Archive for May, 2011
Plastic bags are the poster child for mass one-use consumption. Because they are not easily recyclable, they make us more guilty than PET bottles, grocery containers and other items produced to have a very short lifetime. Bag ban legislation—successful and not—has been sparked in cities and states across the country,… Read the rest
Mark Twain once said, “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” The same can be said about outdoor gear. Very rarely do you see outdoorsy people wearing little or no clothing. Instead, in the outdoors, it is a woman who makes the clothing decisions;… Read the rest
This week’s Friday Photo winner is Jim Williams, who submitted this beautiful bicycle shot. Here’s what he had to say about it:
“I took this shot out on the course of the 2010 Cascade Cycling Classic in Bend, Oregon. The spot I picked waiting for the cyclists to come had … Read the rest
“Lucky” the penguin, who lives at the Santa Barbara zoo, just might be the luckiest penguin out there. From birth, the penguin’s handlers noticed that one of his feet wasn’t developing properly, and was keeping him from participating in normal penguin activities. That’s when Teva stepped in and created a… Read the rest
In less than two weeks, filmmakers, photographers, artists, activists and outdoor lovers of all kinds will converge in the small mountain town of Telluride, Colorado for the 33rd annual Mountainfilm.
Since 1979, Mountainfilm has provided audiences with inspiring films, and has never wavered from its mission of “educating and inspiring… Read the rest
It’s hiking season. Don’t trip.
From Arnold: (This is actually really scary.)
From Harold: (This is much more mild. Start at :35.)
And here’s another of the same guy: (Listen to the chatter at the beginning.)
You’ve been so good, so here’s an extra one.
From Ivan: (No. Not almost.… Read the rest
By now, you probably know it’s National Bike Month. But did you know that this week–May 16th through the 20th–is National Bike to Work Week? To break it down even further, Friday is Bike to Work Day… Read the rest.
However you want to look at it, this is the time of
The Sea Dragon safely sailed into Aratiu Harbor in Raratonga, South Cook Islands on Saturday May 14th. Greeted by the customs and immigrations officers and Scuba Steve, the owner and founder of Pacific Divers and Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative who we will be working with for the next 14 days,… Read the rest
A New York Times… Read the rest article published May 13th, 2011, states the following: “OREGON is hiking country. It’s also wine country, with vineyards that are increasingly destinations for oenophiles. So perhaps it’s no surprise that the combination of hiking and wine tasting has a name: wiking.”
Three days later–in response to
In August 2010, Gregg Treinish (who founded Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation) and Deia Schlosberg finished a roughly 520-mile trek on foot that took them between two major wildlife habitats in the Northern Rockies. Their mission: to trace the steps of wildlife and gain and understanding of their point of… Read the rest
It’s not often that you hear new old school R & B, which is part of why we chose, today, to feature the artist Raphael Saadiq, who makes music in 2011that sounds different than anything else out there. His new album, Stone Rollin’… Read the rest, embodies old school R & B
Our first Friday Photo winner of May is Caitlin Standish, who submitted this beautiful bicycle shot. Here’s what she had to say about it:
“I looked out my hotel window one morning while staying in Stone Town, Zanzibar, just in time to see this older Zanzibari man ride past on … Read the rest
If you can’t get out of the office for your daily adrenaline dose, this video–a trailer for the film King Lines–… Read the restshould do it for you.
The film follows pro climber Chris Sharma as he climbs some of the most extreme and remote areas on the planet.
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There are many ways to pronounce a word; there’s a bunch of wrong ways, and then there’s the American way. But in the outdoor world, there are so many foreign brands that proper phonetics could make you look well-traveled and maybe even highly educated and cultured. Other than winning some… Read the rest
