Favorite Links

http://thesurvivalistblog.net/
A huge site devoted to preparedness, suvival skills, self defense and more. Lots of interesting comments by a readership of nearly 4,000.

http://www.hikinginfinland.com/
Check out this ultralight backpacking site. He gives a weekly roundup which is comprised of top notch news in the backpacking community, photos, links,  more.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill/index.shtml
Excellent and easy way to determine windchill, along with pertinent information. Box at bottom of page lets you plug in the real time numbers and calculate.

http://walletpop.com/
Great site filled with friendly consumer information, including health, finances,scam alerts and product recall, much more. Easy to navigate.

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html Free download which enables users to view any address or place, many perks.

http://www.trailquest.net/
A website with tons of information, especially the three long trails: Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Appalachian Trail. Ultralight backpacking page, scuba diving and more.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/
A site with information on all sorts of down home things, including acorn harvesting, building your own home, and back country skills.

http://www.questoutfitters.com/
 800-359-6931 Very helpful in selecting and purchasing from their huge list of fabrics, hardware, patterns for outdoor gear.

http://www.owfinc.com/
 208-402-0110, orders:800-693-7467 Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics, located in Idaho. Very good people to work with, great prices, too.

http://noahlamport.com/
 These people mainly do fabric. Seconds at great prices, cosmetic blemishes don't impact the fabrics functionality.

http://www.reserveamerica.com 
Interactive website for locating campgrounds all across America. Put in the location, hit the search, and a list of locations appears. Tons of information.

Backcountryattitude.com/navigation_map_compass- with or without a compass, navigation skills are important to every outdoors person

Newspaperlinks.com
A link to digital database of official  public records and obituaries.

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html
An interactive site with directions for making your own outdoor gear.

http://mayoclinic.com/
Excellent resource for medical information. Easy to navigate, with in depth explanations and courses of available action.

http://about.com/
With 750 experts writing about their subjects, this massive site is worth bookmarking. Information and videos.

http://www.coolworks.com/
A fantastic website for seasonal workers or people looking for work in outstanding places like National Parks, Resorts and foreign countries.

http://www.youtube.com/user/minibulldesign
I subscribe to this guy's channel because he is fun to watch and has a lot of great information for outdoor people

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/
A very informative site with many contributing writers. I found it researching deaths at Angel's Landing in Zion.

http://www.hulu.com/
Television online. Commercials are very short, way shorter regular broadcast, its free, and you can watch and pause at your convenience.

http://www.nps.gov/index.htm
Finding a national park, news and resources available at a government site.