Image credit: http://freewalls.org/wallpaper/android-red-rocks-backpack/ And by android, I don’t mean R2-D2, although that would be cool. I mean the phone operating system type Androids. I am a technology consultant, and along with that, a gadget geek. I am hardly ever without my phone. Granted, I need to get a new one, that is lighter, bigger, and […]
Category Archives: Backpacking
Quick tip for you… If you are like me, and cannot ever remember any measurements outside of 8 bits in a byte, 12 inches in a foot, a football field is 100 yards, which in turn is 300 feet (3 feet in a yard)… then simple tricks to help you with measuring are always good! […]
And I am not talking about outdoors-related conventions either. No, I am talking about any other type of business-related convention… whatever industry you are in, there are probably tens to hundreds of conferences, conventions, and trade shows surrounding your products and industry. Believe it or not, while not only can you get a lifetime supply […]
A great resource for any trip – free searchable and downloadable (PDF format) USGS Enhanced Topographic Maps, allow you to search for a place of interest, and download the relevant quadrants to PDF. For every trip I go on, I always get the quad of where I will be, as well as the surrounding 8 […]
What would a blog about exploring the outdoors be without a post on water purification? Probably a better one than this? 🙂 I’ve mentioned in a few posts that I always try to be over prepared for any trek into the outdoors. After a few occurrences in my life of not having what I needed, […]
Just Your Average Hiker 