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Dehydration is a common backcountry problem that affects children and adults alike. It can lead to fatigue, headaches, lethargy, irritability, and more serious injuries if left untreated. Your first line of defense is to keep your group hydrated by drinking...
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The thought of searching for a lost child after a backpacking, camping or hiking trip is agonizing, to say the least. But part of managing risk is confronting the potential problem and taking steps to control the outcome if it does happen. One step that...
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Have you ever been stuck in traffic and found yourself mentally escaping with the kids to long trails, green trees, and mountain lakes. Just when you think that you can smell the pine needles somebody honks and before you know it you are rushing off to...
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Looking for a new spin on an educational expedition ? How about whale watching? Here is a brief tutorial on how to get started, resources, locations, citizen science projects, and some other special topics for kids. http://www.youtube.com/v/0YVsELR7Q48...
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In this weeks roundup we have a Digital Photography course for shooting sunrise or sunset photos, a plug for a new film of Yosemite National Park set to premier on the Travel Channel, and a podcast from the University of Minnesota about curing Nature...
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Have you ever tried to enter multiple data points into your GPS receiver? You can avoid self inflicted repetitive motion injuries by managing this type of data in the GPX file format. Photo Credit: Jimmie Joe via Flickr What is GPX? GPX is an abbreviation...
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Are you looking for a way provide your children with outdoor opportunities that educate and build confidence? Look no further, we just put the finishing touches on Educational Expeditions , the new Trailmix.Net e-book. The e-book is a blueprint for developing...
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You have your GPS and you are ready to start geocaching with your kids. You go to Geocaching.com and realize that there are 500000 caches to choose from. Where to begin??? Here are three tips for starting out on the right foot. Make the First One Easy...
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Much has been written about hiking with kids, particularly on the subjects of equipment and technique. In fact, one of the best articles on the subject was authored by Penny Schwyn and is posted here. However, an area worthy of more exploration lies in...
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As we announced in the Trail Guide, we are in the process of adding to our outdoor education seminar portfolio. In the next couple of weeks we will complete production of a seminar about Geocaching with Children and we will begin production of a seminar...
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We are working hard to launch our first product ( The Yosemite National Park Scavenger Hunt ) but it is still a couple of months away... until then, I thought that I would recap some of the other family outdoor recreation activities that we have explored...
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Here's this weeks Friday roundup. The Friday roundup is a short list of our favorite stories and blog posts that were published this week. Louv Wins Award: Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods (a groundbreaking book about the disconnect...
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A few weekends ago, I was walking with the kids on an icy trail in Yosemite National Park. After spending most of my life hiking, walking, and playing in snow, even helping a Mountain Rescue Team gain national certification in snow and Ice rescue a couple...
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An article by Judy Keen in USA Today identifies an increasing trend in the theft of relics in US National Parks. Relic thieves range from students that find historical artifacts and save them for further study to black market profiteers looking to make...
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This is a tutorial on how to load multiple geocaches onto your GPS receiver using EasyGPS. Uploading multiple caches is a three step process: 1) Save a .gpx or .loc file to your desktop 2) Manage the data using EasyGPS 3) Sending the data to your GPS...
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