I used to love taking camping holidays deep in the woods. I was an avid hiker and no trek was too difficult for me. Sometimes, I would walk as much as 20 miles a day! This wasn’t just a walk in the woods either. I was carrying a heavy pack of camping equipment, complete [...]
Now that the weather is getting nicer, many are thinking about what they want to do over the summer. Camping is a popular activity and you may want to find the best camping sites as early in the year as you can. When calling a place to book a site, you should ask a [...]
The state of Utah is mainly known for it’s winter sports facilities and it has a lot to offer it’s many visitors. Park City, Utah is a resort town that benefited from a surge in tourism from the 1980s onwards. It is an old mining town and several Victorian buildings can still be seen [...]
There are a lot of people who are trying snowboarding and they are finding that they enjoy it as much or even more than skiing. Many younger people see skiing as something their parents do, and they can enjoy snowboarding as something that is just theirs. As fun as it is, it is still [...]
I have been a rock climber for several years, but have never really gone about it in a formal way. I don’t really climb up mountains. My specialty, in fact, is urban terrain. I have never thought to use rock climbing shoes. Even cheap rock climbing shoes ruin my style. I would rather wear [...]
If you’re a skier, you’ve heard about K2 skis. The K2 brand was the first fiberglass ski made in the United States, the product of one innovative man’s efforts. In 1961, Bill Kirschner borrowed a pair of skis to use as a pattern for his ski design, made of fiberglass. His prototype performed so [...]
I’ve never been able to understand the athletic shoe craze. People have so many options. There are running shoes, jogging shoes, tennis shoes, cross trainers and probably a few others that I’m forgetting about. But no matter what they are doing, they always choose the wrong one. Everyone wants to have athletic shoes, as [...]
Are you into the whole camping experience? Do you love to venture out into the great outdoors in search of peace, relaxation and harmony with nature? Hey, if so, I sure don’t blame you. I personally enjoy Mother Nature myself. Getting in touch with the cleaner and less chaotic side of life is awesome. [...]
Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, I really had little contact with all terrain vehicles. They just simply were not the kind of thing that the people around me were into, so I did not really get a chance to try one out for myself until I moved away and went off to [...]
Camping can be a very relaxing and exhilarating experience, but if you go out with the wrong equipment, you aren’t going to have much fun. Most people I know will go camping at a campground or even in their own back yard, and they don’t have to worry too much about the choice of [...]
