Pure Outside

The air was warm and the sun was out. I was right in the groove. The perfect song was playing as I weaved back and forth through the trees running through the trees in Linley Valley. Then a slow song came on. Everything slowed down. I forgot about the beautiful trees and water and grass. [...]

I had the chance recently to try out Hi-Tec’s newest light hiking boots, the Sierra Lite I WP. My marketing spiel for them would be  something they, “pull together Hi-Tec’s advanced technology into comfortable, rugged, light-weight hiker.” Or something like that. Hiking boots are such a personal thing that I’m not going to say this boot is perfect [...]

How closely do you time your runs? If you’re like me, up to year and a bit ago I never timed anything. I’d run a distance I thought was close to when I should run and call it a day. I didn’t really measure much. I guess that’s why my results were less than stellar [...]

Everyone has a different opinion about what an adventure mobile should be like. Some like them small so they can get in out of tight places and don’t require much gas to do it. Some like them big and comfortable so longer trips are much nicer and you can fit more friends and gear. I [...]

I’ve never really been a photographer. I’m still not actually but I’m working on getting there. Before digital cameras I had one film camera that was a gift to me. I think I used up a couple rolls of film with it while it was still a novelty and then I decided I couldn’t be [...]

Snowshoeing is one of the easiest sports to get into. All you need are some snowshoes and to go walk in the snow. It doesn’t get much simpler than that. Snowshoes range in price from $50 to $300 can you can buy them at almost any outdoor store. A couple years ago, a few friends [...]

When I first found the Julbo Nomad sunglasses I was a little skeptical. They were from a french company that I had never heard of, they were expensive, and they were a little different style than I was used to wearing. I was actually looking for some big white sunglasses at the time, so I [...]

The first thing I will say about this backpack is that if I had one for every adventure I’m doing right now it would be this one. That’s a pretty tall order for a backpack. It’s only a 33 litre bag so it’s not going to fit tons and tons of stuff for overnight hikes [...]

You can’t get much smaller than the Arcteryx Silo 18 for a ski pack. The pack is 18 litres from bow to stern. That means you can’t bring the kitchen sink with this little guy. This was the first pack I got for skiing but I had actually bought it for a different purpose. I [...]

When I got my pair of Infinity HPi Trail Runners from Hi-Tec I have to say I was a little skeptical. I had been a staunch fan of my Salomon Wings when I was running with them. Unfortunately in a bid to make the ultimate trail shoe they scrapped the Wings and made the CrossMax’s. [...]