From time to time, companies come out with a product that just blows us away. The FoxFury Fan Light…is not one of those. Not only does the light make minimal sense, according to their site, you have to buy a minimum of 150 of the little buggers. Holy crap! How excited about sports do you really need to be? What happened to the days of painting your chest fun colors and spilling beer on your neighbor? Lets bring those days back. Just in case though…here it is Fan Light. Buy one just so you can return it.
Just got back from OR. My first time there, really cool experience. I’ll be going into more detail on some of the stuff I saw there but for right now I thought I’d just share some answers to some questions I had.
My review might be a little biased as the Kahtoola KTS Steel is the only crampon I’ve ever seriously used. However, I really don’t see the need to use any other for anything but the most technical climbs. If for some reason you might think these crampons are not quite beefy enough for hardcore use, just consider that Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa set the former speed ascent (10 hours 56 minutes and 46 seconds) of Mt. Everest using a pair of Kahtoola KTS. [1]
First off if you didn’t watch the 4X100 Freestyle go watch it right now (plugin required but it’s the Olympics and the Olympics this year are rocking my socks off).
Just want to give a shout out to the US 4X100 Freestyle team for one of the best races I have ever seen. The French, heavily favored to win the race, said they were going to “smash” the US. The U.S. proceeded to shatter the world record by 4 seconds.
Also… what do you think the chances are that Alicia Sacramone is into outdoor blogs?
(Note: Do not try this at home, we are trained professionals (and possibly slightly nuts))
The guides at Cascade Raft Company (CRC) experimented with some new pool toys this year on their annual Main Payette Pool Toy Floatilla. The tradition has been a part of the CRC community for the past five years, and this year found its largest following. Most pool toys were able to make it down the entire Main Payette successfully, but there were a few sour apples, most notably the lobsters and alligator pool which did not even last through the first rapid. Read more »
Currently the world record for solving a rubics cube is a hair over 7 seconds by Erik Akkersjijk. Not going to lie…it’s taken me longer than that to figure out those damn hooks before. Erik is probably going to be pretty popular with the ladies…assuming they can figure out that last name.
What would you do after graduating from Stanford Graduate school? If you were Sam Homans, Rob Nail, and Tae Kim, you’d design a better chair. The biggest gripe towards camping chairs is that they’re bulky, heavy, and not super comfortable. Homans, Nail, and Kim started Alite Designs to combat all of these. Their design, with it’s two legs/feet and cozy looking nylon mesh weighs in at one pound even. They’ll be available next spring, just in time for backpacking season.
Very bad news from K2. After looking around it looks like there is one main story but the number dead and missing changes story to story. The New York Times has and article. Link. There is also updates coming from an Irish climber at the K2 base camp. Link.
I’ve had a pair Vibram FivefingerSprints for about a year. I wanted something that would allow me to run “barefoot” without getting annoying things embedded in my feet, like heroin needles. Here is just how awesome the FiveFingers are: I just met a guy who is a contractor in Iraq (the kind with a gun, not the kind that builds houses) who likes to where them around “at work.” Apparently the insurgents, stunned by your sheer awesomeness, forget to set off the IED’s.
Sometimes when I’m backpacking all I can think of is “boy, I wish I hadn’t brought this horseshoe set” or “yikes, whoever packed the rocks in my pack owes me a beer.” If only there was a way to lighten the load without having to scrimp on the necessities in life. Fortunately the boys and girls at MIT have been kind enough to develop a product that successfully lightens the perceived load.
They claim that “exo-skeleton” can take up to 80 percent of the load off of an 80 pound pack. All this while looking that cool?! There must be a catch. Oh wait, there is. Turns out that the giant metal rods make a noticeable impact on your gait. So now you can be as lazy as you want, as long as you’re willing to walk like Frankenstein.
Upon further research it turns out their actually developing another product that will actually take 100 percent of the load. Gear-Addicts was fortunate enough to get a spy photo
Cheese is delicious. There’s no way around that. Not quite as delicious as Dino Nuggets, but still pretty delicious. What goes well with cheese? That’s right, wine. CLIF Bar on the other hand, feels that cheese isn’t actually the best compliment to wine, CLIF Bars are. Enter CLIF Bar Family Winery. Yes, the folks that bring us delicious energy foods also create fine wines dating back to 2003 from what I found.
And heck, why stop at energy bars and wine? Why not take something else that’s completely unrelated? Maybe olive oil for instance. That’s right, they make Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO for all you cooking show types) as well. Incredible. Who knows what they’ll come out with next. I know I’ll be on the edge of my seat until we find out.
Everyone seems to have the newest “latest and greatest” energy supplement. Whether Loud Truck has found that supplement or not is besides the point. What we’re really looking at here, is the fact that their company is called Loud Truck. Is this a warning about your bodily functions after consuming the Energy Gummies? Or is it a comment to how you’re going to feel afterwards? Either way, they’re made in the U.S. which is pretty cool. And on the bright side, in case you were wondering how they taste, they tell you on the bottom right side…”Tastes Great!” I’ll let you know a little more after the OR show. If during my sampling there are any Loud Truck noises, I’ll certainly let you know as well.
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Posted By: Greg Tovey: July 25th, 2008 under News. Comments: 2
Pretty excited about the new development in the Steep and Cheap shopping experience. From what we can tell, as of today SAC has added a new counter to their site. Now you can view exactly how many of each item they have left in inventory. Pretty cool. Knowing that there’s only one left of that “wang-doodle-popper-zip-pow” makes the mad dash to the checkout that much more exciting.
My review might be a little biased as the 
First off if you didn’t watch the 4X100 Freestyle go 
