Caitlin Giddings
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Stories By Caitlin Giddings
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How To Care For Your Camping Gear
Now that you've tended to the needs of your sleeping bag and tent, it's time to turn your attention to the rest of your gear. Granted, it's...
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Keep Your Tent In Tip-Top Shape
A tent can feel like a second home. One night in Louisiana, lying on a sticky Therm-a-rest, I added up the nights I'd slept in...
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How-To: Pack Smart For Your First Thru-Hike
Packing for your first long thru hike is a complicated game of Tetris, indeed. Months of necessities need to fit together in a limited space, and somehow...
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The Art Of Quiet Camping
Somehow the Portland, OR-based outdoors company Poler manages to make camping look cool. That's not to say that camping isn't cool on its own, but in my...
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How To Survive: Mini-Mart Meals
Chances are you've been hungry on a road trip and had to turn to a mini-mart for sustenance. Whether you were driving through parts unknown for a...
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The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Swimmer
They call it Polar madness—the psychological mayhem that grips Arctic and Antarctic explorers after months of boredom, isolation and lack of stimulation. But you don't need to...
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The One-Pot Gourmet
You don't have to own a Top Chef-class RV to whip up a nice backcountry meal. With a little pre-planning, even backpackers can move beyond standard hobo...
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Late Bloomers
Let's face it: The main reason we love stories of late-blooming superstars is we'd all like to think there's some latent talent tucked away inside us, just...
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The Running Dead
In case the prospect of setting a personal best wasn't enough to fuel your spring training, now you have a more pressing reason to run like hell:...
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