The fleece makers at Polartec are once again offering grants to adventurers who can either take the time off work or got sent on extended recession vacation. Last year they paid the way of 82 frugal travelers to kick their way through 16 countries. Hopefully this year they’ll be paying out that $10k in Euros [ more... ]

Outside Magazine rolled out their Top 15 Ski Resorts list ensuring that the marketing people at Snowbird won’t have to change their New Hire Powerpoint Presentation for another season. Alta and Snowbird took the first spot based on snow quality, and Vail beat out Jackson Hole likely because it’s insanely cheaper to get a season [ more... ]

 Thanks to some enterprising computer guys with a passion for bikes these Goldsprints are popping up in bars across the country. The Gear Junkie has a story about a biker bar in Northeast Minneapolis called Grumpy’s that features the gut-twisting event on Friday nights. Basically, guys who’ve been standing around drinking beers for several [ more... ]

Ultimate Survival Technologies put together this Aqua Survival Kit that comes with their SaberCut Saw so you can cut your kayak in half and fashion a shelter. It also includes some WetFire Tinder, a firestarter, whistle, and signal mirror, so I’m a little confused on what exactly makes it an Aqua Survival Kit. I guess [ more... ]

Ardica Technologies will have a new heating product out this season that’ll be integrated into at least one Mountain Hardwear jacket. The machine keeps your core warm on low off one charge for up to 9 hours and can also be used to charge your cell phone or digital camcorder. Any Ardica jacket would be [ more... ]

The North Face is back with their electronic-minded ETip glove that designed so you can be the annoying guy in the liftline talking loudly on the phone about how great the après ski’s going to be. These would actually make nice liners under mittens on bitterly cold days, and they come with grippy palms so [ more... ]

I was no great fan of middle school, but this kid really stood for what he believed in. The 13-year-old took to the woods in a Muir-style escape to try to make his way from Washington State to New Jersey to attend an alternative outdoor school. The adventurous young guy made it about 11 nights [ more... ]

It’d be nice to have some battery-heated gloves in case you ever need to dig out of this car and don’t have a shovel or 30 liters of beer handy. Outdoor Research has rolled out their Prima Volta Gloves with built-in lithium-ion battery heaters. These will be a boon for people with terrible circulation, but [ more... ]

Ever wanted to kick the sheep that made your long underwear after you got lost in the backcountry due to its inferior Merino wool? With Icebreaker’s new baacode you can go online and trace your clothing back to the sheep that gave up its coat so you could hike in luxury. It would be cool [ more... ]

If I ever have a lot of money (highly unlikely) and a lot of space (likely, since I’ll be living in a successful friend’s basement), I want to collect old bikes. I’d collect old guitars, too, since I think they’re on the same level in terms of ascetics and craftsmanship, but I can’t play the [ more... ]