Tag: water

The Best Scuba Diving Guide for Beginners: Should I Do Scuba Diving? + 5 Reasons
Outdoors, Travel

The Best Scuba Diving Guide for Beginners: Should I Do Scuba Diving? + 5 Reasons

Scuba diving is world-renowned for being one of the most unique experiences offered in an outdoor activity. With a higher level of peril than normal, as well as a high barrier of entry, this activity is barred off to all but the most determined of adventurers. However, those select few have unparalleled opportunities at their disposal, ones that take them to explore the mysterious and beautiful world underwater. We created a scuba diving guide for beginners because of our past experience. We joined this exclusive cohort as scuba diving beginners in the pursuit to earn our NAUI Entry-Level Diver Certification. I'm about to give you a first-person view into the wonderful world underwater and share my successes, failures, overall experience, and takeaways to answer everyone's burning que...
How to Purify Water in the Wild 5 Different Ways
Safety, Food, Outdoors, Survival

How to Purify Water in the Wild 5 Different Ways

Ever drank water from a fresh-running stream in the woods? You’re not alone. It seems clean and fresh enough to be safe for drinking, right? Nope. “Fresh” water can have traces of animal droppings, diseases, germs, chemicals, sewage, and runoff, among others. Doesn’t sound so appealing now, does it? You can learn how to purify water in the wild to get rid of unwanted bacteria in your body. To know how to purify water in the wild is one thing, but to know many other ways is even more important to accommodate and be prepared for all possible situations. NOTE: It is recommended that you first filter the water with a clean cloth before performing any of these processes.  Method 1: Iodine/Chlorine Tablets or Droppers To start of on how to purify water in the wild, we'll l...