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How to Start Ice Climbing

The Gear You Need to Start Ice Climbing

How to Jump-Start a Dead Battery

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A Winter Emergency Kit for Any Driver

Traction Control, Explained

Gift Ideas for Outdoorsy Partners

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Turn Your Dog into a Proper Adventure Pup

The All-New Toyota Tundra, Reviewed

What to Know Before You Buy Your Next Sleeping Bag

Want to Camp Comfortably This Winter? Get a Canvas Tent.

How to Keep Your Gadgets Charged Outdoors

The Case for ATVs
Want to Camp Comfortably This Winter? Get a Canvas Tent.
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The secret to keeping the human body comfortable in cold weather? Keeping it dry. Enter the canvas-walled tent. Made from an environmentally sustainable fabric that breathes, such tents are ideal winter shelter. If you’re harboring doubts, that’s because canvas tents have traditionally been enormously heavy and difficult to pack down to anything approaching a manageable size. Wes Siler walks you through a product that he thinks solves those issues: the 26-pound Snowtrekker Basecamp ($1,520).