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Friday, February 3. 2012
Big North Face sale right now, up to 40% off, at Backcountry. All that inventory sitting there because we didn't have a winter this year. Probably some pretty good deals.... 
Testicle, no? We admit, we kind of like the Yakkay helmets. Fashionable and they don't make you look like an character out of Alien Resurrection. Sure they're a bit hipsteriffic, but what are you going to do? While the helmets are rather stylish, we have to say this new helmet lock is rather strange looking. We can imagine riding behind it and either 1) getting hypnotized as it rocks back and forth 2) thinking the bike looks a wee bit lopsided and in need of another hanging thingmabob. Just saying. Buy your very own Yakkay testicle lock for the low price of €22.95.
As the refrain goes, why is it that you need a license to drive, but anyone can have a kid? Why? Why is that? Stupid question, but it kind of came to mind. Granted there are plenty of people that shouldn't have kids, most of the people on reality television come to mind. And as far as doing stupid stuff with your kids, a little rock climbing doesn't seem so bad. At least the women isn't giving her kid "gogo" juice, dressing her up like a hooker, and entering her in "beauty" pageants. So what did this woman, Menna Pritchard, do that has gotten the interwebs all riled up? Roped up, put her 2 year old on her back, and climbed 30 feet up a rock. And stupidly posted a picture of herself with her kids somewhere where the interwebs could get a hold of it. Notice she has a helmet on, which she claims wasn't needed and worn out of habit, but her two-year old doesn't. We call bullshit, look at the loose rock in the pic. Plus, does her kid look like she's having any fun? Anyway, stupid yes. But at least the kid was outside enjoying some fresh air. Read more about the debacle.
Thursday, February 2. 2012
 We've all been there: out floating the river or paddling on a lake with a package of hot dogs and hamburgers that need grilling. You can't very well set up your hibachi in your canoe, plus you can only feed like four people from a hibachi, so you end up shoving pb&j sandwiches in your pie hole, while the hot dogs and burgers spoil in the sun. Well, no longer. The Floating Flamer (I'm not even going to consider going there, ok I considered it, but I'm not going there) solves the on-the-water-need-to-barbeque conundrum. There's the "Topless" model, which is just that - lacking a lid, and the "Grand Flamer" (again, not going there, although these guys are making it hard on me), which does have a sliding door and a temp gauge. So many ways to go with this one. So many one liners, so many reasons this just might not work out as well as its designers hope. But, in truth, I think the photo pretty much says it all. PS. Don't grab the handles when the grill is on…my guess is they're gonna be hot hot hot! Via Gizmodo
Wednesday, February 1. 2012
 Some of my neighbors out here in Montana are gonna love this. Off the Fence Productions - a UK-based company - is soliciting applications for a new TV show called " Hunted." Set in the wilds of Georgia, the show requires contestants to elude capture by some of the best trackers in the world for 48 hours. Details on the website are a little thin, but here's what they have to say, A new TV show is looking for contestants to be on the run in the wilderness for 48 hours against a crack team of manhunters. If you can evade capture or 48 hours, you can win BIG MONEY. You must be fit, passionate, and competitive. We accept applications from all backgrounds and abilities.The application is a few pages and asks about your medical history, wilderness experience, and other life details. Apparently, applications are only accepted until the end of this week - February 3 - so call your crazy cousin/uncle/brother who's really into survival and lives out in the woods and get him to an internet connection. Via Gear Junkie
Tuesday, January 31. 2012
I spend a good bit of time reading outdoor related news on the interwebs. As a professional blogger, I feel compelled to spend some portion of the day I'm getting paid by someone else for other work I do trolling the world wide webs for outdoor related scoops to dish out to my ravenous audience. Well, there was something about this recent headline that caught my eye, "Secret Slaughterhouse Pipeline Fills Texas Creek With Pig Blood." Yep, In Texas - a state not exactly known for its great environmental stewardship - a pig slaughterhouse buried a pipe that carried raw pig blood from the plant into a nearby creek. And yes, even in Texas, this is definitely illegal. The pipe, and pig blood in the water, wasn't discovered by intrepid agency personnel sleuthing out nefarious slaughterhouses. It was instead discovered by an amateur drone pilot, out flying his own drone with a camera mounted for fun. He noticed the red creek and reported it to local agencies, which then discovered the pipe. Well, maybe this happened in the far flung corners of Texas, you say…No, not quite. Reports indicate this was near Dallas. The good news is that a random citizen uncovered this utterly disgusting travesty before officials finished developing a recreation area near the creek where folks will fish and picnic. But not long before folks playing in the man-made water park in downtown Dallas had the pleasure of playboating in diluted pig blood. I hear it gives your boffs a whole new feel. Here's what really sets this story apart. The company claims it installed the pipe because the city had failed to clear a drain in the municipal waste-water system and they could no longer dump blood, flesh, and hair into the drain. The city acknowledges the drain clog, but is still investigating the company for illegally dumping pig blood into the creek. So in Texas, meat packing companies on the outskirts of a massive city can dump offal into the municipal drain system…Wow. Thank God he made Rick Perry dumb enough to be governor of Texas but too dumb to be President of the U.S. Via Grist, Dallas Observer, The Consumerist
Thursday, January 26. 2012
 Anyone who has "climbed" Half Dome in Yosemite, knows it's a bit of a zoo. OK, that's being kind, it's a f-ing mess. At peak times, 400 people use the cables installed by the Park Service to march their way to the top, experiencing the solitude and beauty of Yosemite with 399 of their closest friends. Accidents happen and there have been accusations that the number of people not only decreases the quality of the experience, but increases safety concerns and incidents of accidents. So in a bid to better manage the throngs summiting Half Dome, Yosemite has proposed cutting the permit numbers from 400 to 300 as its preferred management alternative in its recent plan to address Half Dome. The other alternatives include: leaving the cable system and keeping 400 permits per day, leaving the cable system and reducing permits to 140, removing the cable system entirely, and returning to the good old days when no permit was required to clamber up the cables. As I mentioned, the Park's preferred alternative is limiting permits to 300 a day and leaving in the cables. You can comment on the plan at http://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/halfdome. I'm pretty sure I know which alternative John Muir would prefer, and it's not the one the Park prefers. Via National Parks TravelerPhoto
Wednesday, January 25. 2012
Both my boys have one of these. Great bag for kids. Have kept them warm
camping on California Coast and the High Sierra. Excellent price.
Usually cost about $100 a pop, so with your dividend refund, at only $57.93, you're
talking +45% off. Make it happen. 
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