Touring Afoot

To one who has never done any camping the choice of a bed is one that nettles him and he will have doubts about being comfortable with the outfits recommended by those of experi...

The conditioning of the feet will be done while as a pedestrian you are preparing for some long hike. Curative measures for foot maladies then are to be undertaken at home. In c...

Supposedly the greatest privation which will confront the amateur woodsman who breaks away from home ties for a few weeks’ jaunt into the wilderness is a gastronomic one. Yet wi...

At night the novice wants to be housed in and the mysteries of darkness shut out, and as is becoming with precedent in outdoor living he must spread his blanket beneath cloth. T...

Back packing of the wilderness adventurer’s outfit is one of the necessary evils to be endured for the privilege of enjoying the freedom of travel and the peace and quietude of...

From the standpoint of pure pedestrianism winter travel usually has but little appeal yet it represents to the uninitiated marvelous revelations in scenic display, for the seden...

The most important requisite for the pedestrian is mobility. This in turn depends upon properly conditioned feet and a covering permitting the greatest ease in action and freedo...

A knowledge of the rudiments of map reading is essential to the camper who has occasion to travel into wilderness haunts. He should have a clear mental conception of the ground...

There is a certain trick in learning the technique of walking outdoors. Unless one takes up pedestrianism to make the most of it he is not apt to perfect himself in an art unive...

Walking tours are popularly supposed to be feasible chiefly for those to whom this method of travel is incidental to their occupation--timber cruisers, landlookers, prospectors,...

Witness the conduct of the seasoned woods traveler. His camp comfort is ever uppermost in his mind and although with meager outfit he so employs the artifices of woodcraft that...

The light weight mess kit combines the fewest utensils with which a person can prepare his own meals from the raw materials. It must nest compactly, have as few component parts...

The attractiveness of the outdoor life, its health giving attributes and its satisfying of the primitive in civilized man yearly draws hosts of enthusiastic adventurers into the...