Choosing Your Water Weapon (Paddle)
Photo by Tommy Chandler
As the boat is the most important purchase in kayaking, the paddle certainly should not be an afterthought. As paddle sizing is dictated by your size, boat size, and type of paddling you will do, selecting the appropriate paddle that suits you and your budget will take a little research. We’ll start with a key feature associated with all kayak paddles and basic terminology of paddling techniques. Read More …
Anyone who has ever said “the picture doesn’t do it justice” understands how hard it can be to bring back good photos from a trip. Many people carry a high-end camera into the mountains and come back to find that they took very few pictures, didn’t take pictures of the moments they remember the most, or the pictures they did take don’t come close to showing the beauty of the places they saw. Apply these tips, and your next vacation slideshow will make your friends envious of your trip instead of putting them to sleep in your living room. Read More …
When we heard that this year’s winter games would be held in Canada, we were thrilled. It wasn’t until we saw the event lineup that reality hit. And it hit hard.
Our vision of a two-week, beer-fueled Canadian riot-turned-civil-war was crushed. In its place we got curling. We can appreciate any athletic event that involves brooms, but we had hoped for a little more edge in 2010; something that would drive the imaginations of our mindless reality TV generation to the brink of fascination. Alas, it was not to be. Read More …
Shoes to packs, hit the trails.
Backcountry house-hunting, simplified.
Stay dry out there.