Adventure Weekly Recap (AWR) is a new post I’ll be bringing to you my readers.  The goal is to bring you cool stories, offers, blogs, news, and more from around the bike, outdoor, and general adventure worlds.   Give Ibex’s “Hat-O-Matic” a try when doing your holiday shopping.  Also checkout their new store in University Village.  2627 NE University Village St, Seattle, [...]

Trail Report from Icicle Ridge Trail. June 3, 2012 View Icicle Ridge in a larger map Location: Icicle Ridge Trail 1570, just outside Leavenworth, WA Region: Central Cascades – Leavenworth Area Agency: Wenatchee National Forest, Leavenworth District Getting there From Highway 2, Just past milepost 99 & before you enter Leavenworth, take a right on Icicle Road. Continue 1.4 miles [...]

2Toms Detregent $12.99 (purchase here)   Test Period: 2 loads of laundry Field Tester: Scatman 2Toms contacted me to test their new “stink free” sports detergent a few months back.  Being a active guy I always have stinky clothes in need of a good wash.  I’m going to be up front and honest here and just say I didn’t expect the 2Toms [...]

Hello friends family and followers, You’ve probably noticed I’ve been missing in action for a while.  I have lots of post coming but I also have lots of other things going on as well which have kept me away from my computer.  I should also mention said computer also died so that made composing posts quite hard. I’m off to [...]

Julbo Pipelines $160 (purchase here) Test Period: 6 months Field Tester: Scatman Though large for my face I love these Julbo Pipeline sunglasses.  I should point out it wasn’t love at first sight.  The Pipelines are,  well different.  Once we go to know each other my view changed.  The first time I wore them I put them on at 8:30 [...]

Hike Your Own Hike (HYOH) by Francis Tapon. Available in Hardcore, ebook, and audiobook, ($9.99-24.99). Francis might come off to some as the classic over achiever.  He speaks over 5 languages, graduated from Harvard Business School, co-founded a successful Silicon Valley company, has hiked the Triple Crown (Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail) and has been to [...]

Gyst Backpack 1-11 $180 (purchase HERE)     Test Period: 4 months Field Tester: Scatman I haven’t been this excited about a piece of gear in a while.  I hounded the poor guys at Gyst until they got me a BP 1-11 to test.  I had previously tested the Duffel 1-10 by Gyst and was sold on the concept instantly.  No [...]

Icebreaker Stripe Tech T $75 (purchase HERE)     Test Period: 3 months Field Tester: Scatman This is my first piece from Icebreaker and I have to say I like it.  I’d say I like it a lot but there is one small quirk that bugs me to no end.  We’ll get to that, first the good stuff because one [...]

Smartwool Microweight Crew $65 (purchase HERE)   Test Period: 2 months Field Tester: Scatman I’ve always been a fan of Smartwool socks so I was interested in seeing how they did when it came to shirts.  My first impression upon receiving the Microweight Crew was it was soft, nice to the touch and the construction looked great.  Smartwool claims it [...]

Saucony ProGrid Guide 3 $95 (purchase latest version HERE) Test Period: 10 months Field Tester: Scatman The ProGrid Guide 3′s were suggested to me after the first shoe I tried gave me blisters within a few miles.  Right away I could tell the Saucony was a better fit for my foot.  I’m a firm believer that if you have the [...]