OK, so I had no intention of attending the breakfast sponsored by the Conservation Alliance, the good-deed-doing arm of the outdoor industry. Had other fish to fry (well, other pancakes to eat). But I did to manage to catch the…
I’ll be on at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market all week; hopefully I’ll have some fresh content here by this time next week. Here are some links in the meantime: My Twitter feed — I’ll try to post updates, but the…
Nothing rational ever happens in a dream. For a few seconds I’m advising Obama on raising the debt ceiling, then I’m running I’m naked through my neighborhood, mentally screaming “my kingdom for a loincloth.” So I see no reason to…
Some of us who blog get mildly preoccupied with our UI (user interface) — the sidebars, pulldown menus, ad placement, etc. The best UI has just what you need right where you need it. Building a UI requires an intuitive…
It’s presumed there’s safety in numbers on a hike. But the tragedy at Yosemite last week demonstrates that there can be danger in numbers, too. While every additional hiker on an outing improves the chances that bears and mountain lions…
Back when I was first getting into hiking, I figured it couldn’t hurt to pay a little extra for Gore-Tex or eVent in my footwear. These so-called waterproof-breathable fabrics worked well enough under mild duty — quick strolls across dewy…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on hiking in the heat, how about y’all passing along where you’d hike this weekend if it were up to you. And consider this a challenge to all you lurkers in RSS feed land…
Getting lost is inevitable on a hike — the wilderness offers too many temptations to take a wrong turn. While getting lost tops the list of hiking risks, the worse threat is staying lost long enough for something bad to…
The June 2011 Outdoor Blog Carnival poses two simple questions: what makes a great trail, and what’s your favorite example? Carnival host Outdoor Vancouver nails the first one in Top 8 Qualities of a Great Trail (and Brooks-Range Dispatch has…
