Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is the place to scope out the latest innovations in outdoor gear and apparel. As an annual ritual, this means witnessing the latest tactics that manufacturers use to make their gear lose the weight and retain the function. This year saw both established tent manufacturers and brand-new competitors using some innovative [...]
As some of you may have seen him on our site before, I have a four year old Siberian Husky named Nanook. He’s starting to get out of his “puppy” phase and is getting a little more calm, but he still needs regular exercise or he goes crazy. I’ve always tried to get him to [...]
This past Sunday I climbed Mount Massive via the South West slope, a route that rises nearly 4,000 vertical feet in just over 4 miles. Needless to say, I was pretty spent by the end of the day. I’m not quite sure what was more rewarding the view from the summit or relaxing in my Trek Light [...]
She just wants to go climbing… There’s traffic on the highway. Stop and go. I am starting the three-hour drive from Yale to its closest real sport climbing area in Rumney, NH. My air conditioning isn’t working. I’m not in a great mood. This is the moment when I think, “how cool would it [...]
In the last few years, the number of sports in the winter Olympic games has nearly doubled. The summer games, though, have remained an impenetrable club, where outsiders have little chance at basking in the Olympic glory currently reserved for sports like ribbon twirling and weightlifting… among others. One eager community, however, has earned a [...]
They’re no Charlie Sheen, but congrats nonetheless to Tera Farnsworth, Emily Mulica, Jason Kerwin, and Jack Roland for winning Panorak’s Bamboo Contest! We’ll be sending these lucky winners some great water bottles from the Bamboo Bottle Company and some Eco-friendly Bamboo Tees from Panorak. Didn’t win? Disappointed? Don’t be! Panorak is running promotional contests all [...]
Today is the first day of summer so the days are longer and the snow’s finally melted, which mean’s it’s time to start getting outside more regularly. Here’s a guide to hiking Denver. If these trails aren’t your bag then you can run your own search on Panorak to filter for dog friendly trails, or [...]
I must have pedaled past this wall on the Cherry Creek bike path 200 times in the past five years, and every time, I thought, “I wonder if you could do some bouldering on that thing?” It looked like well-featured flagstone blocks, from what I could see at 12 mph anyway. If you live in [...]
An entire weekend celebrating outdoor adventure sports and the mountain lifestyle. One world cup rock climbing competition featuring international climbing talent battling for huge cash purses. Over 20 whitewater, running, and biking events for everyone from Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, an Oakley athlete who took first in the Men’s Pro XC Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, to [...]
A few years ago, I managed to blow an entire $150 REI dividend on climbing guidebooks. It was one of the best investments I’ve ever made with that dividend. Guidebooks aren’t the most exciting piece of gear to buy (unless you’re me), but they are one of the most useful. Here are four that can [...]
