This is not a “Going Green” campaign to convince you to embrace a sustainable lifestyle and live in harmony with the planet. Although, that doesn’t sound so bad. This is about […]

When ominous thunderclouds form and water begins falling from the sky, the first response is to reach for an umbrella .  But, bushwhacking, paddling, and other cross country wilderness travel […]

Well, it’s cold. Freezing cold. So freezing cold that there are ice floes on the Chicago River. The good thing about it being so cold is the ice. And that […]

The secret to staying warm and not looking like a puffy marshmallow ball or wild furry animal throughout the cold winter? Thermals. Formerly referred to as long johns and now […]

You can get away with not washing wool significantly longer than you can with cotton or synthetics, but at some point the time arrives to freshen up. If you own items […]

Pockets are convenient, secure places to store items to which you require easy access. People don’t think much about their pockets, but these miniature storage units are more amazing than […]

Even though multiple vultures were circling below me as I began to rappel off the anchor I had helped place, climbing at the East Bluff in Devil’s Lake State Park […]

The only thing better than buying new gear is using new gear.  So you want to make sure that you spend your money on something that you are actually going […]