By: Patrick Gensel High tech fabric manufacturer Cordura has teamed up with the non profit Gear to Grow to hold a gear drive at the Cordura booth at this years Summer Outdoor Retailer Expo. Donors contributed gear samples, second hand gear and extra gear to the drive located at Cordura booth. Some brands
CODY, Wyoming - Wednesday August 10, 2011: Our Teton adventure behind us, it was time to play tourist for a bit. We drove the hour or so north to Yellowstone National Park, our nation’s first National Park. Our schedule as usual was compressed. Seattle was calling Patrick. David, Maraya and I were being pulled in
By: Patrick Gensel [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwzj5lhvew'] Looking for an affordable way to share your tunes around the camp fire or at base camp? Sounds like the Rock Out by Goal0 is just what you need. The Rock Out speaker system is a rechargeable and portable speaker for any device with a standard headphone jack. The Rock
By: Patrick Gensel [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGu8BT6jZdg'] Hydration experts Camelbak are at it again with a water bottle that provides its own filter built into the straw. The Groove provides a replaceable cartridge filter that will keep your water tasting great. Camelbak states that it will filter about 378 bottles worth of water. Keep in mind that
As I write this, I am sitting in a coffee shop in Seattle Washington. After 2 weeks, I have made it as far west as I will get on this trip. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of adventure across the country. Last week I attended my first Outdoor Retailer expo in Salt
MOOSE, Wyoming – The proposed climbing schedule was, in retrospect, a little nuts: four sea-levelers trying to run up the Grand Teton in a day, unguided, and with no prior experience on the mountain. The team got close, but ultimately we did not reach the summit. We bailed at 13,000 feet at the
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming -- The Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City has come to an end. For a first timer, it was a little overwhelming and in many ways a blur. Patrick and I actually had a "light"schedule compared to some we know (Jason, Josh, etc. - you know who you are). Nonetheless, we
Getting ready to wrap up a great week at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Show here in Salt Lake City, but the CampTheSummit team is not heading home yet. Tomorrow morning we depart SLC for Jackson Wyoming where we will gear up and make a 2 day assault on the 13,770 foot Grand Teton. Our
By: Patrick Gensel In 2006, scuba diver and outdoor person Nate Alder took the noble gas concept used in dry suits and started to transition it into other types of outdoor gear. Using Argon, a safe and eco friendly gas, Alder was able to create products that insulate using the lightweight and readily available gas.
By: Patrick Gensel Jordanelle State Park, Just outside of Heber, UT was bustling with activity on Tuesday August 3rd. The lake served as the centerpiece for the event. Paddle boards, Kayaks and more littered the water. It seems that the most popular activity was SUP, or Stand Up Paddle. For those not familiar, SUP has