Grow Your Own Treehouse
(Inhabitat) There are houses built in trees and then there are treehouses. Last year, we had one of our first encounters with a home literally made from trees, using an ancient technique called pleaching...
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Off-Grid Man Jailed For Confronting Utility Company
(Washington County News) In the Pittsburgh area, a man went to jail rather than let the local power company run an electric line through his property. He’s also in some hot water for refusing...
10 Rules Someone Should Have Published
These are highly opinionated. I assure you that they were not delivered to me on a set of stone (or gold) tablets. No vegetation caught on fire during the course of their construction and...
Slaughter Creek Trail to Blood Mountain Hike
It’s already March and only now have I gotten out to the first hike of this season. I blame this mostly on financial and family obligations and a general lack of enthusiasm due to...
Final Cumberland Equipment List & Weights
I’ve completed my inventory of “stuff” I’m taking and weighing all the gear. Once again, I’m not an ultralight hiker but I do consider myself lighter than many of my contemporaries. That being said,...
