If you've traveled much in a land of lakes and rivers, you know the troubles that worry even the most seasoned wilderness trippers: overgrown portages, hungry bugs, storms or shorelines that force you ...

Sleeping under a camping tarp is a magical and minimalist experience. Unlike a tent, which cocoons you from the environment behind twin layers of the inner and flysheet, a tarp leaves you gloriously ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Shifting tactics in the race to shelter an estimated 1 million Haitians displaced by the earthquake, aid groups yesterday began to de-emphasize tents in favor of ...