“Could I get a quick picture of the bike touring gear you won’t leave home without?” I recently had a chance to bike the Katy Trail in Missouri, and had fun asking other bikers this simple question. Some people were only biking 10 miles, while others were out for a week to complete the entire [...]

On July 29th, 2015, the Swiss Barefoot Company asked for $10,000 to launch what it was calling “the world’s most minimalist footwear.” They called it the Swiss Protection Sock, and at the end of the campaign on September 6th they had reached a whopping $330,330. All of this excitement over a sock? What’s going on [...]

This lightweight firestarter kit will only take you a few minutes to make. It takes up almost no room in your jacket pocket, and comes in handy if you need to start a quick fire. I’m sure you have these things laying around your house. All you need are a few cotton swabs, an empty [...]

Sometimes your kids want an adventure and you’re stuck inside the house on a rainy day. This Dad holding his daughter on a bike goes above and beyond the call. Hats off to you sir! Looking to try something new with the family this summer? We have 60 different activities for you to try!

The Oru Folding Kayak made a big splash in the paddling community when they launched on Kickstarter three years ago. I probably wasn’t the only person who thought, “pretty sure this won’t work.” It looked too surreal to me. Really? An origami kayak? Yet here they are three years later, available to the masses. The [...]

We’ve seen a lot of creative ways to start a fire, but none involving a piece of fruit. Turns out that you can pull just enough voltage from a lemon to get your tinder up and running. The tip comes from the North Survival Youtube channel. If you watch the full video below you can [...]

The Tree In House is one of those things you’d think of when you’re 8 years old playing in the woods with your friends. “I got it! What if we put a huge glass tube around the whole tree and lived inside of it!?” That’s exactly what architect Aibek Almasov did, creating a four-story structure [...]

Active outdoor folks have a reason to turn up the TV when something like the Zika Virus pops up on the news. They spend a lot of time outdoors and up until now, weren’t too concerned about a mosquito bite here and there. Now we have this “Zika Virus” everywhere we look. We’ll cover what [...]

We cut the Zippo Hand Warmer in half, you get to see what’s in it...The Great Divide In this Great Divide segment, we cut into the Zippo Hand Warmer to see what makes it work. We know that it uses a catalytic reaction to break down molecules and provide heat, but we had no idea what [...]

There is nothing worse in the woods than wet feet. Wait, getting eaten by a bear is worse, but #2 is having wet feet in cold weather. It can cut a wonderful day in the woods short, leaving you absolutely miserable. Let’s talk about how to waterproof leather boots, shall we? The following article actually [...]