OTM Interrogates Employees for Popular WA Bike Co. By Ben Tobin Sometimes gaining a real connection with a sport is simply finding the right tool that fits your personality. For me, it was walking into a bike shop in Portland, Oregon, in 1989 and seeing a bike that stood-out like a sore thumb. The first […]
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Being Caribou Karsten Heuer Mountaineers Books, 2005, 237 pages. Winner 2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize. Imagine yourself embarking on a five-month, 1000-mile skiing/backpacking trek across the wilds of Canada’s Yukon and Alaska’s North Slope following a herd of caribou from their wintering grounds to their summer calving grounds and back. Do this knowing
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By Erin Beil & Amy Silbbernagel McCaffree We have a geological blessing in the Inland Northwest; a nice selection of hot springs. If gettin’ nekkid in the woods is not your style, or if you’d just like a laid back and pampered experience there are some great resorts to choose from to help you fight
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“Nordic skiing is a sport you can do as long as you’re active, because it’s not hard on your body. I see nordic skiers in their 60’s to 80’s, which you don’t see on downhill runs,” says Robin DuRuwe, owner of Fitness Fanatics in Spokane and an 18-year veteran of the sport that’s also known
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DR. LUTZ’ COLD SURVIVAL GUIDE The right clothes, food and water can make all the difference. NOW THAT WE’RE FINALLY seeing some cold weather, don’t let it keep you indoors. There’s plenty to do out there, but as the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Although we’re physiologically
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John Roskelley Reports Back From Guari Shankar And Talks About Global Warming And The Impact On Mountaineering As if glaciers, avalanches, and ice fields weren’t enough, mountaineers have a new threat to worry about as they climb the world’s most technical and treacherous peaksglobal warming. It doesn’t take a glaciologist to figure out that the
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Bozeman Backpack Company Opts Not to Outsource TALK TO THE FOLKS at Mystery Ranch Backpacks for a few minutes and you’ll know where their target market lies. “Basically, we build tools as opposed to toys,” says Dana Gleason, who, along with Renee Sippel-Baker, founded Mystery Ranch in 2000. Headquartered in the sprawling outdoor hub of
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