2009 has been a busy year here at Outside San Diego.  We have worked hard to expand the content of the site to include more of the year round activities that Make San Diego and Southern California the destination for outdoor recreation.   We have had lots of great trips and amazing experiences throughout the year.  [...]

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I am packing up to head out to the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City.  Stay tuned for daily updates on the newest in outdoor gear directly from the show floor.  For immediate updates, keep an eye out on http://twitter.com/outsidesd .  In the meantime, here are a couple of goodies directly from net.
Toby [...]

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Here a few outdoor related links to keep you going through the weekend.
Around The Great Lakes
Bryan Hansel is going to attemp to circumnavigate all 5 great lakes solo in his kayak.
A Wayward Journey
A family with two young boys travels from Alaska to the tip of Argentina via bicycle.  They are in Mexico now, and according [...]

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Here are a few links to recent blogs I have recently discovered.  They are all good reading, and all very entertaining.
Wend Blog
I was impressed with Wend Magazine during Outdoor Retailer, and soon found their blog  as interesting.
Whitespider1066.com
A European outdoor blogger.  He has a lot of interesting things to say, and beautiful photographs of birds in [...]

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I just discovered that my old friend Dusty from back in the day when I worked in the local news industry is hosting a Surf program on Channel 6 on Friday mornings. Dusty is one of the most genuine people I have ever met in the news business, and I am excited to he [...]

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Economy and Outdoor activities
“‘I’ll never complain about being too busy again…’ Rep overheard’ as twittered by @canoelover explains a lot about the mood on the floor of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market this week in Salt Lake City.  The recession that has been biting everyone hard for the last year or so is creeping into [...]

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The January Super Clearance at REI begins today.  Look for big discounts on a lot of really cool gear that did not leave the warehouse for Christmas.  I have found tons of great bargains in the past at these sales.  You do have to get to them fast as all of the very best stuff [...]

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I have presented the 10 hikes I feel everyone should hike in 2009.  While these are all great hikes, and I personally hiked them at some point in 2008 (and will see most of them again in 2009)  they represent just a small fraction of all of the fantastic hiking opportunities in San Diego, Southern [...]

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Loyd Schutte at Yosemite Blog posted a “A Rare Gem By  John Muir” that made my morning.  Anyone who has never read John Muir,  and has an interest in the Sierra Nevadas,  or the outdoors in general should take some time to read up.
Here is a good place to start

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Roy Scribner of Camping Blogger posted an article regarding the decline of the number of kids in the outdoors that is eye opening to say the least,  and worth spreading the information.  He wrote;
the percentage of boys who spend time outdoors walking, camping and gardening is down to just 8%, from 16% in the late [...]

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