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Caring for your Gore-Tex Outerwear

I thought this was important enough to get its own entry.
When you spend hundreds of dollars on a garment, you want to treat it as carefully as possible. I’ve always associated hand washing and hang drying with the best of care, so that’s how I’ve approached washing my outerwear in the past.
Well, I should have [...]

The Yosemite of the Past: Come Feed Our Bears!

This video has been making its way through the Twitterverse and Blogosphere lately, and it’s just too good to not share. It is a black and white tourism video for Yosemite from the early 1940s. Make sure to watch the ancestors of today’s valley bears getting fed by the tourists. The winter sleigh ride through [...]

Fitting a Backpack

Tom over at Two-Heel Drive posted an excellent video link yesterday about how to properly fit a backpack. It is by Wayne Gregory, pack designer and founder of the popular Gregory Mountain Products. If anyone understands pack fitting, it’s Wayne. This is something that every beginner backpacker should watch and understand before buying their first [...]

Sneezy the Elephant Seal

Dave and I spent the morning visiting the molting elephant seals over at Ano Nuevo. I was taking some short videos on my camera and this little guy was kind enough to startle me with a sneeze. If you’ve ever thought to yourself that your life wouldn’t be complete until you heard a [...]