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As the expedition Kickstarter project drew to a close, I had my provisions pretty well handled. Famous last words. I consider much of the backpacking style food available on the retail market to be sub-par (to be kind). Granola, oatmeal, and trail mix are poor in nutrient density and in calorie:weight ratio. Most sports nutrition [...] Finish Reading »
One of the tortures of planning my rapidly approaching expedition is watching rad videos showing cool expeditions under the guise of research. Here are some I’ve spent time watching over and over and over. If you only watch one, make it these first two Lost Coast Fat Bike and Packraft: Pedal, Paddle, and Push by [...] Finish Reading »
In Spring 2012, I’ll set my path north toward the Arctic Ocean on foot, fatbike, and packraft. From there I’ll loop back through Alaska to the Pacific Ocean and down the coast, completing the loop in Bellingham, Washington. The estimated duration of the expedition is 6-8 months, but may vary significantly due to ice, ocean, [...] Finish Reading »
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Nature restores human nature, yet human nature underestimates the value of nature. This tendency precludes our ability to take advantage of nature’s restorative power while leading to nature’s destruction. This is one of my favorite academic articles ever. When I first read it, my immediate feeling was: “Holy @$%&! This validates the entire purpose of [...] Finish Reading »
First off, I don’t exempt myself from my own critiques. But now that that’s out of the way, I do find myself nostalgic for bygone ethea (pl. ethos, I had to look that one up) such as the Age of Discovery and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. There’s something rather hollow about the current [...] Finish Reading »
I’ve never read one of those “sorry I haven’t posted in so long” blog post and thought it was anything I wanted to read. Then there’s the eternal fact that nobody really wants to hear about what you didn’t do. What I did: About a year ago, I broke my collarbone by getting to the [...] Finish Reading »
Climate skeptics! Skepticism is a friend of mine. Because of this, I am very aware that skepticism is not a passive position one gets to claim haphazardly. Defend your position and reasoning for your supposed skepticism or admit you don’t have one. I dare you! I double dog dare you to defend your position without [...] Finish Reading »
There’s something about biofuel that grabs attention. Maybe it’s the romantic idea of running our cars on free recycled waste oil from restaurants. Maybe it’s the allure of bending the ecosystem to our will to create fuel from seemingly mundane crops. Maybe it’s as close as we think we’ll personally get to Mr. Fusion from [...] Finish Reading »
After my last post about being more than an accidental activist, I’ve done a bit more research. I hoped to receive some feedback about specific organizations I should work with. Unfortunately, my goal was not achieved. That’s cool though… I wasn’t asking because I couldn’t find enough organizations. I asked because there are 9 zillion [...] Finish Reading »
For those of you not completely up to speed, I’m in need of a new boat. Needing a new boat also means I’m in need of some serious cash to invest in a boat. At the moment I’m leaning toward a catamaran. The price range for a modest cat is in the $100,000 to $250,000 [...] Finish Reading »
As a location decentric geo-neutral lifestyle constructing nomad time-exempt techno shama-lama-ding-dong slayer of all things that start with ‘cube’, you’ve probably had the disconcerting feeling of waking up and being freaked out for the few moments until your pupils catch up with your eyelids and your mind catches up with your GPS tracking system. If [...] Finish Reading »
For my quest to explore more of planet earth than anyone in history using only human, wind, and solar power to be successful, I need a variety of skills. My chosen methods of transportation are sailing, mountain biking, kayaking, and… well… by foot. Since I’m not a fan of being dead, it’s in my best interest to... Finish Reading »
That’s not my boat pictured. Pretty though! There are two questions I’m often asked in reference to living aboard that are closely related. 1) How do you cook onboard? 2) What does living onboard cause you to miss the most? Cooking on my current boat is a pain. Thus, cooking is one of the things [...] Finish Reading »
How did you learn to sail? How can I learn to sail? Variations of this question are one I’m most frequently asked. There are many answers and many paths. I’ll share how I got started. I almost typed “how I did it”, but I’m not done learning. Drum roll… Buy a boat. The first actual [...] Finish Reading »
The information I assume you have, but you probably don’t have, is that I spend crazy amounts of time checking out and researching the three zillion other products that don’t make it into my hands. For some reason, the hunt for the elusive perfect PFD was especially time consuming. Finish Reading »
VHF radios are required by the Coast Guard on basically any boat bigger than a surfboard in U.S. coastal waters. That’s an exaggeration of course. Regulations do change at various lengths, but I’m not sure where the VHF requirement kicks in. The reason I don’t know is that I like to have a radio whether [...] Finish Reading »
I'm glad I'm not in the business of writing marketing materials for an entire line of products basically consisting of a stick with two blades at the end. As far as sticks go, this one is pretty satisfying. As far as blades go, well... I'd rather drop the Werner Camano on my foot than my 12" Wusthof. Finish Reading »
I wrote my first review of the TRAK T-1600 after paddling only once. That mini-adventure included only about six miles up and down a gently flowing river. Since then I’ve taken it on some more exciting rivers, a few lakes, and the pacific ocean. For this review, I want to talk about two days of [...] Finish Reading »
After a journey from Calgary, Alberta that included what seemed like forever to clear customs (it was probably only a few hours, but I’d been hitting refresh on the shipment tracking ever 3 seconds or so), the new kayak arrived today. The delivery driver couldn’t find the place (as usual) so I had to run [...] Finish Reading »
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