Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve been loving my Nuun for the last month or so and it does a great job of keeping me hydrated. But, sometimes I’m looking for a little kick in the pants to keep me going on those long days. A lot of the time I will pack a RedBull […]
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Paint the bottle with stickers, being sure to cover the words fuel and MSR. While working at the store in the summer, we sell lots of camping stoves and fuel bottles because people either left them at home, in fear of the TSA taking them, or they have actually been taken away from them by […]
Sunset driving into Swan Valley, Idaho. NOT Photoshopped! My second of two days at the 2008 Summer Outdoor Retailer show was extremely busy. I had multiple meetings with people in regards to some current and new relationships with TetonAt.com and the store. Here are a few more new products I saw…as well as some changes […]
Busy day yesterday at the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show and even busier day today. Still, it’s great to meet up with old friends and meet people you’ve only exchanged emails with. Just a quick blurb about some of the things I saw before I try to get some sleep in preparation for a long day […]
Click here for larger image of finished product. There is no doubt about it, anti-bot plates (those things that go on the bottom of crampons that help keep snow from globing up on them) are very necessary to keep you climbing safe and fast in the mountains. However, even though many crampons come with them […]
TetonAT.com welcomes Nuun as a new sponsor and partner of the website. I’ve chosen Nuun over other hydration products because it is formulated to actually be absorbed into your body faster that water alone. Nuun (pronounced Noon) is one of the few electrolyte drinks out there that doesn’t contain any sugar, an enemy to endurance […]
Can you guess which one is my pee bottle? Well, I’m glad I didn’t buy into the big BPA scare that happened a few months ago, because last week Reuters put out an article from Milan regarding the European Union’s most recent study finding that the amount of the chemical BPA (bisphenol A) found in […]
Still growing my toenails back after four months. Throughout the winter, while working at the shop, I do a lot of heat molding of liners for customers buying new AT and telemark boots. Often, when asked whether they want to use toe-caps to allow for some extra room in the toe box, the customer says […]
In the advent of soft shell jackets, it’s rare that I bring a Gore-tex shell with me when backcountry skiing. When I do, it’s more in the spring and summer, when the moisture is in the form of rain instead of snow. Even still, most of the time it sits in the bottom of my […]
Click photo for larger image. This chart shows the evolution of ski widths from 3000 BC to current times. It’s pretty interesting to see that things have pretty much gone full circle with some of today’s skis having waists in the 130-140cm range. Even more wild is the fact that the skis of the early […]
Over the years, I’ve owned multiple pairs of crampons from Black Diamond, Grivel, CAMP, Charlet Moser/Petzl, KONG…you name it! Some made out of aluminum, some steel. The steel versions have worked great, super durable and strong, but sometimes feeling like a brick in the bottom of my backpack. Some aluminum models are feather light, but […]
It’s that time of year again when the Teton high country starts to get filled with climbers and hikers from the Jackson Hole valley and points further. The good news is that Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) and the Jenny Lake Rangers have created a website to give you current route and trail conditions. In […]
I was getting a little sick of looking at the same Ski Journal on the pot lately, so I just had to get the feelers out and find out what’s been taking Issue 2.3 so long to arrive in my mailbox. I got a quick response…. Hey Steve. Thank you for the note… We have […]
For most winter seasons, like with skis, I tend to vary the AT boot model I’m using depending on the type of tour I’m doing. But for this past season, I committed to using the new Dynafit ZZeros 100% and their workout began climbing to the summit of Pico de Orizaba in early November, 2007. […]
As the ski season starts to wind down here in JH, I thought I’d give a brief update on how my Black Diamond Voodoos have held up after chopping off the twin-tip tail. The biggest issue I found with this experiment was finding some sort of epoxy that would be durable enough for the rigors […]
This one’s for you Harpo! Food and nutrition are always hot topics and the focus of many emails I receive. My eating habits tend to vary a bit from winter to summer, and depend greatly on the activity I’m partaking in. Most of the time though, I tend to mix and match “real food” with […]
Someday I’m going to use my KLR to actually go skiing. The one thing that drives me nuts about testing ski gear is that half the time the products are prototypes, and not quite fine tuned for production. Right now I have some Dynafit Manaslu skis and Zzeus boots in my possession, and although the […]
For all those of you still wishing for that ‘holy grail’ binding that allows one to telemark…AND lock the heel down for alpine turns …AND have a free pivot for climbing…AND releaseability…your dream may be one step closer to coming true. Rumor has it a certain US company has recently put in a patent application […]
I know most backcountry ski partners tend to come up with little names to describe objects or things they do. I’ve heard all kinds of terms for referencing the different heel positions of the remarkable Dynafit binding. While some come from the cycling world…like free-wheel and granny gear…I like to correlate the positions with the […]
Bear tracks from May 2, 2008. Click picture for largest image. Saw some day old bear tracks around the Bradley/Taggart area last week. Running into one of these guys (moose too!) in the dark, early morning hours is one of my biggest nightmares. Here are some things to think about if you have and encounter. […]