from The Adventure Blog
A comfy pair of shoes is one of the great joys in life. When you find a pair you really like, you tend to hang on to them – sometimes for far too long. That will likely be the case if you ever put a pair of Surf Slipper Chuckas , from Cushe , on your feet. The soft, comfortable shoes may not be designed for hiking or other hardcore outdoor pursuits, but you'll love them for travel or casual outings around town. Made of soft sandal suede, these slip-on shoes feature an integrated microfiber sock that ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
I'm sitting naked in the front seat of my car, it's dark outside and I can hear the rain rasping at the roof of the vehicle. The car smells musky and the heater is blasting my exposed skin with warm canned air. I look over at the mound of muddy shoes littering the passenger side foot cavity of the car, assessing my quiver and the state of my legs, trying to figure out what sort of support I feel like. My suit pants and tie are in a crumpled heap on the passenger seat. It's the main reason I buy iron free
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from Stevie Haston
WARNING : Don’t read this if you are not a nerdy climber! Mine is bigger than yours! I had a couple of Emails late last from America concerning the ethics of Trad-climbing and crack climbing, mainly from older climbers or people with a strong foundation in climbing on gear. Climbing on gear is very special in that it allows you to protect your route without anything being in place and thus ‘clean’, it is in fact termed clean climbing sometimes, and it also allows you at its best to do new routes ...
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from Climber's Blog
You cant get away with anything these days. Flip over a car in the wake of the Vancouver Canucks loss in the Stanley Cup finals, celebrate like a wild man while it burns, and dang it if someone isnt there with a camera to share it with the world. Whistler-based mountain bike pro Alex Prochazka, [...]
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Bonus Sherpa: Get Lost This winter, get off the radar. Here are a few cool adventures to heat up your holiday. Excellent Point: During summer, Yosemites famed Glacier Point is loaded with tourists. Opt for a winter visit instead, and youll be rewarded with some of the worlds best wilderness views all to yourself. At the end of a 10.5-mile cross-country skis or snowshoes trek, Glacier Point Ski Hut is your welcoming headquarters for an overnight stay that includes hot beverages, fresh baked goods and ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
This spring and summer, European climbers made a variety of ascents from Baffin Island to the Mediterranean in a range of styles from hard aid and trad to quick alpine. On May 24, Brits Stuart McAleese, Mark Thomas and Mike "Twid" Turner reached the summit of a massive unclimbed prow in Baffin Island's Stewart Valley. They made their impressive ascent of Welshman's Peak by way of a new aid route, Artic Monkeys (VI A4 V+, 1400m). Climbing capsule-style, the trio set up two portaledge camps. They completed
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Its an essential part of your morning coffee, shower, and toothbrushing ritual: water. Get to know the source on any of these three reservoir outings. Phoenix Rising Mount Tam has an impressive outdoor resume: sweeping vistas, whispering redwoods groves, cascading waterfalls and plentiful wildlife. Lesser known yet equally impressive is its series of five lakes connected by a network of trails and managed by the Marin Municipal Water District . Phoenix Lake is the easiest oasis to access, and the most ...
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Its an essential part of your morning coffee, shower, and toothbrushing ritual: water. Get to know the source on any of these three reservoir outings. Phoenix Rising Mount Tam has an impressive outdoor resume: sweeping vistas, whispering redwoods groves, cascading waterfalls and plentiful wildlife. Lesser known yet equally impressive is its series of five lakes connected by a network of trails and managed by the Marin Municipal Water District . Phoenix Lake is the easiest oasis to access, and the most ...
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Bed and breakfasts get a bad rap, but theyre not all filled with flowery wallpaper and potpourri. We found a few in the North Bay that blend cozy and modernno doilies! Get under cover. Pleasure Point Just an hour from San Francisco, Point Reyes is a favorite for outdoor fun and relaxation: Theres plenty of hiking, biking, kayaking, beach combing, not to mention delicious locally grown food. Instead of making it a day trip, spend the night at the year-old Osprey Peak Bed Breakfast . Set high among a bishop
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
We live smack in the middle of the Pacific Flyway, the long Alaska to South America migration route for millions of birdsmore than 350 species. Here are a few great places to catch the avian action. Fly to it! Cranes, Plains, and Automobiles Its a bird! Its a plane! Its a sandhill crane! Every winter, 7,000 of these elegant gray birds with bright red foreheads soar hundreds of miles from the Pacific Northwest to their seasonal landing pad in the delta region of the Central Valley. Get up close to these ...
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