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Learning how to use a map and compass is an invaluable skill. Sometimes different compass techniques can be confusing and easy to mix up in your head. For instance when taking a magnetic barring do you line the orienting arrow with the magnetic needle or with the grid lines on the map? When trying to follow a bearing in fog do you align the orienting arrow with the grid lines or is it the magnetic needle. In both cases it

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Lately I have been really enjoying Hendrik's regular blog posts titled "The Week in Review." It has given me an opportunity to find new blogs I really enjoy as well as discover some posts I otherwise might have missed. Reading his week in review posts have inspired me to do the same. So here is my first week in review post. I would like to post one every week. I can't guarantee I will

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 As many of you know I had the opportunity to test Agion Active’s new Anti-stink technology. As a result I was entered into a contest and won a vacation to Glacier National Park. Now agion Active is being marketed in the outdoor apparel industry.It was announced yesterday that Woolrich has partnered with Agion Active to market a new line of Woolrich Anti-stink Merino and polyester blend base layers. Jerry Rinder, Woolrich VP of Sales and Marketing said:“While wool has the

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While in Colorado Springs for a work related conference I managed to sneak off one morning to do a little hiking. Among the foothills of Pikes Peak is a wonderful little county trail. Section 16 or the Palmer Loop is six mile trail that offers a little bit of everything. Great views of Garden of the gods, a (frozen) mountain stream, and outstanding views of Colorado’s Front Range.Colorado's Front Range glowing red in the morning sun.I woke up early and

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Cascade Designs, the parent company of MSR, Therm-a-Rest, Platypus, and SealLine, announced a new all-season NeoAir mattress. In 2009 the Therm-a-Rest three-season NeoAir won acclaim due to two new technologies: a multi-layer Reflective Barrier and Triangular Core Matrix. These technologies are said to dramatically boost warmth by minimizing thermal heat transfer. The Reflective Barrier radiates heat back to the user while reducing conductive heat loss to the ground. The Triangular Core Matrix technology utilizes hundreds of individual cells to

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Photography is important to me. As a result I always have a big heavy DSLR with me when I hike. Carrying such a large bulky camera has proved difficult. I like to keep my camera ready so I can take a picture at a moment’s notice. But carrying the camera in my pack is inconvenient and I find myself skipping pictures I would normally take because I don’t want to dig my camera out of the pack.Me with the

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After almost a year of patiently keeping my eye on mylifeoutdoors.com it has finally become available. From this point on the My Life Outdoors URL is www.mylifeoutdoors.com. The previous url, which was http://my-life-outdoors.blogspot.com, will now redirect to www.mylifeoutdoors.com. The blog will still be hosted on blogger, but thanks to some great blogger features, now has a custom domain name.If you feel so inclined please update any links or blogrolls that feature My Life Outdoors to the new domain: www.mylifeoutdoors.com.As you

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It has been a long contest to say the least. Back in January I signed up to become an offical Agion Active T-tester. The assignment? Go out and stink it up as much as you can. I was given a t-shirt that had one half treated with Agion Active anit-stink technology. The other half was just a plain t-shirt. I took the t-shirt to Enchanted Rock in the Texas hill country and hiked and climbed all day long. By the

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One of the outdoor sports I have never tried to get into is mountain biking. Not because it doesn't look like fun. I really just can't afford another expensive hobby. This new video from TPWD might convince me otherwise. It sure would be cool to cover 108 miles in four days. For those of you who are interested Big Bend Ranch State Park is located in far West Texas on the Texas/Mexico border up river from Big Bend National Park.

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Summit Log on Sierra Blanca. Not a NP Summit.So not a violation.Have you ever left a summit log on a National Park summit? If you have your actions were a "federal violation." At least that is what Big Bend National Park is suggesting. A friend of mine on BigBendChat.com was recently sent an e-mail from an undisclosed park ranger at Big Bend National Park. The e-mail said:One of our back-country rangers just returned with a water bottle containing a notepad,

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