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SpotGen3: How to use a Personal Locator Beacon and How I use it

If tools and technology are available, should we use them and how do we use them? While in remotest Africa, I show you how I use this SPOT Gen3 personal satellite locator beacon (PLB). Remote...

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link to Big Temperature Drop Preparedness – High Altitude Africa Trail Run at Afriski, Lesotho

Big Temperature Drop Preparedness – High Altitude Africa Trail Run at Afriski, Lesotho

What is preparedness? Disasters, vehicle collisions, medical emergencies? Yes, for sure. It's also about thinking through simple elements such as the big temperature drop that can happen when the...

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link to LifeStraw Water Filter Easy Instructions, Review, and Limitations: Is it right for you?

LifeStraw Water Filter Easy Instructions, Review, and Limitations: Is it right for you?

For this episode, I explored the popular LifeStraw by Vestergaard. Should you buy one or many? That depends. I share the strengths and weaknesses. It's top strength is as a lightweight emergency...

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link to Finding your Peaceful Bench – Exploring Canada’s Westport and Brier Island

Finding your Peaceful Bench – Exploring Canada’s Westport and Brier Island

For this episode, I was in the Nova Scotia village of Westport on Brier Island. It's a part of Canada I love visiting because of the tranquility, the ocean, the great people, and there is so much to...

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link to Easy Guide to Doing the 2020 Cape Town Cycle Tour || World’s Biggest Cycling Race

Easy Guide to Doing the 2020 Cape Town Cycle Tour || World’s Biggest Cycling Race

The Cape Town Cycle Tour is a bucket list cycling event but how do you enter and have better chances of enjoying and completing it? Cape Town, South Africa, is the setting of the world's largest...

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link to Easy Guide for a Minimalist Travel Scuba Diving Kit?

Easy Guide for a Minimalist Travel Scuba Diving Kit?

This is a minimalist travel scuba diving kit that you can build so that if you have the chance to go scuba diving, you have the essentials with you. Sometimes life provides the opportunity to go...

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