If you've traveled much in a land of lakes and rivers, you know the troubles that worry even the most seasoned wilderness trippers: overgrown portages, hungry bugs, storms or shorelines that force you ...

Under relentless wind and rain, Tony and Bernie scramble to set up tarp and tent on a mountain ridge. Between shivering fingers, wild gusts, and soaked layers, they test gear, get water from a tarn, ...

RAIN WAS in the forecast, but I didn’t put a lot of thought into preparing camp for it. After all, there were spring turkeys to hunt. Just hours later, I was carving the breast meat off a gobbler when ...

Many backpackers are eschewing heavy rugged tents for lightweight tarps. If you normally carry a rain poncho you can kill two birds with one stone by adapting aluminum or fiberglass tent poles to fit ...

Valley Water will close Gilroy’s two largest homeless encampments next month. While officials cite safety concerns, the ...