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My First Desert…

By Sean Fagan
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Cooking in the shade. It's hard to describe the unique atmosphere of a desert. What struck me most was a vast sense of emptiness. The writer Robyn Davidson summed it up well - "I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space" (Photo: Sean Fagan).

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A Desert Adventure

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One of my outdoor goals this year was to explore a desert. I've camped in arid areas of the Mediterranean before but I've never camped in a true desert.

So off I flew to Morrocco. Then hopped onto a bus for a five-hour trip over the magnificent Atlas Mountains.

I then made a very basic camp on the eastern side of the atlas mountains, near the desert town of Quarzazate.

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Shelter Maintenance…

By Sean Fagan
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Improvised tarp shelter made from discarded sheet of plastic. Note stash of dry firewood under tarp - always good to plan ahead (Photo: Sean Fagan).

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TARP SHELTER TIPS

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There would seem to be a trend among some bushcrafters to leave permanent shelters in the woods for repeated visits.

Each to their own.

With bushcraft becoming ever more popular - it's becoming increasingly more common to come across various natural and man-made outdoor shelters scattered throughout many, often remote wild places.

Learn why I think this practice is generally bad for wild places - and also bad for shelters (such as tarps)...

...and why shelter maintenance is an important, often underrated, outdoor living skill...

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