With all the environmental changes heading our way, it’s easy to feel guilty about a lot of things. Whether you drive (by yourself) to work, blast the heat at home while you’re out and about, or only feed your cat water from fiji rest assured, we all have our environmental [...]
It’s happened to every runner; you’re jogging down the road lost in your thoughts and you see another runner bouncing in the distance headed your way. You spend the next minute totally focused on the nearing figure wondering what to do. Do you move to the other side of the [...]
Summer Mountaineering in Whistler and the Coast Mountains will almost always include travel on snow and ice. This can make the terrain very difficult to navigate if you do not have the proper equipment. While other equipment is also necessary, one of the most important tools that you can have [...]
It’s natural for parents to want their children to follow in their footsteps. In the case of runners, this want is literal. C’mon Junior, let’s hit the trails. Follow me! Going on a family run may be a dream come true for a running fanatic, but there are a few [...]
Award winning entrepreneur, adventurer and writer of The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim Ferriss has partnered up with Merrell to get people outdoors. Part of this effort was answering questions on the Merrell Facebook page. The audience were asking anything from, “Tim, if you could go back in time and talk to [...]
Ahhh, Spring is in the air. Flowers, love, and ice climbing. Throughout the country, spring ice climbing is taking off. In Colorado, the weather will get warm enough to climb in a t-shirt. But enough about the talk – go get on some ice.
Lightweight and unsupportive, minimalist running shoes allow the foot to work the way nature intended. The “barefoot” running movement has grown in popularity with some users touting injury reduction, better endurance and faster paces. Minimal running shoes provide an incredible amount of tactile sensation to the foot and force runners [...]
So you’ve been climbing once or twice. Maybe you tried it out at a gym or with friends at a local crag. Regardless, you’ve decided it’s time to take the plunge and become a climber yourself. One of the first pieces of equipment new climbers purchase are shoes. Yet selecting [...]
Mile Counters. You know, that person who obsessively logs their miles – or even worse, logs them on Facebook for all their friends to marvel at. Every runner knows at least one. Many wonder what their problem is. Why so obsessed with the numbers? Can’t they take a day off? [...]
In this technology age, what with its constant notifications from text messaging, email and social media, it can be really refreshing to get out of town and head for the woods where cell service is a bit weaker and you can turn off your phone for a bit. So all [...]