Pure Outside is good local outdoors blog I’ve been following for a while now. A lot of the posts are about hiking, and have a Vancouver Island focus, but they also do a good job of covering the spectrum. Running, biking, travel, trip reports, whatever you’re after, be sure to add this one to your […]
Gear Review: Deuter Kid Comfort III Child Carrier
It’s not easy to combine young children with an active outdoor lifestyle. Being able to ‘just get up and go’ isn’t really an option. Overnight trips are limited to having your partner stay home with the little one, or something like car camping and staying somewhat near civilization. I had my son a little over […]
Gear Review: Atlas 930 Snowshoes
I started snowshoeing this season and am loving it. Being able to get up into the mountains on snow covered trails has helped me deal with the hiking withdrawals I used to go through during the winter. I picked up the Atlas 930 snowshoes after looking at some options and have been very happy with […]
Feature Blog: Tawcan – Confessions Of A Monkey
Confessions of a Monkey is an (oddly named but very interesting) blog written by Tawcan, who is another local outdoor nut. My name is Tawcan. Obviously that’s not my real name but I like to keep my real name separate from the internet world. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada and have various interests ranging […]
Top 50 Adventure Books Of All Time
If you’re looking to pick up some new books, NileGuidance: A Travel Blog, has created a list of 50 adventure books they deem worthy of reading: A few examples: 1 ) The Snow Leopard – Peter Mathiessen’s seminal work about a journey of (re)discovery to the remotest Himalayan region of Nepal 2 ) Wind, Sand […]
The Fine Line – A 16mm Avalanche Education Film
The Fine Line is a great educational film about avalanche safety in Canada. With all the recent avalanches we have been experiencing in BC I wanted to learn a bit more and came across this video. When I say “educational” film, that’s probably enough to turn off some people’s interest, but the film is very […]
