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 […]
Category Archives: Hiking
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, […]
I had probably one of the best backpacking trips to date this past September with some friends on Flat Mountain Pond Trail in New Hampshire. We went on the last weekend of September – the weather was ~50 degrees, and the trees were starting to turn. The only downside was that it was either misting […]
Yes, the season of winter is finally here (well, for us in the northern hemisphere…). And with that comes the time to start getting out that winter gear. Or, if you are anything like me, you’ve already being doing since Summer came along 🙂 Backpacker Magazine recently had an article on their site covering micro-crampons. […]
Just Your Average Hiker 