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Marshmallow takes its name from a real plant whose roots once supplied a sticky ingredient, before modern sweets switched recipes.
Camping Word Search
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flashlightFind to reveal
Early flashlights gave such a brief, weak glow that you flashed them on and off, which is how they got their name.
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During World War I, the U.S. Navy borrowed civilians' binoculars for a dollar, turning field glasses into equipment for watching the sea.
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A traditional fire piston lights tinder by rapidly compressing air, using pressure-generated heat to make a campfire starter without rubbing sticks together.
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The word knapsack comes from an old German term meaning to snack, since the bag once held a traveler's food for the road.
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A tent can get wet inside even without rain, when water vapor from breathing condenses on its cooler walls.
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Scientists found that brown platypus fur glows greenish-blue under ultraviolet light, revealing a hidden color in wildlife that looks ordinary by daylight.
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Thin sheets of horn once served as lantern windows, admitting light without the fragility of a pane of glass.
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At a magnetic pole, a compass has no clear direction because Earth's field points vertically, leaving a flat needle without its guide.
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Christopher Columbus brought the hammock back to Europe after seeing islanders in the Bahamas sleeping in woven nets between trees.
True stories · Mount Katahdin, Maine
Grandma's long walk
In 1955 a 67-year-old Ohio grandmother named Emma Gatewood told her grown children she was going for a walk. She then hiked the entire roughly 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail alone, the first woman ever to do so in one season. She carried no tent and no sleeping bag, just a homemade sack slung over one shoulder holding a blanket, a raincoat, and a shower curtain. She slept on leaves and porches, ate berries and foraged greens, and wore through several pairs of sneakers. Reaching Mount Katahdin in Maine after 146 days, she sang a verse of America the Beautiful. Her quiet feat helped make the trail famous worldwide.
In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
Trivia
What set of seven principles teaches campers to pack out their trash and protect wild places?
Leave No Trace.
What do campers call the protective groundsheet placed beneath a tent?
A footprint (or ground tarp).
The Boy Scouts' two-word motto urges campers to always carry the right gear. What is it?
Be Prepared.
Which star near the north celestial pole helps campers in the Northern Hemisphere find north?
Polaris, the North Star.
What U.S. agency, founded in 1916, runs the national parks where millions camp each year?
The National Park Service.
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What set of seven principles teaches campers to pack out their trash and protect wild places?
Leave No Trace.
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Play →or printTrue stories · Springer Mountain, Georgia
Never too old
In 2017, an 82-year-old retired diver named Dale Sanders set off from Springer Mountain, Georgia, determined to walk the whole Appalachian Trail in one year. Sanders kept a steady pace, rested often, and accepted help from younger hikers he met along the way. Seven months and 2,190 miles later he reached the end in Maine, setting the oldest-thru-hiker record at the time. Asked how he managed it, he danced a little jig and told reporters the secret was simply refusing to quit, one slow step after another.
Keep close to Nature's heart, and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.
John Muir
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Sources: Grandma Gatewood, Appalachian Mountain Club · Dale Sanders oldest thru-hiker, Washington Post · Pesse canoe, oldest known boat · Quotations of John Muir, Sierra Club
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.