My Altama boots came today!! Ordered them off ebay this weekend. It’s one of the first items I’m getting because I know I will still need time to break them in. The kit list just says jungle boots, the black… (READ MORE)
It’s been raining all night and I drive to the office in pouring rain. Yeah, no. I really don’t want to do this in rainy season. It’s going to be miserable. And I have nothing to prove to myself. Just… (READ MORE)
July 1st: I keep checking FB all day, to see who won the contest. Nothing. July 2nd, 3rd, 4th Waiting. Still no winner announced on the site. Eventually they post a message a few days later that they’re… (READ MORE)
Divya, the professor, says her pack was 42 lbs, so I figure it’s a good idea to do some walking with a heavy pack to train as much as I can – you start off the trip by hiking into… (READ MORE)
My badass adventure goal this year was to climb Kili. Mount Kilimanjaro. Yup. Can supposedly be done by people who are not mountaineers, by people who just have a decent fitness level (heck, I have read of an 8-yr… (READ MORE)
I hand my 10 year old the magnesium fire starter kit. “You’re in charge of making a fire. The back of the package has instructions on how to use it. Daddy finally caught a fish, but unless we want… (READ MORE)