Archive for August, 2010
Tomorrow marks the finale of Grand Opening week for the KEEN Garage–and the week is ending with a bang! Thursday evening from 5 to 9 p.m., the entire block outside the Garage storefront (926 NW 13th Ave.) will be closed off to cars and open to the public. And it’s… Read the rest
Hot purple sleeping bags with a between-the-legs zip option and padded feet. Four funny people. A hot midsummer’s night in the city.
What do you get when you combine these elements? The above shot… ready for your silly/serious/snarky comments.
Submit a clever comment in the comments section below and hope… Read the rest
This week’s shot, “Doggie Dash,” bore witness to several awesome captions, but there can only be one winner, and that winner is… Danielle, for submitting the caption that (we think) best captured this pooch’s character in words. According to Danielle, this is what this dog was thinking:
“Ooh ooh you … Read the rest
Police raiding a marijuana farm in western Canada stumbled across a group of more than 10 black bears that appeared to have been lured there to guard it.
Over the years, marijuana farmers have developed some novel ways of protecting their crops. From “invisible” fishhooks hanging at eyelid level to… Read the rest
This weekend in Rock Island, Illinois, participants in about 1,200 canoes and kayaks linked hands and paddles together for 30 seconds in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest collective canoe and kayak raft. The standing record was set in 2008 in New York.
This Saturday’s… Read the rest
If you’re in the mood for mellow, you’ve come to the right Music Monday selection. Today, we bring you the soothing sounds of S. Carey from his first solo album, All We Grow… Read the rest. As the drummer for the American Indie folk band Bon Iver, S. Carey has no need
Another unique form of pole dancing that we have felt inclined to feature. We rate it right up there with bear pole dancing.… Read the rest
What do you get when a design student from Montreal with a propensity for sustainable development descends upon the biking industry? Meet the ‘Victor’, a single speed concept bike created by Christophe Robillard for his final college project. Robillard set out to reframe the bicycle and has clearly accomplished exactly… Read the rest
So it’s Saturday morning, you don’t have to work for the weekend and you’re taking full advantage. You wake up at who cares what time, inhale to fill your lungs with the cool mountain air and you crawl out of your sleeping bag. The sound of your tent unzipping—that distinct… Read the rest
Who knew my slackline from Asheville to NYC would go directly over the White House? Not me! I swear!
Well, that’s me half way to the Big Apple, all lit up like a Christmas tree. After I convinced the Secret Service to untrain their lasers from my hungry, tired body,… Read the rest
This week’s Friday Photo winner is Matt J. Wiater for submitting this shot of a person jumping feet first into Crater Lake. Here’s what Matt had to say about the photo:
“This photo is from a hike down into Crater Lake in July of 2009. There was a family from … Read the rest
The Chairman of the Swedish Climbing Confederation recently announced that the Confederation will implement a policy for naming climbing routes–thereby eliminating those considered “offensive.” This proposed policy comes as a result of averse reactions to climbing routes in Sweden that have Nazi-themed names such as “Swastika,” “Hitler,” and “Third Reich.”… Read the rest
Sometimes in this line of work we come across things that seem almost too cringe-worthy to be true. Unfortunately for climber Jason Kruk, this video looks real enough. If you are the type of person who gets childish joy from watching disgusting, humiliating, worst-moment-of-my-life-caught-on-tape videos then click play. If not,… Read the rest
