Bose Headphones

By Daved Brosche | November 14th, 2008

Bose Headphones - More than just noise cancelling headphones. As far as Bose Headphones are concerned, they are probably most known for their line of extremely impressive Bose noise cancelling headphones. While the QuiteComfo ...

Pieps Freeride Avalanche Beacon

By Julie Blakley | November 12th, 2008

Pieps Freeride Avalanche Beacon—A small and affordable beacon perfect for those who already know how search for a buried victim. Finding the right avalanche beacon for your needs is crucial. While newbies to the world of Ba ...

Avalanche Beacons

By Julie Blakley | November 12th, 2008

Do you love to ski the backcountry? Hike up brutal mountains to make those elusive fresh tracks in a blanket of fluffy white powder? Drop into uncharted ski territory? Ski back bowls or even occasionally duck the ropes at your fav ...

9 Series Atlas Snowshoe Kit

By Julie Blakley | November 11th, 2008

2009 Atlas Elecktra 9 Snowshoes—A great beginner to intermediate women’s snowshoe Growing up in the mountains, snowshoeing was not only a great way to get some exercise and still be able to go on my favorite hikes in the wi ...

Salomon Gun Boot

By Julie Blakley | November 6th, 2008

Salomon Gun Boot--A racer boot made for the backcountry As a former ski racer and current powder and backcountry lover, the Salomon Gun boot has managed to strike the perfect balance between being a boot that can handle speed a ...

K2 Public Enemy Skis

By Julie Blakley | November 6th, 2008

2008 K2 Public Enemies—A versatile, great all mountain ski that lets you bomb the backcountry powder, rip the groomers and dominate the park. I spent the majority of my time growing up on the slopes of Colorado skiing on boy ...

Red by Burton Hi-Fi Helmet

By Julie Blakley | November 4th, 2008

Red by Burton Hi-Fi Helmet—a super lightweight helmet for riders who hate helmets (i.e. a helmet that won’t make you feel like you’re wearing a bowling ball on your head) As a former ski racer, I have worn a lot of ski he ...

Black Diamond Ascension Custom STS Climbing Skins

By Julie Blakley | October 30th, 2008

Black Diamond Ascension STS Skins—The sure to grip skins for backcountry and telemark skiers The dreaded hike. You get off the chair and you realize you got a good mile to the top of the mountain. But, the bowl you’ll be d ...

North Face Decagon Women’s Jacket

By Julie Blakley | October 30th, 2008

North Face Decagon Women’s Jacket—The perfect coat for ladies who love to hit the slopes There’s about a gazillion reasons why you shouldn’t blow of all you responsibilities for the huge powder dump that happened overni ...

2009 Women's K2 Phat Luv Skis

By Julie Blakley | October 29th, 2008

2009 K2 Phat Luv Women’s Skis— The ultimate ski for all the powder loving chicas out there. I love to ski big powder. There is just nothing quite like cutting first tracks down a champagne powder covered slope, swallowing ...

New Balance 850 Hiking Shoes

By Daved Brosche | October 24th, 2008

New Balance 850 Hiking Shoes – Outside Magazines Gear of the Year It is true that the name New Balance doesn’t exactly conjure up images of impressive lightweight hiking shoes. No, they are more known for their running sh ...

Freestyle Audio Waterproof MP3 Player

By Julie Blakley | October 23rd, 2008

Freestyle Audio's Waterproof MP3 Player--a little 1 GB music player that you can take anywhere, even underwater. Are you clumsy? Accident prone? Tend to break most expensive or even semi-expensive electronic gadgets you get you ...

MADE's Seattle Sling Dry Camera Bag

By Julie Blakley | October 22nd, 2008

Seattle Sling Camera Bag-- A camera dry bag that will keep your equipment safe while on the move (and in the elements) I’m not sure if some of us travelers like to fancy ourselves National Geographic photographers, or if we j ...

Helly Hansen Manifesto Beater Shoes

By Daved Brosche | October 22nd, 2008

Helly Hansen Manifesto Beater Shoes – Perfect for big mountain trails. When it comes to trail running there are those who run the trails at their local recreation area and then there are those who venture far off the beaten p ...

Lightload Lightweight, Compact Towels

By Julie Blakley | October 16th, 2008

Lightload Towels--Ultralight, versatile and compact towels perfect for travel or the outdoors Anytime you make things lighter, more compact and easier to fit into a bag, I’m happy. I mean, aren’t those kind of the tenants f ...

Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 2.1 Tent

By Daved Brosche | October 15th, 2008

Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 2.1 Tent - Sweet new tent by Mountain Hardwear Talk about an open and airy tent! The Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 2.1 Tent will make it hard pressed for you to overheat inside of your tent. This suck ...

TravelSmith's Disposable Underwear

By Julie Blakley | October 9th, 2008

TravelSmith’s Disposable Briefs—You read it right, underwear you toss instead of washing or packing dirty. So, I know what you are thinking. “Disposable underwear? Really?” To be honest, I thought the same thing when I ...

Adidas ClimaCool Cardrona Trail-Running Shoes

By Daved Brosche | October 9th, 2008

Adidas ClimaCool Cardrona Trail-Running Shoes A great multi purpose trail running shoe. Im no pro trail runner by any stretch of the imagination, so I can't tell you if these Adidas ClimaCool Cardrona Trail-Running Shoes have w ...

4 Things That Should Be In Your Pack, But Probably Aren't

By Daved Brosche | October 8th, 2008

You know when you are half way through a trip somewhere and you think to yourself; "dang, I should have brought..." Well that's what this post is for. I have travel the world many times over and found some things, as small as th ...

SteriPEN Traveler Handheld Water Purifier

By Julie Blakley | October 2nd, 2008

SteriPEN Traveler Handheld Water Purifier—the pocket-perfect, travel ready UV powered water purifier. As an avid backpacker and traveler, I have used all kinds of different water filtration systems to make sure the water I� ...

iFrogz 3G iPhone case

By Daved Brosche | September 29th, 2008

It seems like iPods and iPod accessories have dominated the holiday shopping market over the last few years. I'm sure the iPhone and its vast array of cases and accessories will likely follow in these footsteps. The problem with ...

Marmot Diva 45 Womens Pack

By Julie Blakley | September 26th, 2008

Marmot Diva 45 Backpack- the perfect mid-sized women's pack for any traveling, camping or backcountry needs. As a female, I have had problems in the past finding a great pack that had all the same features as the best men’s ...

50 Gifts Under $50 for Travelers

By Daved Brosche | September 25th, 2008

It would seem that most people who enjoy the outdoors and traveling are gadget people. No matter what it is; a new waterproof bag or a high tech GPS watch, they love it all. As such, shopping for these types of people can be hard ...

SporTube Series 1 Travel Ski Case

By Julie Blakley | September 24th, 2008

SporTube Series 1 Travel Ski Case--a must-have for any traveling skier or rider on the run The leaves changing and the crisp fall air mean one thing—ski season is just around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about ...

Jetboil Personal Cooking System

By Julie Blakley | September 17th, 2008

Jetboil Personal Cooking System--A must-have stove stove for backpackers What backpacker hasn't had problems getting a camping stove light or felt like it took FOREVER to cook something out in the wilderness? Anyone who ha ...

MSR Hubba Tent

By Daved Brosche | September 15th, 2008

MSR Hubba Tent - Awesome single person tent. Single person tents are great for the backpacker who likes to venture out on their own. Or, maybe for those who just aren't in touch with their sexuality enough to share a tent with ...

Olympus Stylus 850 SW

By Daved Brosche | September 11th, 2008

Olympus Stylus 850 SW - Waterproof digital camera. Im a firm believer that features like waterproofing and shockproofing should be standard on any digital camera. Even if you aren't an active outdoorsy type, these features can ...

Olympus Stylus 1050 SW

By Daved Brosche | September 11th, 2008

Stylus 1050 SW - Waterproof digital camera. At the rate all these amazing waterproof digital cameras are hitting the market,it is only a matter of time before every point and shoot digital camera on the market is indestructible ...

Digital Nomad Computer - Inspiron Mini 9

By Daved Brosche | September 9th, 2008

Inspiron Mini 9 - Made for the traveler and not the worker. It seems like Dell is jumping on the bandwagon of mobile computer user. Or, as Dell likes to call it, the digital nomad market. While the digital nomads of the world ...

5 Bike Accessories for the Urban Commuter

By Daved Brosche | September 4th, 2008

I mentioned earlier this week that I was going to give up driving my truck as much as possible. Its not that the thing gets bad gas mileage (its a small 4 cylinder pickup), but Im tired of paying for gas. Since I live in the met ...

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