Ever wondered what you’d actually need in a go bag? We sent our writer and tester, Alex Rennie, out into the field for a true 24-hour experiment with nothing but the gear in his bag. He spent the day and night outside, putting everything to the test to see what actually worked when he couldn’t rely on the comforts of home. The goal was simple: figure out what was useful, what fell short and what he wished he had. After 24 hours, we rebuilt the bag from the ground up. Here’s what made the cut — and what we’d actually pack in a go bag. -------------------------------- When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Router Backpack:…
Ever wondered what you’d actually need in a go bag? We sent our writer and tester, Alex Rennie, out into the field for a true 24-hour experiment with nothing but the gear in his bag. He spent the day and night outside, putting everything to the test to see what actually worked when he couldn’t rely on the comforts of home. The goal was simple: figure out what was useful, what fell short and what he wished he had. After 24 hours, we rebuilt the bag from the ground up. Here’s what made the cut — and what we’d actually pack in a go bag. --------------------- 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Expert advise from Michael Kleeman from American Red Cross 1:44 - What's in my Go Bag 2:21 - Northface backpack 2:38 - Hydration 3:36 - Food supply 4:04 -…
A 59-year-old Provo fire captain, his wife, and their three sons were swept to their deaths by a flash flood in a Utah canyon last Friday, leaving their daughter as the family's sole survivor because she stayed home. Wayne County deputies received a call Friday evening after a young male's body was found in a […] The post Utah fire captain, wife, and three sons killed in flash flood — daughter survives by not joining trip appeared first on American Almanac .
A 59-year-old Provo fire captain, his wife, and their three sons were swept to their deaths by a flash flood in a Utah canyon last Friday, leaving their daughter as the family's sole survivor because she stayed home. Wayne County deputies received a call Friday evening after a young male's body was found in a flood wash near Sunglow Campground, a steep box canyon at 7,200 feet elevation near Bicknell in southern Utah. By nightfall, search teams had located three members of the Long family, Captain Spencer Long, 59, and two of his sons. Crews recovered the remaining two bodies Saturday morning. Spencer and Katrina Long had brought their sons Gage, Reid, and Thayne to the red rock canyon for a day of hiking and canyoneering when powerful…Open
A historic rainfall event has left communities across several Missouri counties underwater and prompted water rescues, including an evacuation of a summer camp.
The National Guard evacuated campers after flooding in Missouri that reminded some families of the devastating floods at Camp Mystic in central Texas last year.
The governor of Missouri has declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to flash flooding in central, south-central and southeastern parts of the state.
Camp Mystic has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and a lawyer representing the families of six campers killed in last year's floods has called the filing "a sham." Senior justice reporter Safia Samee Ali breaks down what happens next. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/camp-mystic-bankruptcy-sham-victims-lawyer/
A lawyer representing the families of six campers killed in last year's Camp Mystic floods vowed to challenge the camp's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, calling it a "sham bankruptcy to avoid liability to these families" after the filing automatically paused lawsuits brought by victims' families. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/camp-mystic-bankruptcy-sham-victims-lawyer/ Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes." Weekdays starting at 9a/8C.#NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
In this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, we go to camp: from 16th-century military lodgings to the wilderness adventures of the 1880s designed to turn boys into "manly men."
