Imagine you're traveling 60 mph down the highway with your son or daughter and suddenly you're flying through the air - with each flip and impact you feel the steel frame of your vehicle gouging and grinding into the asphalt. The vehicle settles on the roof and you are hanging … [Read more...]
A friend recently mentioned they had seen a trailer about a Marine who, since leaving the service, has taken up trail running as a means of therapy for the transition back into civilian life. I watched the trailer and the two minutes below instantly resonated. I knew I had to … [Read more...]
The NW Alpine Belay Jacket is a compressible and very comfortable synthetic-fill jacket built for cold and damp environments. What's intriguing about this jacket is the apparent design quality and the company's manufacturing location. NW Alpine began in 2010, and has since … [Read more...]
The Black Spider is the moniker given to a formidable, 1000-foot-tall wall of volcanic rock and ice on the eastern face of Mount Hood above the Newton-Clark glacier. This area contains some of the most sought-after and heart-pounding alpine routes in the Pacific Northwest. NW … [Read more...]
I have lost more sunglasses than I can count on both hands. Most models were lost in my foolish youth. It generally went something like, "Hey, watch this," as I front-flipped off the houseboat, only to see my sunglasses fly off mid-flight, lost forever to the bottom of the lake. … [Read more...]
If you're like most of us, when asked what we want for Christmas or or our birthday, we generally don't know how to respond. You may tend to save-up or just purchase the items you really want instead of listing specifics to a family member. Were you missing a key element to your … [Read more...]
