A hat is a hat: right?  Not so for a follicularlly challenged backpacker, and his young sidekick, living and recreating in sun-filled Southern California.  A hat is a necessity when spending a large amounts of time in the outdoors; living with the spectre of UV induced skin cancer.  Since gradually losing my hair in my [...]

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“Daddy are you going to set up the “lazy bones” tent now?” Was the afternoon refrain from my Daughter as we walked into camp after a long day hiking the Grand Canyon.  Others in our hiking party would pull out their tents, fumble around with the pole sets, carefully align everything so that they could [...]

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Here are a few sites that I have been enjoying for a little whie now.
Cactus Eaters
Dan White, the author of the fantastic book, of the same name, about his experience hiking the PCT write this entertaining if not cryptic blog.  He is on semi-hiatus because an obese cat sat on his arm causing a blog [...]

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A few month ago,  I introduced the Injinji Toesocks to Outside San Diego, and indicated that the group hiking the Grand Canyon was going to test several pairs of their liners in this demanding backpacking environment.  After 100’s of miles on the liner socks, I can confidently say that they will become a permanent part [...]

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UPDATE:   Heck with my measly 10% coupon,   starting today Trek Light is offering  a 20% coupon to all their customers.  Click on the link below, buy to your hearts content, save!
Save 20% OFF Your Entire Order! Coupon Code: TREKMEMDAY
Every summer I am fortunate enough to spend several weeks in the Eastern Sierras with my [...]

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I am excited to announce that Outside San Diego, thanks to the generosity of Stanley will be giving away 6 of their super-cool Nineteen-13 24 oz. Stainless Steel water bottles.  One lucky winner will even walk away with their limited edition Bonnaroo bottle to celebrate Stanley’s partnership with the music festival in the “Less-Bottled Water [...]

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This Saturday May 16th is Mission Trails Day, and the regional park is celebrating with a whole pile of activities that are sure to please and impress old and new visitors alike.  Here are a few highlights of the activities that will be happening throughout the day.
A VISIT FROM MS. FRIZZLE™ — 9:30 to10:15 a.m.; [...]

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Steepandcheap.com is spending most of today selling only camping gear at ridiculously low prices.  For those of you who are not familiar with Steepandcheap.com,  it is a site that sells gear one item at a time at a greatly discounted price.  They will have one item posted until it sells out,  and then move onto [...]

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Sierra Designs won a Backpacker Magazine Editor’s Choice Award for their  Lightning XT 4 tent. To celebrate this accomplishment, they are giving away a  comprehensive trip to Whales.  The package includes Airfare,  ground transportation, lodging, and a prize package consisting of a Sierra Designs Lightning XT 4 Tent, two award-winning Verde 20 sleeping bags [...]

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My older daughter has to taken to soccer as her greatest passion.   These days it almost immpossible to find her anywhere that she is not kicking a leaf, a rock or a stick,  and pretending that she is scoring the winning goal to clinch the championship.   The level of passion and teamwork the 11 girls [...]

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