The vast majority of bikes sold today do not include a rack or other means for carrying stuff. Maybe this is why the messenger bag is such a big seller? It’s a shame, because for loads that don’t lie flat (say, like a gallon of milk or a half-rack of beer), messenger bags and backpacks […]
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PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL saw his shadow early last month, which means if he hasn’t done so yet, Old Man Winter will soon release his grip on the Inland Northwest. Once winter lets go, bicyclists will be able to trade in their skis, snowshoes and indoor trainers for the real thing, rubber on the road. This means
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Look, I don’t know what it is about Bald Eagles, but they seem to bring out both the best and the worst of us. We tend to think they’re beautiful. Majestic. Powerful. But then we think maybe they’re stealing our salmon, so we put a bounty out on them and make sure they are practically
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Most of us only dream about spending an entire season chasing our favorite outdoor pursuit, leaving it to a few hearty souls to make a life out of the sport they love. You’ve seen them before, the unshaven guy sleeping in the back of his truck up at the resort parking lot, the young woman
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My brother and I were making preparations for our annual State of the Spokane River Float (this mostly involves getting my brother out of his home-detention ankle bracelet) when a Montana “friend” made a snarky comment about our beloved river. “Do you actually go in that water?” he sniffed, like a French wine snob over
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Kayaking Made Easy, 3rd Ed. Dennis Stuhaug Falcon, 2006, 264 pages. This is a carefully and lovingly written review of all aspects of sea kayaking from choosing a boat to navigating and even sailing a kayak. Many of us have asked ourselves the question, usually when things are not going as planned: “Why can’t this
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Camping is one of those simple, all-American activities that’s gotten way too complicated in our high-speed, high-tech modern world. Gear is great for getting you out for a safe and satisfying adventure into the wild, but you don’t need a Patagonia shopping spree or even a Cabela’s catalogue to outfit yourself for an old-school camping
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MAY MUSIC REVIEWS BAND OF HORSES Everything All the Time (SubPop) It may be premature to start dropping phrases like “best release of the year”-after all, we’re only a quarter of the way into 2006. That said, Band of Horses’ debut album is strong enough to incite such hyperbole. Channeling Neil Young by way
Northwest Bestsellers at Local Record Stores Mudhoney Under A Billion Suns (SUB POP) Too Slim & The Taildraggers Beer & Barbecue Chips (Underworld Records) Sammy Eubanks My Big Fat Blues Record (self-released) Seaweed Jack The Captain (self-released) Reverend Shines Today’s Good News (self-released) The Lashes Get It (RED ink/columbia) Bagdad Alamode Promtape (No Sleep Records)
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Someone once called golf a good walk spoiled. But I’ll tell you what really spoils a good walk: man scat. Big. Human. Turds. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been walking along the river only to find that someone has loafed on the trail. “This is my number one outdoors issue,” I told
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