In my early days of backpacking, I was looking for a backpack that had large capacity and was inexpensive as most of my stuff was bulky and at that point I wasn’t sure if backpacking was going to be a long term sport for me. After looking at the array of …

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is celebrating 50 years. The parks and outdoors are staying green and clean, meaning there are more opportunities and less obstacles to get outdoors and enjoy them. To Celebrate this landmark, the NCC wants you to get outside and encourage others to do so by …

This Saturday we zipped out of town and up into the foothills of the Condoriri mountain range for a picnic. The 5 of us piled in to the car, drove for a few hours and hiked up to a pretty little waterfall, that sometimes has fish below, and then went …

It’s early morning, you may or may not have slept well and it’s cold… ever so cold. Scratch that. It’s late morning, you slept really well and you’re late to get back in the canoe to continue the trip. wait, wait… Even better, you’re planning to stop for lunch and …

Well it finally happened. After training and hiking I managed to get things organized for a 2 day summit attempt of Huayna Potosí. There’s a bit of debate as to how tall it is, with the official height being around 6088 meters or just shy of 20000 feet. This is …

Freeze drying or lyophilization now-a-days goes hand in hand with space flight, military and backpackers. We think of modern technology for lightweight and long term storage, but it’s something that has been around for a lot longer than even the USA was a nation. This technology in its primitive form …

No amazing news today as I’m out on the trail… up to Huayna Potosi in Bolivia. At 20000 feet it will certainly be a dizzying experience! I’m working on acclimatising myself and seeing what training I need to hit some more technical peaks in the Bolivian Cordillera Real. Huayna Potosi …

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The Outdoor Adventure was recently given the opportunity to let one of our younger adventurers put the Strider No-Pedal Balance Bike to the test! As this is a long-term testing process, we’ll be sharing the testing progress in segments for your viewing pleasure. So sit back and enjoy the ride, …

  This may seem like a strange review to post in early July, but for those peak baggers in the northwest, there’s still snow up there in them hills. I remember trying to climb Mt. Defiance in Washington last year and coming across waist deep snow in places. People were …

At last count, 18 people had died going down the old highway to North Yungas, a.k.a. The Death Road, on mountain bikes. It’s usually a combination of distraction, unfamiliarity with bikes or poorly maintained equipment. If it’s your life, you don’t want to cut corners.   Unfortunately, with no standardization …

Recently I’ve been whittling away at pack weight to bring down my solo hiking pack size and weight to a more manageable load. My overloaded pack for our first father – daughter backpacking trip. We brought too much, but at least she was comfortable! I’ve been away on a couple weekend …