Written by Jeff ,Lisa and Honor Fournier and Rebecca Stelzer Saturday, 30 March 2013 09:42
Jeff’s Ocarina Epiphany
It was about five years ago that I started looking for a compact, rugged, musical instrument to play outdoors when camping. You can only carve so many spoons around the fire before you look for other interesting things to do. Ever since I watched Survivorman with Les Stroud I was always intrigued that he carried a harmonica into the woods a great many times. I heard that the harmonica was fun and Les looked like he enjoyed using his. Perhaps it was worth investigating,
Written by James P. Quarles Jr. Saturday, 09 February 2013 11:58
It never fails, just when I think I have all my outdoor gear needs covered Mother Nature comes along and proves me wrong.My leather wallet was soaked. It was the last day of my oldest son’s Webelo Scout Campout and it had been raining hard since two in the morning. Adding to the fun, the other Scout leader had forgotten to wake me when the gear trailer came by our campsite.
Written by Glen "Spen" Stelzer Saturday, 02 February 2013 13:21
With all the choices available my thought of finding a suitable woods or camp gun became a daunting task. I wasn't looking for ultimate stopping power or tactical flash. My criteria was pretty simple; versatile, inexpensive fun, and reasonable weight. Wondering through the SHOT 2012 show I found what I was looking for. The Beretta Neos U22 pistol!
Written by Tim Stetzer Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:22
Our modern world tends to put emphasis on things shiny, new and complicated. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but sometimes simple has its place. Perhaps the best intersection of ideas is when you take simple and apply some modern know how to it and you come up with a mix of the two. That’s the case with Cold Steel Boomerang.
Written by Stefanie Bondra Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:22
I know some of you have already tried some of the items from Mountain House. They offer a huge variety of entrees, vegetables, desserts, wraps and even include low sodium products. Today I'll be reviewing the #10 cans: in particular, the vegetable stew with beef.
Written by Jason Vey Wednesday, 29 August 2012 10:59
The ShootTech Systems Raptor Advance is an interesting concept in archery: it is a tool designed to function both as a compound bow (for hunting large game) and as an advanced sort of sling shot (for hunting small game). It achieves this by including a dual string, on which is mounted both a nock point for traditional arrows, and a magnetic “nock” that holds and fires .38 caliber steel ball bearings.
Written by Payge McMahon Wednesday, 22 August 2012 07:28
Manduka’s Pro-Black Magic yoga mat is firm, supportive and even when your dripping in sweat, provides traction, supporting your transitions and poses.
It is a bit cumbersome carrying the mat to the yoga studio or gym, but think of it as an additional mini-workout, well worth the reward.
Written by Taylor Hayes Monday, 16 July 2012 18:56
This Woods Monkey had a blast monkeying around with the SOL (Survive Outdoors Longer) Origin, a new idea for the pocket survival kit brought to us from the good folks at Adventure Medical Kits (AMK).SOL is a brand name for some of AMK’s product line and they have an array of survival oriented products that seem to fly off the shelves at my local outdoor stores This pocket survival kit had been on my wish list for some time. Then I received the opportunity to review the Origin for Woods Monkey, and I must say it’s got me hooked. It miniaturizes five of the traditional essentials with modern materials, and gives the person looking for the one stop product an option that just might save their life.
Written by Mike Brown Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:27
I grew up in a rural village on the New York Tug Hill Plateau. Most of my extended family lived deep in the Adirondacks and I spent many weekends and summer weeks with them in the mountains. Kids my age grew up without iPods, iPads, computer games and cellphones. As a matter of fact, we didn’t have much at all – rarely did we even have television. Where there was TV, there were never more than three channels available. One thing we did have was good, clean fun and plenty of it. We learned to make and to make do. We spent time with each other and we spent time outdoors. Learning how to hunt, fish, gather and process were just a part of the way of life.
Written by Payge McMahon Wednesday, 23 November 2011 00:00
If you have a bad back or just want to sit in a SUPER comfortable chair around a campfire, tailgating, fishing or picnicing: the STRONGBACK Elite folding chair is for you!
Written by Tim Stetzer Thursday, 06 October 2011 20:25
As seen in issue #4 of Self Reliance Illustrated!
I like to eat. I don’t however like to cook all that much. Especially in the outdoors where cleanup can sometimes be a hassle. Sure I know a lot of folks like to do campfire cooking, and I love to camp with those folks, but I’m not one of them. I like simple, lightweight and easy to clean up meals. If it involves more than boiling water I usually pass and look for something else to pack. Based on those criteria I’ve become a fan of dehydrated
meals that don’t require anything more than boiling some water and dumping it in a pouch, so when Mountain House contacted us here at the Monkey andasked us if we’d like to try out their new Wraps I jumped at the chance.
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