Adventure
First aid to go
The Comprehensive Medical Kit includes everything a camper on an extended trip would ever need. The kit includes materials for stopping bleeding, cleaning and dressing wounds; splints and triangular bandage for immobilizing broken bones; medications for treating pain...
Yosemite hanta outbreak: All park workers offered testing
This summer's outbreak of the deadly hantavirus has led the National Park Service to offer voluntary testing to every employee of Yosemite National Park, where the virus spread to as many as 22,000 visitors...
Breckenridge expansion gets Forest Service approval
Vail Resorts, owner of four Colorado ski destinations, has reached an agreement with the White River National Forest on a plan to add 550 new acres of skiing to Breckenridge Resort...
British ultrarunner postpones Arctic trip due to warm conditions
Ultrarunner Tim Williamson has decided to postpone a solo run to the North Pole after he was warned that unusually warm temperatures have made ice unstable...
Climb for kids
The site www.climbupsokidscangrowup.com is base camp, of sorts, for individuals who take the initiative to start fundraising climbs, bikes, races and hikes to help kids in Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe with AIDS and HIV...
A hammock/bug net for the wilds
Sleeping under the stars on a camping trip or lazing around on a summer evening in a hammock under the pines — nothing to bother you. Except. What’s that annoying buzz? It’s the mosquitoes...
Record in sight for World Cycle Racing competitor
Just over over two months on from their departure in Greenwich, London, the contenders of the World Cycle Racing Grand Tour bidding to become the new round-the-world record holder looks to have been whittled down to one...
Vail Buys Kirkwood for $18 Million
Kirkwood has always been Lake Tahoe’s semi-hidden gem...
Outdoor industry threatens Utah over enviro policy
At the just-concluded Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake, the multibillion dollar outdoor industry issued blunt notice...














