Andrew Schrader

Even if the grid goes down, you can still use your cell phone as a convenient and powerful wilderness land navigation tool, and as a backup to paper maps.

We saw all kinds of special-operations military gear we would love to spend our money on at SOFIC 2017, but these three items really caught our attention.

In his 1916 book "Camping and Woodcraft", Horace Kephart discussed building what we'd now call an ultralight bug-out bag. We applied this plan to a loadout.

Continuing our Cold Weather Survival series, we review winter gear: the 5.11 Tactical 3-in-1 Parka, Black Diamond Enforcer gloves, and MSR XGK-EX stove.

In Part 2 of our Cold Weather Survival series, we’ll discuss weapons maintenance, nutrition, clothing, and gear for use in extremely cold winter weather.

Today, we're launching a series about cold weather survival in winter, based on the U.S. Army’s updated Mountain Warfare and Cold Weather Operations Manual.