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Record What You Do and See

After you've taken in all this hiking, backpacking and camping information and you get out into the wilderness, come back to the site and let us know about your adventures!

Write a story about what you've seen or done while you were hiking or camping, and we might publish it on the Explorer Ops web site!

To get you started thinking about writing stories, download our Nature Journal so you can record all your observations of wildlife and plants that you see.

Hiking and Camping Golden Rule

We've put the Golden Rule on every page of the site, because we believe it's so important....

Leave No Trace

To have beautiful and clean places for everyone to enjoy, help make them beautiful and clean. And never make them worse.

Enjoy Your Explorations!

Leave No Trace. To have beautiful and clean places for everyone to enjoy, help make them beautiful and clean. And never make them worse.

This site and these articles are not intended to be a complete guide to outdoor safety. Everyone who backpacks should learn the basics of survival skills, navigation, distress signaling, and first aid.