http://thegoat.backcountry.com Putting our bro-deal on the line to bring you the honest gear truth. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:17:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/7410637[/vimeo] David D'Angelo stitched together a five minute film of his weekend trip to Singapore and back. Three flights there and three back for a couple days; it's a good thing one of his flights didn't get delayed on the way there or he would have missed his return. You're ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/07/your-weekend-trip-to-singapore/ Motivational speaker and guy who cut off his own hand after it became pinned under a boulder, Aron Ralston will be the subject matter for an upcoming film called 127 Hours. The film is not serialized in 65 2-hour segments, but rather a feature-length film about the 127 hours ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/06/%e2%80%9cslumdog-millionare%e2%80%9d-director-to-make-movie-about-aron-ralston/ [gv data="L1UrqbVlxvQ"][/gv] Andrew Maser of Rivers in Demand shot this POV video of kayaking the Congo River when working with National Geographic. The waves and river are so huge that it looks like they're trying to paddle across the ocean. In case you couldn't gather from the video, they shot ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/06/point-of-view-kayaking-the-congo/ Wyoming is considering a bill that would require backcountry users to carry bear spray. Shouldn't be long until some tourists in Yellowstone douse themselves in bear spray thinking that it works like mosquito repellant. A friend was hiking in Alaska when her guide told her a polar bear was stalking ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/05/wyoming-may-require-backcountry-users-to-carry-bear-spray/ Climbers obsessed with soloing sometimes talk about the zen-like, ninja focus they experience on the rock. If this Zen-ja focus is broken, they find themselves at the sheer end of an extremely steep learning curve. The Head Route Setter at Boston Rock Gym landed in this predicament when he ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/05/free-soloing-has-a-steep-learning-curve/ Stoic is a new highend brand that Backcountry.com launched yesterday. They stole their ideas for gear from you, specifically "you" in the Gear Guru community on their site. From the press release: Stoic is the more focused newcomer, born from its predecessor, Backcountry.com brand gear. Over the past three years, what ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/05/backcountrycom-has-been-using-you/ Two heavily armed militants in Kashmir were killed by a bear. They made the mistake of holing up in the animal's den to cook come pudding. There were four in the group and two managed to escape, one of them badly wounded. Wildlife is often a footnote casualty of ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/05/bizarre-story-of-militants-killed-by-a-bear/ [gv data="lwOdTVKN8Hk"][/gv] You know your climbing video's in trouble if the trailers most dynamic scene involves drinking coffee. The Continuum Project from Alstrin Films might have some beautiful shots, but from the trailer it doesn't look nearly as well edited or exciting as the recent film Progression from Big Up ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/04/the-continuum-project/ [caption id="attachment_11780" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Seth Morrison Collection. Seth in his Raichle Flexons 1991."][/caption] Backcountry.com Athlete Seth Morrison talks to ESPN on his obsession with the old Raichle Flexon ski boots and his current relationship with Full Tilt boots. Morrison's been riding broken down and patched together Raichles since he started ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/04/backcountrycom-athlete-seth-morrison-on-raichle-and-full-tilt/ The Dutch bank DSB didn't come through on the $300,000 they agreed to pay the U.S. Olympic speed skating team. Likely because they realized that they're a Dutch bank sponsoring a U.S. team. It's these kinds of decisions they'll look back on when trying to figure out how they ... http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2009/11/04/colbert-report-to-sponsor-us-speed-skating-team/