Now this is something worth exploring if you're going be up in Northern Minnesota exploring the BWCAW in the summer. It's insect repellent clothing from Rail Riders.

This plug is inspired by two things. One is service and the other is quality.

My favorite new piece of gear this year is the Bontrager BikeRack II. I've been through a bunch of them that all seemed flimsy. One of them actually wiggled back and forth on my Supercal 29er during the Arrowhead 135 Ultra race and sawed notch into the back of my frame.


I love the mounting system and the thing is solid and sturdy as heck. It's also a decent price at about $45 too.

Chances are that if you're here it's either because you love the outdoors, you did a search for "Ice Breaker" or because you did a search for the Naked Singing Cowboy.


Since I put the photo of the naked singing cowboy on my site about year and a half ago it's been one of the major pages on my site. If you have an id and log in you'll see that. You can't see hit counts unless you log in.

News of this came to me via bike forum post. It's extreme sledding on the Mad River Rocket sled. I'm certainly going to try one out as soon as the snow hits Minneapolis.


The sled is constructed with a concave groove running through the sled which creates a mono-track as you ride over the snow. It creates more stability and allows better turning.

Tired of the old rope, webbing and carribener set up for a slack line? Want to have something more trick worthy and a bit wider under foot? Check out Gibbon Slacklines.

In the last two decades Attention Deficit Disorder and childhood obesity have grown at staggering rates. For the first time in our history we're looking at an entire generation of children that may not outlive their parents. Much of this believed to be directly tied to children going indoors.

There is a definite line when it comes to comforts and actual comfort delivered from things you can haul in when backpacking.