Do you need a camping axe? Is it possible to use one and still adhere to the leave no trace principles? How can you take nothing but photographs if you’re intending to swing an axe at some poor unassuming tree?
For many, carrying one of the best camping axes is all part and parcel of the quintessential backcountry experience. The ability to survive in the wild, to use natural resources to look after yourself, to get back to nature; these are all desirable experiences, right? But, Bear Grylls-style wilderness survival and conservation of the natural environment surely can’t exist together?
