Safety and Survival
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Set Your Inner Adventure Junkie Free
Set Your Inner Adventure Junkie Free: How to Cope With Setbacks, Fear, and Anxiety By Caitlin Evans The word adventure has a jolly good ring to it, doesn’t it? There you are, climbing a mountain, struggling through the fast-melting snow, the weight of your backpack pinning you down to the face of the cliff. Or…
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Keep Your Belongings Secure While Travelling
Tips to Keep Your Belongings Secure While Travelling By Amanda Moore Travelling is one of life’s greatest joys. Whether you’re hitting the road with a partner, boarding a plane with your family, getting social on a tour or cruise, or embarking on an epic solo adventure, you’re starting a journey that you will never forget. However,…
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Understanding the “Open Road of Life”
My findings on the Open Road of Life by Meghan McHugh, under the advisement of Dr Lorie A. Tuma Hi! My name is Meghan. I am a senior at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and I am getting ready to graduate. Look out world, here I come! My last year at GVSU took place around…
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Winter Camping With Baby
By Allison Barfield Baby, it’s cold outside. So, that means it’s time to cozy up inside right? Well if you would like to, that’s fine. However, just because it’s winter and your baby IS, in fact, a baby, doesn’t mean you have to. You can take your bundle of joy camping in the colder months.…
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Journey Driven tracker and journal
Journey Driven tracker and journal for solo female travellers By Erica Angel Two years ago, shortly after my 21st birthday, I took a leap into something I would consider the single most frightening, exciting, liberating decision of my life so far, as I embarked on my first solo adventure to South East Asia. Although my…
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Leave-No-Trace Ethics
By Carley Fairbrother Is There Room for Curiosity in Leave-No-Trace Ethics? I want to start off with a story. Bear with me. My first introduction to habitat destruction was when I was eight years old. The ditch at the end of our driveway was my favourite place to play in the early summer. It contained…
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Predator Safety Precautions
Photo credit: US National Park Service By Carley Fairbrother I’ve written a few pieces on bear safety for Camping for Women, but I’ve never really covered how to avoid them when you are on the trail, or what to do when you come face to face with them. Now before I get started, I want…
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Dear Natalie: Told You So
By Natalie McCarthy Dear Natalie, Seriously, didn’t we tell you it was dangerous out there? Signed, Yourself, and society – again ______________________________________________________________________________ Dear everyone, So yeah, it happened. My friend Inga and I, both aiming for a grand total of at least 52 hikes by 12/31/18, decided to go on a quick hike one…
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How to Build an Emergency Snow Trench Shelter
By Carley Fairbrother Why Build a Snow Trench Shelter? Imagine you are out for a snowshoe or a backcountry ski, and you get lost, or a storm makes travel too dangerous, or your friend gets injured. You need a shelter, and fast. Luckily for you, you are surrounded by one of nature’s most convenient building…
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Dear Natalie You’re in Danger
By Natalie McCarthy Dear Natalie, Don’t you know it’s risky out there? Signed, Yourself, and society ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear everyone, At first, I would have answered this question in one, easy, short, simple word: No. I started hiking in Ohio. For my friends from outside the U.S., or those geographically challenged Americans, Ohio is flat and…