Making sure you have all the right gear before you set off on an adventure is paramount in ensuring you have a safe and fun time. When it comes to outdoor activities such as rock climbing, this can be all the more important since having bad gear can literally put you in harms way. So… Continue reading Barracuda Climbing Shoe-One Of The Many Tools For A Fun Hobby
Category: Hiking
Night Vision Devices – The Ultimate in BackCountry Toys
Many nights in the backcountry are far from dark. A bright moon and a sky full of stars can throw off enough light to allow for reading a book, but add cloud cover, mountains or trees and it gets dark awfully fast. When you need to see in the dark, you have two choices –… Continue reading Night Vision Devices – The Ultimate in BackCountry Toys
Making Clothes For Backpacking
Making clothes? If you enjoy backpacking AND sewing, go for it. As for myself, I started buying gear again after the first hundred tedious hours of sewing . Then I discovered that there are some backpacking clothes you can make cheaply and quickly. Making Hand Warmers Stick your hands inside a pair of socks and… Continue reading Making Clothes For Backpacking
A Mental Wilderness Survival Kit
A survival kit should be carried by anyone who goes deep into the wilderness. What should be in it? Matches, a blade of some sort, and first aid supplies are among the usual recommendations. When you read the true stories of survival, though, you start to see that it is what’s in a persons head… Continue reading A Mental Wilderness Survival Kit
San Diego Beach Hikes
San Diego offers a bevy of interesting hikes. With the average home price being around 0,000, they better be interesting! To unwind, I typically stop on my way home from work to hike from Cardiff to Carlsbad on the beach. For picturesque sunsets and tasty waves, the beach between Cardiff to Carlsbad cant be beat.… Continue reading San Diego Beach Hikes