If you're a lover of tenting, camping, fishing, hiking and other outdoor, survival and bushcraft activities, you probably often face the dilemma what food to take with you to the countryside. Not everyone wants to take outdoors different ingredients and use them to cook or roast something on a campfire. For such people, there are also ready-made meals with a long shelf life that you can just heat up or eat cold and enjoy wherever you are. The producer of such tasty ready meals is the Czech brand EXPRES MENU.

This year, especially in Slovakia, the real mushroom picking season started at the turn of September and October. Until then, the weather was not very kind to mushrooms and their occurrence was very low. At this time, however, in the wooded rural areas, there are many parked cars along the forest groves and we can see many mushroom pickers with baskets.

Summer is here and hiking is gaining momentum. If you are planning a one-day hike, a weekend trip, or a multi-day trek and wondering how to pack for hiking, this practical guide will help you prepare your backpack efficiently and comfortably. You will find out what to pack for a hike, how to organize your gear in zones, and which accessories you should definitely bring with you.

Water, or rather drinking it, is one of the basic and essential needs of humans and other animals. Inadequate drinking can cause dehydration. Symptoms include headaches, double vision, dizziness, irritability, dry mouth and chapped lips. Absolute lack of water, or dehydration, can kill a person within an average of three days.

If you are a camping and hiking enthusiast and you also like to enjoy your own food and don't want to eat various ready-made meals or semi-finished products, you need the right equipment and gadgets for this. By preparing food in the open air, we mean cooking it, for example by boiling or baking it. Let's take a look together at the ways in which we can prepare tasty food in nature.

The term paracord is an abbreviation of the phrase parachute cord, which in English means parachute cord/rope. Parachute cord is made of nylon with the designation PARACORD 550. This designation means that the original parachute cord can carry 550 lbs. (approx. 250 kg). Paracord is a favorite of every outdoor, bushcraft and survival enthusiast. That is why it has become a part of, or complement to, other products. If necessary, you can disconnect it and untangle it to create several meters of cord. What kind of products are they?

Are you planning to buy a tent? Or do you already have a tent and need to add or change accessories and equipment before the camping season starts? The camping season is about to start and we'll give you advice on which tent accessories and equipment you shouldn't forget. Read on to find out more.

Pocket knives belong to the mandatory equipment of every outdoor enthusiast who regularly visits nature, enjoys hiking and camping outdoors. You never know when you will need to use a knife to cut, make, craft or otherwise handle something outdoors. A pocket knife can come in handy, for example, when dealing with injuries while hiking (cutting your clothes, cutting off a bandage, etc.), making a barbecue stick and preparing food while camping, or setting up a tent, etc. It's simply a tool that's good to have on hand that can be very useful. In this blog, we'll give you a tip on three knife models that might be for this purpose suitable for you. Please read on.