Climbing equipment elicits an attachment for most climbers: they prefer a brand, model or style over another for, many times, no real reason besides it’s what they have always purchased and used. Mollie and I got to test the Dragon…
The Astral Brewer 2.0 is a one shoe quiver. The Brewer is an incredibly high-performance kayaking shoe with understated good looks that effortlessly flows from upstream, to flat water to downtown and many adventures in between. Paddle sports are an…
For whatever reason, I’ve always had an addiction to packs. Even though I recently sold a few that I hardly used, I still have over a dozen backpacks in all sizes and styles. That’s why when I was offered the opportunity…
I sleep in my car. A lot. Summer, winter, rain, hail – it doesn’t matter. There’s something about being snug in a tight space, nothing but the open sky right out your door and birds singing you a good morning…
When Outdoor Prolink and Reynolds asked me to test a new wheelset that was coming out I was stoked! It’s always fun to try new bike parts, especially carbon wheels. The wheelset I have been testing for the last 4…
This fall I was able to test the Burley COHO XC trailer– a light, but robustly built mono-wheel trailer weighing in at 21 lbs equipped with its own suspension and designed to carry up to 70 lbs of gear over…
You’re at the trailhead, your alarm goes off at 4 am, and you begin your hike zombie style because you slept terribly in the back of your car last night – you’ve been there. You toss and turn endlessly in…
Let’s face it, Colorado weather is a force to be reckoned with. Whether in dodging the temperamental storms in the mountains to the blazing heat in Boulder and the Western Slope, I’ve become accustomed to an array of conditions –…
For some folks, their office views are about as lame as the dress shoes they are wearing to work every day. Lucky for me I don’t have that problem, and my hiking boots take the place of my dress shoes…
“Lite” is right when it comes to the SlingFin 2Lite Tent. Like all of my gear, it passed the kitchen scale weight test, making its way into my pack for a couple of summer adventures. But weight isn’t everything. As…