Outlining all the skills, but what's funny is that if you google search backpacking skills, you always end up with a list of gear to bring on a hike with you... Here are some of the skills we hope to address in coming episodes:
- Wilderness focused First aid: Common issues in the backcountry, the goals for treating them and what to carry.
- Personal hygiene – how to stay clean.
- Specific foot care – related issues. Making sure feet don’t get neglected and other self-care on the trail.
- Navigation – different forms of navigation – digital to paper.
- Meal planning, identifying how much to food to carry and options for cooking.
- How to approach food storage and keep it away from critters large and small.
- Fire.
- Water. Getting and treating it.
- The 10 essentials
Baseball cheating scandal as illustrated by mean girls
CDC Lyme disease page
Permethrin spray for clothing
Tick removal tweezers
Poison oak serum. I usually just wipe down using rubbing alcohol.
Shenandoah Nat Park's Bear Safety Page
