Category: Outdoors
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Garmin Forerunner 910 – How To Get Started
We will look at how to get started with the Garmin Forerunner 910 so that we can sync our activities and pair our heart rate monitor. Out of the box, the most important pieces are the USB charging cable and the ANT+ stick. First thing is to charge the device to 100%. During this time,…
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CRKT Key Chain Sharpener – Product Review
We take a quick look at a recent addition to my pocket EDC key chain and the CRKT Key Chain Sharpener tool. Ranging between 15-18$, this is 3.375 inches in length with nylon handles for your fingers and comes with 4 tools: bottle cap opener, sharpener, webbing cutter & flat head screw driver.
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Hiking Safety Tips – Planning Before You Leave The House
We talk a lot about what to do to survive in the woods in an emergency, but we don’t address the things we can do before we leave the house to be safe or get search & rescue to us faster.
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Castle Frederick Farms Hiking Trails
Tucked in behind Windsor, Nova Scotia and not far from the Martock ski hill, we started the first of many exploration hikes within the Castle Frederick Farms Hiking Trails. The 2000 acre woodlot was recently put under a stewardship agreement with the Archaeological Land Trust of Nova Scotia to further protect the six archaeological sites…
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Garmin inReach Explorer – Calibrating Compass & Altimeter
We go over the steps to calibrate the Delorme inReach Explorer electronic compass and altimeter. The Delorme inReach Explorer contains an electronic compass and barometric altimeter. To calibrate both items, go to the SETTINGS page and scroll down to COMPASS & ALTIMETER From here you can calibrate the compass & altimeter.
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Heart Rate Training 101
This will be updated with the latest information as the training plans have been tweaked since I last wrote this article. How I Got Into Heart Rate Training I’ve been using HR training while running for six years and been giving brief info talks on the subject to the running club. As a training tool,…
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What to Pack For A Day Hike
In this video, I’ll show the items I would pack for a day hike. This will include the Essential Hiking Items along with a few luxury items that I have been carrying, but you can customize these items per your liking.
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Garmin inReach Explorer – Geocaching
In this video, we’ll show you how to load geocache waypoints on your Delorme inReach Explorer. Now we can enter manually waypoint information, but we want to load up multiple geocaches into our device. To help us do that, we need to create a GPX file that will contain these multiple geocaches or waypoints.
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Crystal Crescent Beach
On a hot summer morning, decided to drive down about 20 min from Halifax to Crystal Crescent Beach to check things out.
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How To Be Safe While Hiking
Be Safe When Hiking While listening to the weekly outdoor segment from the local radio station, I was a bit concerned about the lack of safety content when pressed by the radio host. It was more an opportunity to give a plug for a company than relay some useful information. Which got me thinking that…