Adventure Gear
A look inside my backpack - 6 month trip
So you’ve got 6 months and a round-the-world ticket. The glaring question is obvious: What are you going to pack? The answer: As little as possible. Over 6 months, you’re likely to see lots of different climates and conditions, so it’s impossible to bring everything you’ll need. It’s inevitable that you’ll need to pick things up along the way - like a cheap fleece jacket to hike the lower hills of the himalayas that you can give away before you head back to the tropics. So here’s a quick run-down of the few things that made it through the entire trip and proved indispensable:
Date: November 30th, 2006 |
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Adventure Around the Logues
Don’t be a bump on a logue, although that terrible pun might qualify me for the title… Moving on, I spend far too long scouring the web to bring you the latest and greatest in adventure travel, when we have one of the best resource right here in our own Logue-osphere. (Man, I’m getting worse).
Over at Travel Gear Blog, check out what could soon be an essential piece of gear for your next far-flung trek: Lifestraw
In our TEFL Logue, Katie’s got the scoop on the Emerging Trends of English Immersion Villages
Mary from ecotravellogue takes us to the …
Date: October 30th, 2006 |
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Adventure Travel Forum Thread of the week of October 2, 2006
Have bike will travel? Nerdygirl was looking for the perfect bike for her adventurin’ self, and since she splits her time between two cities (between which she flies), she was looking for the best way to transport the perfect bike via airplane. She received enough helpful information from other members to make her decision - but is it the same choice you would have made? Check out the thread for yourself and see!
And don’t forget to add your two cents… (If you’re not already a member, sign-up here - it’s free!)
Date: October 6th, 2006 |
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Gear Guide: Alaskan essential – Bunny Boots
When folks ask me how I made it through four winters just below the Arctic Circle in the Alaskan Bush, I usually make some crude quip about keeping warm with a combination of women and alcohol. But now that I’m married and consistently toasty here in my new Taos home, it’s time to let the truth be known: No Alaskan man worth his salt goes anywhere past December without a pair of bunnies.
Date: September 8th, 2006 |
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Gear Guide - AirCaddy transports your wheels anywhere
Planning a bike trip through the jungles of Cambodia (watch for land mines)? Or maybe you’re thumbing your nose at a Eurail Pass in favor of doing your best Lance Armstrong impression on your next European Vacation?
AirCaddy.com has plenty of accessories to take your bike abroad. For less than $200 you should be able to safely and securely transport your wheels anywhere in the world. Slightly more expensive padded options allow for even more peace of minds on those particularly bumpy plane trips over the Andes or into the heart of Africa.
And no, I’m not …
Date: November 7th, 2006 |
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Running Gear for the casual and the crazy
While I was in Albuquerque at the New Mexico Marathon, I spoke to Tony Benna, brother of filmmaker JB Benna. Tony and JB are working on making a documentary of Dean Karnazes’ Quest for 50. JB previously made “The Runner” about 55-year-old David Horton’s record-setting run of the Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mexico in 67 days.
That got me thinking, what in the world do you pack for that kind of a trip? For super-endurance feats, it pays to have specially designed shoes and gear. In fact, Dean has said it is one of his goals …
Date: October 9th, 2006 |
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The Jeep® Travel Bug Geocaching Challenge
By now you’re thinking, what the heck is a travel bug, and what the heck is geocaching? Let’s take the second part first on that one. Geocaching is an emerging sport that got started about six years ago and is really the modern day treasure hunt as sport. A treasure chest or ‘cache’ (usually there’s nothing valuable inside, remember this is for the love of sport, not greed, folks) is hidden somewhere in the world, and the hider than takes a location reading using a GPS tool. Those coordinates are then posted on a website for other geocachers to use to locate the cache. If this isn’t quite clear, check out the official geocaching faq.
Now, on to the first part.
Date: September 19th, 2006 |
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