Sockwa – The Ideal Slackline Shoes – Review
A few weeks ago I grew tired of watching TV every night, and wanted something to do localy outdoors. Believe it or not, Midland isn’t an outdoor friendly town. We have a few city parks, but nothing that offers decent outdoor recreation. So in an effort to stay active outdoors I took up slacklining
Capitan Mountains Wilderness NM – Backpacking in the True Wild – Lincoln National Forest
Sometimes I think we forget why we call it a Wilderness. The land is wild. In some of the more frequented wilderness’ in america the land can seem tame. This is not the case with the Capitan Wilderness of the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. This small little wilderness situated just north of Ruidoso NM has almost been forgotten if not abandoned by the forest service. Which makes this wilderness quite a bit more wild than others I have
$500 to Summit a Mountain of Your Choice – From Post Grape Nuts Cereal
I wanted to put out a quick post about a wonderful opportunity from Post Grape Nuts. Grape Nuts is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic summit of Mount Everest. Apparently Sir Edmund Hillary took grape nuts along with him to the summit 60 years ago. To commemorate the anniversary, Grape Nuts is looking for a few good outdoor types to summit a local peak (of your choice) and take some new Grape Nuts Fit Cereal samples with
Washing Down Sleeping Bags and Jackets
If you spend anytime in the backcountry, chances are you own some down gear. Down sleeping bags and jackets are lightweight, incredibly warm, and super compressible. Just like everything else, down gear gets dirty (and smelly) and needs to be washed. But down gear is so delicate and expensive, that washing it is a little more complicated than just throwing it in with the rest of your laundry.I’m going to focus on how to wash two different types of Gear.