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The Outdoor Adventure Show 2018 – Toronto – Day 2 of 2

By Christina|2018-03-04T18:23:11-05:00March 4th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, backcountry custom canoes, camping, Canada, canoe, canoe camping, education, enthusiasm, Exploring, Hiking, hiking trails, homemade, inspiration, kawartha, kawartha highlands, kayak portaging, Kayaking, Nature, newkayak, Ontario, ontario parks, ontario sea kayak centre, Ontario Trails, ontarios highlands, Outdoor Adventure Show, outdoor products, Outdoors, outdoors show, paddling, shawn james, tent, tentcamping, tips, toboggan, trade show, training, winter camping, winter camping tips|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, @BCustomCanoes, @canoe_collector, @eurekacamping, @explorersedge, @frenchriverpp, @frontenacpark, @happyyak, @jbadventurer, @kchappycamper, @keencanada, @kihdproducts, @killarneyPP, @lureofthenorth, @mikeranta, @ontarioparks, @ontarioseakayak, @ontariotravel, @outdoorAdvShow, @parksblogger, @parkscanada, @purinize, @suesoutdoorcrew, @swift_canoe, @traversing, @unlostify, @youngoutdoors, #adventure, #algonquin, #algonquinpark, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #explore, #explorethebackcountry, #exploring, #getoutside, #kayak, #kayaking, #keen, #kihd, #ontario, #paddle, #paddleon, #paddling, #solo, #solocamping, #stickstove, #TheHappyCamper, #winter, #wintercamping, portage, portaging, Spitzii|

It was Sunday, February 25, Day Two of the Outdoor Adventure Show for me! I woke up feeling very tired and already having a slight headache, I wasn’t quite sure if I should just head home, or head back to the show? After getting up and getting ready, putting some peppermint oil on underneath my Lure buff, a.k.a. today's head bandage, I decided I would be good for a few hours. I was very excited to [...]

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Killarney Solo Winter Backcountry Trip – Ice Ice Baby -44

By Christina|2020-04-22T15:19:28-04:00January 6th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, Canada, crack, creek, creeks, Exploring, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, homemade, hot tent, killarney, Killarney Provincial Park, Nature, Ontario, Outdoor Adventure Show, outdoor products, Outdoors, Parks, pulk, pull in, scenery, scenic, sledding, snowshoe trails, snowshoeing, Solitaire, solo trip, tent, tentcamping, walking, winter, winter camping, winter Wonderland|Tags: @explorersedge, @keencanada, @lureofthenorth, @mikeranta, @NeOntario, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontarioparksne, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, @pookcanada, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camperchristinasbchottent, #camping, #canada, #cold, #explore, #exploring, #freezing, #getoutside, #h50, #hike, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #hills, #hottent, #hottenting, #Kombi, #lotn, #minus44, #MountainHardwear, #ontario, #pooktoque, #pulkin, #sealey, #sealeylake, #sealeylakes, #sled, #sledin, #snow, #solo, #sportsmansinn, #TheCrack, #trail, #trails, #winter, #wintercamping, #woodstove, camp, campsite, killarney, pulk, toboggan|

I have always wanted to do a winter backcountry trip in Killarney, but due to the tipi being so heavy and not having a clue where to go, I hadn't made it there as of yet. Over the summer, I had stopped in to visit the lovely staff at the office at George Lake. I was doing a 5 day, 4 night solo trip and I had a few questions. I got all the answers [...]

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Hot Tent Backcountry Trial Run – How to Stake a Hot Tent When Camping on Rock

By Christina|2018-01-02T17:19:19-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, Campers, camping, Canada, Climbing, conservatationarea, Conservation areas, conservationarea, crownland camping, enthusiasm, Exploring, falls, frozen waterfalls, georgian bay, go home lake, hike, Hiking, hot tent, ice, Muskoka, muskoka trails, Nature, Ontario, Outdoor Adventure Show, Outdoors, scenic, sledding, snowshoe trails, snowshoeing, tent, tentcamping, tipi, toboggan, water, winter, winter camping, winter camping tips, winterglamping|Tags: @conont, @gbaybiosphere, @keencanada, @lureofthenorth, @ontarionature, @ontariotravel, @purinize, @suesoutdoorcrew, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camperchristinacooks, #cold, #crafttime, #crownland, #crownlandcamping, #freighttoboggan, #georgianbaybiosphere, #gohome, #gohomelake, #hottent, #icicles, #keen, #knico, #nalegenecozy, #nostakes, #salmon, #sled, #sledin, #snow, #snowanchor, #sue, #tent, #testrun, #trialrun, #waterbottleinsulator, #winter, #wintercamping, #woodstove, Muskoka|

A few weeks before the hot tent was done, I 'd made plans to take it out into the backcountry with my friend Sue, from Sue's Outdoor Crew. She had spent the weekend before making a sled so she could carry her gear on it and some of the items needed for our weekend. The day before our trip, we had some issues locating a good spot to camp as it's very difficult to find [...]

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Hot Tent Trial Run – Mew Lake – Dec 9 & 10, 2017

By Christina|2017-12-26T17:30:51-05:00December 26th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, alone, camping, campsite, Canada, Exploring, hike, Hiking, hiking trails, homemade, hot tent, inspiration, learning, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, outdoor products, Outdoors, Provincial Park, solo trip, winter, winter camping|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @kchappycamper, @keencanada, @lureofthenorth, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, @thermarest, #adventure, #algonquin, #algonquinpark, #burnindicator, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canvastent, #costco, #diy, #hike, #hiking, #hottent, #hottenting, #knico, #madeitmyself, #marmot, #ontario, #ridgerest, #setup, #snow, #solo, #tentsile, #testrun, #trail, #trails, #trialrun, #warminside, #winter, #wintercamping, #wintercampingbook, #woodstove, carcamping|

I completed my new backcountry hot tent just in time for the weekend. It was a tough and stressful week, but I made it and I was super excited! I had created a new hot tent recently to use in the backcountry as my DIY Tipi was just too heavy. Before I took it out into the backcountry though, I wanted to test it out somewhere safe, so as with past trials, I decided to [...]

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How to Make a Hot Tent Camper Christina Style – Part 3 – The Final Details!

By Christina|2017-12-19T18:02:20-05:00December 19th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, Canada, cold, DIY, education, enthusiasm, Exploring, family day weekend, glamping, homemade, hot tent, learning, logo, miner, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, pyramid, solo trip, teepee, tent, tentcamping, tipi, triangletent, winter, winter camping, winter camping tips, winterinthewild|Tags: @keencanada, @lureofthenorth, @ontarionature, @ontariotravel, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #backcountryhottent, #backcountryhottenting, #camperchristina, #camperchristinasbchottent, #camping, #canada, #diy, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #homemadehottent, #hottent, #hottenting, #knico, #knicostove, #madeitmyself, #ontario, #sew, #sewing, #staywarm, #winter, #wintercamping, #woodstove, camp, homemade|

In November 2015, I built a DIY Tipi hot tent. It is awesome and I love it dearly, but unfortunately, the tipi is not made for the backcountry. I took it on a few small trips last year and very quickly realized it weighs a tonne. I hadn’t realized how much until I had made a statistics sheet about it for winter in the wild and was amazed to see that it weighed about 65 lbs and with [...]

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