On my latest camping adventure I finally decided to try out out the best outdoor stove on the market – the MSR WhisperLite Internationale Camp Stove.
The MSR WhisperLite Internationale Camp stove heating water for our morning coffee.
I’ve heard a lot of great things about this product over the years, light-weight, easy to use, easy to carry, simple design and effective to name a few. However, I never tried using this camp stove. MSR’s most popular model and the product I’m going to review is the WhisperLite Internationale (it’s approximately $90.00 USD).
From the first time I used it, I knew that I probably won’t use any other outdoor stove again. This past weekend I went camping on an uninhabited island in Northeastern Wisconsin called Rock Island. In order to get to the campground you have to take two ferries and then hike at least half a mile to get to your site. Obviously, you had to hike all your gear in and out, which meant less was more.
Anyway, I figured that this would be the perfect opportunity to put my new camp stove, the MSR WhisperLite Internationale, through some testing. The Internationale model is a variant of the legendary WhisperLite stove.
Save money when backpacking by purchasing food from your grocery store.
One of the biggest concerns people have when gearing up for a backpacking adventure is, “What are we going to eat?” Rightfully so. That’s a very important question that everyone should ask themselves as they begin to plan their next outdoor adventure.
Many people that are new to hiking often run to an outfitter and purchase food that the outfitter recommends. Unfortunately, they could have gone to their local grocery store and purchased some cheap backpacking food instead!
Below is a video that shares some great tips on how to backpack cheaper by buying food from your grocery store.
Do you find yourself getting “freaked out” by eerie sounds of the outdoors?
One of the scariest things you can experience while camping at night is to be woken up by an unknown sound. When you’re lying in your tent and you hear an animal sniffing around your campsite, your mind suddenly flashes all kinds of images of wild animals ready to attack you and your family.
Well, 99% of the time that fear couldn’t be further from reality. In most cases campers get midnight visitors simply because they left something out that an animal would love to eat.
Let’s say you forgot to pack away a few marshmallows from the smores you made earlier. Well, raccoons, porcupines, squirrels, opossums, bears, etc all love the sweet taste of those marshmallows. They mean you or your family no harm; they just want a sweet treat!
Memorial Day weekend – a few days known for honoring those who fought for America’s freedom, the beginning of summer and camping. With a poor economy, people are still getting outdoors, but they are staying much closer to home.
This was exactly the case for me this holiday weekend. My girlfriend and I wanted to get outdoors, but didn’t want to spend a fortune in the process. So we decided to spend Memorial Day at the highest natural point in Wisconsin, Timm’s Hill. Yes, it’s spelled with two m’s and ironically called a hill.
