methods, only a few do a good job of providing all-night comfort during the long night at camp in the winter months. When it comes to making fires and winter camping, most of us nowadays are sleeping in tents and packing tent stoves or heaters with us. And, while I prefer a wall tent or hot-tent 100 percent of the ti

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How to Bushcraft a Woodland Mat

Jason Hunt, Ph.D.

Nov 11, 2020
5 min

How to Bushcraft a Woodland Mat

Having the ability to walk into a woodland environment and survey the surrounding landscape for resources is not only a skill but one of the more gratifying experiences the modern woodsman can take part in. With a keen eye, you can begin to create tools, shelters, fire, and other camp implements in your head with each step, it's an exciting time that sparks creativity and tests the limits of your knowledge and skills set. Those more seasoned will no doubt see a great deal mor

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Benefits to Being Barefoot Outdoors?

Jason Hunt, Ph.D.

Jul 3, 2019
2 min

Benefits to Being Barefoot Outdoors?

So, I'm sure you have come across those in the outdoors that swear that going barefoot in the wilds keeps them present, thankful, and in a constant conversation with the earth whilst making them more nature literate. I know, I know- Bush Hippy lingo! While the language used to describe their experiences makes me ill, the experiences in and of themselves are none the less valid. There is scientific evidence that "earthing" works. By walking barefoot regularly, directly in cont

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