The Magnificent Crater Lake National Park

Before August of this year, I had not known much about Crater Lake National Park. Actually, It was barely on my radar at all, that was until a suggestion from Outdoor Informer's Jason Renda turned me on to the idea. I had just come off a two day stay on Washington's coveted Mount Rainier and needed some down time after a successful summit bid. With Mount Shasta in Northern California on my month-long cross country warpath, Crater lake made perfect sense.

By |2017-12-16T19:34:38+00:00October 18th, 2011|Destinations|0 Comments

Mountain Biking at Winter Park

September 3, 2011 WINTER PARK, Colorado – Patrick and I had hoped to mountain bike in Canyonlands or Moab, but things just didn’t work out. We had also planned to visit the Moniz family in Boulder, but upon descending from the summit of Independence Monument, I learned from Mike Moniz that he and his family

By |2017-12-16T19:34:38+00:00October 7th, 2011|Guest Post|0 Comments

Great Fall Hikes In Northeast PA

With Autumn quickly approaching, and the temperatures beginning to drop it’s time to start thinking about getting out and checking out the colors of the season. There are many great places to check out the spectacular colors of the season for all levels of hiking ability.

By |2017-12-16T19:34:38+00:00October 5th, 2011|Hiking|0 Comments

Tower Take Two

  By: Bill Urbanski The last time I climbed Devils Tower, which was also the first time I climbed Devils Tower, I was lucky to get down unscathed, and unscorched by the powerful lightning storm that at first hastened then later interrupted our rappel.  The harrowing account of my first Devils Tower climbing experience

By |2017-12-16T19:34:38+00:00September 27th, 2011|Climbing|0 Comments

Moab and Arches

September 1, 2011 MOAB, Utah – The original plan was to climb Red Rocks, just outside of Vegas. But with triple digit temperatures forecast, Patrick and I headed north and east in search of cooler climates to climb. We passed up Zion (too hot), and Mount Hayden along the Grand Canyon North Rim

By |2017-12-16T19:34:39+00:00September 21st, 2011|Guest Post, Travel, Utah|0 Comments

The Return to the West

August 31, 2011 LAS VEGAS, Nevada – My plane touched down at 9:26 PM in a desert still baking at near 100 degrees.  I deplaned and was immediately greeted by the distinctive and constant barrage of bells and whistles emanating from the innumerable slot machines scattered throughout McCarran Airport. Patrick outside of Circus Circus

By |2017-12-16T19:34:39+00:00September 8th, 2011|Travel|0 Comments

Jam Out In Style With Goal0 Rock Out Speakers

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 |2017-12-16T19:34:40+00:00August 16th, 2011|Gear|1 Comment

I’ve reached the west!

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

By |2017-12-16T19:34:40+00:00August 13th, 2011|The Road Report|2 Comments