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Osprey Aether 70 Pack Review

Thursday, 2 September, 2010

// What a comfortable pack the Osprey Aether 70 is! This is going to be a short and quick review because that is all that is needed for this pack. I really don’t have a bad thing to say about it. So here we go! Comfortable – Yes it is very comfortable. Instead of this [...]

Traveling to Yellowstone? Watch out for Grizzlies!

Thursday, 2 September, 2010

// Yellowstone National Park • Visitors to the world’s first national park — and the lands surrounding — this fall have a good chance of seeing grizzly bears. A poor year of whitebark pine nut production means grizzlies are not in the high country as usual in the fall. Instead, the bears are wandering around [...]

Hiking up at Loveland Pass

Thursday, 2 September, 2010

// This last weekend we did some hiking up at Loveland Pass in Colorado. The hike is not really that hard of a hike but a warning to anyone trying to do it, THE AIR IS THIN UP THERE. If you have health problems or are not in the best shape you might want to [...]

Escaped Arizona Inmates Believed to be Hiding in Yellowstone Park

Sunday, 8 August, 2010

// Federal authorities say two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and a woman thought to have helped them are believed to be in the area around Yellowstone National Park. The U.S. Marshals Service told Fox News on Sunday that Tracy Province, John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch may be hiding in portions of [...]

The North Face Meadowland 6 Tent Review

Sunday, 1 August, 2010

We just picked up The North Face Meadowland 6 Tent and decided to take it out for a weekend family style camping trip. We have been focusing on backcountry gear and decided it was time to review some family camping gear. The North Face Meadowland 6 Tent is not your typical family camping tent. It [...]

Marmot Never Summer 0 Degree Sleeping Bag Review

Saturday, 24 July, 2010

// The Marmot Never Summer Sleeping Bag Delivers! Let me start this review by saying the Marmot Never Summer 0 Degree Sleeping Bag is a great bag. With that said let me tell you why we think it is. We took this bag on a couple different trips with temperatures ranging from -10 up to [...]