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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Four Day’s in the Canyon; 25 miles, a mile of elevation (down and up), spectacular views of a landscape that rivals any on earth, and a communal solitude that forged a bond between my daughter and I that will be a marker in our lives journey.

The idea of hiking the Grand Canyon with my very [...]

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Have you ever considered bringing a video camera on the trail with you?  Those traditional ones are just too big.  The Flip Mineo series are perfect for documenting your backcountry adventures.  Easy to use and just 3.94” x 1.97” x 0.63” in size,  it is an ideal video camera to have in your pocket to [...]

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Hi Ho, Hi Ho  its below the rim I go!
See you in a week.

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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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Patagonia is offering a 30% discount on most of their winter gear between now and January 19th

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Is there someone in your life that worries when you are hiking the backcountry?  Do you worry about someone when they are in their element; hiking in the outdoors?  Are you a Gear Geek like me and love new toys?  If so, there is a product out that has intrigued me (and so many others) [...]

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I plucked the Novel Banner in the Sky off my bookshelf a few days ago. It caught my interest because I read it when I received the book as a gift at 7. I had fond memories of pouring through it before bed but could not remember, for the life of me, what the story [...]

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I was writing my letter to Santa the other day, I was thinking of all the cool new gear that I have the fortunate opportunity to use this year, and I thought I would make a list of my favorites to help those of you looking to outfit someone for the holidays:
1. Big Agnes 3-wire [...]

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One of my favorite unique destinations in San Diego is Dog Beach.  My dogs, my children, my wife and I all love to cavort with the K9 that are free to play unleashed in the waves.   I just recently came across a great blog called A Dogs Beach that keeps up with all the happenings [...]

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