Camping stoves aren’t outrageously expensive, but if you find yourself in need of one where you can’t buy it, Make shows you how to build your own with a bunch of off the shelf stuff. The main crux ...

i spent the weekend trying to come up with a design for a cheap, portable espresso machine. what i ended up with was a caulk gun actuated pvc tube contraption. you can read all about it over at ...

Shedding weight is less a packing problem and more a state of mind. Let WIRED show you how to keep warm and fed in the backcountry.

I may have to knuckle under on this issue. Because of the geographic location where I’ve done 90 percent of my backpacking in the high, fairly windy mountains of the Pacific Northwest I’ve long been ...

In some circles, using the term rocket stove will be met with raised eyebrows and a puzzled look, but in permaculture, prepper, and DIY communities, it will be followed by a lively discussion about ...