Weighing in at 3 lbs 13 oz, the $450 Rapid Raft Packraft folds down to the size of a loaf of bread. But can you put your weed in it?
Alvin Langdon Coburn
One of the first modernist and abstract photographers, took this stunning shot of the Grand Canyon Amphitheater in 1912. Without an Instagram filter.
Versus Chronicles: Mike Rogge versus Dave Amirault
In today’s Versus chronicles, we have 2 heavyweights from the skiing Twitteratti. Mike Rogge @skiingrogge (33.1K Tweets) Vs. @ozskier Dave Amirault (65.9K Tweets). Who has the highest Sparkscore? Most engagement? Retweets? Funniest? Find out below.
Wendy Red Star
Wendy Red Star was raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana. Her work explores Native American cultural appropriation, stereotypes, and romantic ideals perpetuated in popular culture, art, & photography.
Kirk Keeler Is Pretty Good At This Photography Stuff
Photography as an art, in the age of IG filters, seems tenuous at best. Props to all the photographers out there making a living. No easy feat. Meet one, Kirk Keeler. Little known fact, he was a high school off/def lineman for the Calistoga Wildcats. https://rb.gy/tucuql
The Best Backpacking Chair Ever Invented
Alite Designs’ Monarch chair is w/o a doubt, the best backcountry chair ever made – light, stable on any grade, bomber. That’s the good news. Bad news is you’ll never own 1 because they went out of business. We have 2, including an early prototype from OR we call the cow chair.
Best Thing In The Backcountry Since Sliced Bread?
We’re not saying the Omnia Stove is the best backcountry invention since the, um, sleeping bag. But we’re not saying it isn’t. At 1.1 lbs, it certainly beats lugging a cast iron dutch oven into the backcountry. If it works as advertised, game changer. We’ll let you know once we test one out. https://buyomniaus.com
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
For your consideration, a post from ’05 we wrote mocking Outside Magazine for its lack of diversity, 15 years ago almost to the day. Next items, for your consideration, their covers from the last 3 years. Would you call this an improvement? That’s the best they could do?🤷♂️
Backcountry Avalanche Deaths
With the rush to buy backcountry gear this winter, we pulled some stats about yearly avalanche deaths over the last decade. And we’re here to tell you, the safest thing to do in the backcountry folks, is “Other”. And snowboarding. Stay off the skis and snowmobiles folks. Be safe.
London Marathon Is This Weekend
The London Marathon is moving forward as planned this weekend, in-person for 100 elite runners and virtual for the remaining. To maintain social distance these athletes are all wearing Bump devices that beep when you get to close to another device.
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a34219150/bump-device-london-marathon/
