Calling Wend a group of treehugging environmentalists might actually be an understatement; if there’s anything that resonates among the Wend staff it’s the importance of our natural surroundings and we’re overly committed to doing everything we can to protect them. Which is why we like to work with groups that… Read the rest

This weekend I ran about 18 miles, slept no more than five hours, and drank several warm, neon-colored Gatorades. I also used more port-o-potties in the span of 24 hours than anyone should have to use in an entire year. Alas, I was not even close to the only person… Read the rest

Two of our iWend Ambassadors are currently paddling 130 miles of the Columbia River from Willamette Falls in Portland to Ft Stevens, where the Columbia flows into the Pacific Ocean, to benefit the Disabled American Veterans, Team River Runner and WeLoveCleanRivers.org. They’re taking detailed notes, as next year the goal… Read the rest

An article appeared today in the New York Times… Read the rest titled, “At Louvre, Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus,” which discusses how people these days seem more interested in documenting their museum trips through their camera rather than actually stopping and admiring the incredible work in front of

Barcelona was amazing. Gaudi’s architecture and the bustle of the city itself won me over immediately, and the fact that there was a sandy beach just a few metro stops away from Las Ramblas made me happier than I thought possible. But one of the best parts of this city… Read the rest

Rome was, to say the least, complete insanity. Between the skin-melting heat of the day and the bibite… Read the rest-infused Italian night life, my travel companion and I were ecstatic to make it to the peaceful little town of Manarola. Perched on towering gray slabs of rock, where the buildings literally

For our summer issue Survival Kit we decided to do the all-time classic summer adventure: a river trip. So we rounded up some models (including our iWend Ambassador Dave Hoffman), sweet talked Oregon Rafting Team into loaning us a boat and Ben Sigler’s guiding skills, loaded up the cars with… Read the rest

Our iWend Ambassador Daniel Fox is in town this week prepping for the Portland exhibit of Wild Image Project: Works From Argentina, so we thought we’d give him a little kayaking time… but all we could find was this practice pool…… Read the rest

I’ve spent the past few days in Florence, and I’ve been looking everywhere (on the streets, in my hostel) for something that resembles a recycling bin. Of course, my eyes aren’t very well-trained to Italian waste receptacles yet, but I’m pretty sure that I would be able to scout out… Read the rest

Bonjourno! I am now in Italy — Venice, to be more exact. And I feel my world-traveler status rising with each hectic day I experience. In fact, I feel as if I’ve seen enough to make a few general statements about the way that some European countries (namely France and… Read the rest