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Hiking After Sixty Without Trashing Your Knees

The climb isn't what hurts you. It's the walk back down, and a few grams of aluminum in each hand change everything.

GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Get the House and the Truck Ready Before the Ice Comes

Your gas furnace still needs electricity, your freezer has 48 hours, and your tires lost air last week. Fix all three this weekend.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Swapping a Switch and an Outlet, in the Right Order

The whole job takes twenty minutes once you know what to look at first, and exactly where it stops being a homeowner job.

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Outdoors6 min read

How Far Kids Can Really Hike and How to End the Day Happy

Distances by age, a snack schedule that works, and the one rule that decides whether your kid ever asks to go again.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuidePreparednessDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty Feet From the House and Other Generator Rules

Where to put it, how big to buy, and the wiring shortcut that can kill a lineman working your street.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your car seat is probably loose, and three other mistakes

Go out to the driveway, grab the seat at the belt path, and pull. If it moves more than an inch, you've got a problem worth ten minutes.

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GuideOutdoorsNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Hiking Alone as a Woman Starts the Night Before

A trip plan somebody actually reads, a turn-around time you keep, and the gear that earns its weight when the light goes early.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Where To Shelter From A Tornado In Every Kind Of House

Pick your spot on a calm Tuesday, not during a warning. A room-by-room plan for basements, slabs, apartments and manufactured homes.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your dog's first duck season is really a training season

Shoot less, watch more, and fix the holes you built in. What a home-trained retriever needs from you between October and January.

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GuideOutdoorsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The First Hour After You Realize You Are Lost

Most search-and-rescue stories are decided before the sun goes down, by what you do in the sixty minutes after the trail stops looking like a trail.

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GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

How Much Water to Store for an Outage and How to Keep It Safe

One gallon per person per day is the official number. Here's what that actually looks like stacked in your garage, and how to keep it drinkable.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

A Weekend of Work That Shows Up on Your Energy Bill

Two days, a caulk gun, and a short list of jobs that actually move the needle — plus the four that belong to a professional.

GuideOutdoorsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Ground Steals Your Heat Before the Air Ever Does

Below zero, warmth is a system you build in daylight — pad R-value, a dry sleeping layer, hot water at your feet, and a stove that actually lights.

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GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Hurricane Checklist You Should Start in May

Atlantic season runs June 1 to November 30, and almost everything worth doing is easier before a storm has a name.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Hunting & Shooting6 min

Your kid's first hunt should end before they want it to

Outdoors6 min

Read a Topo Map and Shoot a Bearing Before Your Phone Dies

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Go Bag and the Thirty Minute Wildfire Plan

When the deputy knocks, you get one lap through the house. Decide now what you grab, what you wear, and who does what.

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Hunting & Shooting6 min read

How to field dress a deer without ruining the meat

The clock starts the moment the animal is down. A calm, ordered method for getting the cavity open, the heat out, and the venison home clean.

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What was your first ever job?

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