Mountain Men on History Channel

This show looks promising. Move over Bear Grylls! Lol. Definitely looking forward to the premier tonight:
http://www.history.com/shows/mountain-men

Crkt children's knife beginner's kit

Check out this really cool knife kit to teach your children how to handle knives from the brilliant people at CRKT:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkPOE2paRBi4&v=kPOE2paRBi4&gl=US

Out door day dreams

I often sit at my desk at work and think about being out in the mountains scrambling up rock cliffs, blazing switch back trails, in the shade of the birch wood. Smelling the wood smoke of a campfire listening to the awakening sounds of nightfall while watching the sun set over the mountains. Then I come back to reality and stare at an email. Thank God for the weekends when I can finally sit under the stars.

Check out this great trail in NJ

http://alltrails.com/trail/us/new-jersey/ramapo-reservation-trail

What did you do this weekend?

Share stories, pics or vids with us.

Surviving a charging Grizzly Bear

It would apply to any bear so I'm sure we'd all be interested in this article while out hiking or camping:

Backpacker Magazine - Grizzly Attack http://www.backpacker.com/2012-january-reader-survival-grizzly-attack/survival/16227

Knife survivalist expert knife of choice

Check out survivalist expert Tony Nester's preferred tool for bushcraft:

Backpacker Magazine - Survival: In the Wild With...Only a Knife backpacker.com/survival-only-…

Backpacker Magazine

So I just subscribed to a year of Backpacker magazine. Check the out they have a lot of great info on gear, articles, info on skills, events, trails, destinations and more! See their 2011 Editor's choice for gear:

Backpacker Magazine - Editors' Choice 2011: Videos and Articles backpacker.com/gear-zone-edit…

Survivorman

Wow the next SurvivorMan season Les Stroud is upping the ante to 10 survival days alone. That dude is no joke. I'm waiting to get a 10 day weekend myself and then I will attempt to do the same. Would any of you try that?

Alltrails.com

If you are looking for a site that suggests good hiking trails and supporting info (maps, locations, difficulty ect.) then check out
http://alltrails.com/ they even have cool apps for the iphone and android users

Weekend Hike

Looking for a great weekend hike in the tri-state are? Here's one. The Mt. Minsi trail in Pennsylvania's Delaware water gap region:

http://alltrails.com/trail/us/pennsylvania/mount-minsi?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AllTrails+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_content=featured+trail+title

In September of 2011 I went on a 10 mile hike on the Burroughs Range Trail in the Catskill Mountains. Alone, I hiked up to the Highest Mountain in the Catskills and camped over night. Here is a video I made of my hike on my iphone. More trips to come.

Cat Skills