tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618701682495725112024-03-12T22:42:29.856-07:00The Adventure BumAdventure Without MercyThe Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-82298247790943801092014-02-24T23:16:00.001-08:002014-02-24T23:18:42.843-08:00Adventure Bum TV<div style="text-align: center;">
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IXSRF2iFlug" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-55936566632260980802013-11-24T23:54:00.003-08:002013-11-24T23:54:44.228-08:00Five Ten Maltese Falcons <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I only knew <a href="http://fiveten.com/products/footwear-detail/13882-maltese-falcon-ravens-eye-grey" target="_blank">Five Ten</a> through their climbing shoes so I was excited to give the Maltese Falcons a try since cycling is probably my favorite outdoor activity. My first pair of clip less mountain bike shoes made me feel like I was taking the simple act of riding a bike to a new level for myself. Since then I have had several pairs for both mountain and road bikes and none of them have held up to the pair of Maltese Falcons.<br />
First thing I did before I put the cleats on was wear the shoes for about a week back and forth to work and for riding. I never thought I could stand around for 8 hours in a pair of clip less bike shoes but these were really comfortable. Riding in them was great also, the Stealth rubber combined with the stiffness of the shoe meant that even if your foot wasn't square on the pedal you could get a decent pedal stroke until you could readjust. From there I put the cleats on and they performed even better. They felt very secure while riding, I have had some shoes that when clipped in you felt like your foot was going to slip out but NOT in the Maltese Falcons.<br />
There was only one thing that I didn't like was that with the cleats on they do stick out past the bottom of the shoe a little bit making it tough to go right from the bike to work or to the store but at the same time you aren't walking as funny as you would be in most clip less shoes I have had.<br />
From the Five Ten website "The new lightweight clip-in Maltese Falcon has a stiff-but-sensitive shank for balancing cranking power with comfort while hiking, and we've added a Velcro® drand ankle strap for extra support. An external heel counter boosts stability for technical maneuvers and long rides, and Stealth® ™ rubber."<br />
Bottom line you can't go wrong with a pair of Maltese Falcons and I would recommend them to anyone.</div>
The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-88259817313254287302013-10-30T00:06:00.002-07:002013-10-30T00:08:09.636-07:00Bushnell Solar Panel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Bushnell <a href="http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/outdoor-technology/powersync/solarwrap-mini" target="_blank">Solar Wrap Mini</a> is a fun gadget that I was really excited to get a chance to use. It is 3 ounces and only 4.3" when rolled up but it can hold enough juice to recharge your cell phone or MP3 player. You can pre-charge it at home so it is ready to go when you need it that first time, then you can deploy the solar panel and recharge it. (the dollar bill is for scale)</div>
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Fully unrolled the Solar Wrap Mini is 18.25" long and needs 80% sun to be able to work on charging.</div>
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and a micro USB port on the other end right next to the charge indicator light, red is charging green is ready. The handy thing is the cord that came with this had ends to fit both ports and many of my devices require the micro USB cable for charging.</div>
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I used this on a couple backpacking trips where I never did get enough sun to break out the solar panel but I was able to un my Ipod charged for three days strait 12 hours at a time on the charge I brought with me from home. One tester had better luck with sunlight on a hunting trip where he was able to recharge two Iphones each day and then while out hunting he would leave the panel out all day and have a full charge when he got back to camp.</div>
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The only con I have on this product is that you don't want to use it on anything bigger than a cell phone, at least not for very long. I have used it to top off a Kindle but when I let the Kindle get down to 15% and leave it to charge overnight in the morning both devices were drained. If you are looking to charge larger devices check out the other, larger solar panels that Bushnell makes.</div>
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The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-19799366159333064982013-10-14T10:57:00.001-07:002013-10-14T10:57:24.853-07:00Butterfly Wallet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Now a wallet might seem like an odd thing to review on an adventure website but when it is ultralight and made out of the same ripstop nylon as a lot of packs why not? The Butterfly wallet, when empty weighs less than a US quarter, I thought that was pretty impressive for a tri-fold wallet.</div>
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When I first saw the <a href="http://www.ribzwear.com/" target="_blank">Ribz Front Pack</a> advertised in another outdoor magazine my first thought was that this looks like a way to add more stuff to your load and by doing so you add more weight, so I didn't give it much thought after that. But then I stopped by the Ribz Wear booth at the OR show where it was explained that the main purpose of the front pack system isn't to allow you to carry more stuff but to move the stuff you would need through out the day out of your backpack and into a much more accessible front pack. Once that was pointed out it made a whole lore more sense.<br />
From the Ribz Wear website about the pack <i>"<span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.792969); color: #ababab; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 23px;">The RIBZ front pack is made of 210d water resistant ripstop nylon. The ribs pack weighs approx. 11 oz. All components are water resistant and have proven durability in the most extreme of conditions. With an average storage capacity between 500 and 700 cubic inches, you can comfortably relocate your desired weight in the front packs. The use of a front pack repositions a portion of your weight forward which reduces your overall shoulder stress and increases comfort, mobility, and balance. A front pack also creates the illusion of carrying a lighter load. Though the RIBZ front pack was designed with ultralight backpacking intentions, any outdoor activity where easy access of equipment is critical is where it proves beneficial. RIBZ front pack can be used alone as a vest but is primarily designed to work with your existing backpack as increased functionality."</span></i></div>
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First time I tried it out was on a recent, ill conceived backpacking trip on a very humid Labor Day weekend. It was so hot and humid that I had to stop every twenty minutes to reapply bug spray to try and keep the large Minnesota mosquitos at bay. Right off the bat though I noticed how my posture had changed, I was standing more upright and not so hunched over.</div>
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It was great having my camera close at hand without needing to stop and take off my backpack every time I wanted to take a photo or have a snack. There was even enough room to hold a cycling style water bottle. Each side of the pack has two compartments, one large one that has two interior mesh pockets to help keep the smaller stuff organized and a smaller zippered compartment. </div>
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The pack is made out of Cordura which helps keep it light but still very durable. The suspender style harness keeps the pack from riding too low. There are two straps in the front to adjust how high it rides (orange tabs in above photo) and two straps that run across the lower back to pull the pack in closer to your body. One tester did have a hard time keeping the straps strait but I haven't had an issue with that.</div>
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One of the best things I can say about this pack after taking it on a canoe trip and a couple of backpacking trips is that you almost forget that you are wearing it until the time comes where you need something out of it. With the canoe trip I was able to keep a couple of small tackle boxes, camera w/extra batteries, first aid kit, multi tool, fire starting materials and a couple granola bars. With the shoulder straps it kept the pack high enough that while I was sitting in the canoe that it wasn't resting on my legs.</div>
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The only drawback I have seen is that the extra pack causes you to sweat more. On some of the hotter days I used it all I had to do was unzip the two sides and get some air flowing. The extra warmth will be great in the fall and spring seasons and even this winter I plan on using it while deer hunting. It would also be a great addition to a bouldering kit for all the little things that you don't want to stuff loose into a crash pad.<br />
All in all I would highly recommend this pack to any backpacker or outdoor enthusiast. It retails for $64.95.</div>
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The standard style water bottles that you would use for cycling require you to squeeze the bottle to get a good flow of liquid to come out which you can't really do with a metal bottle. The key to the Sigg bottle are the vents (which you can see in the above photo) that allow for air to get into the bottle while to drink so you can get a steady stream of liquid. The sport top as seen here is great for drinking from while walking or in a car, I am sure everyone reading this has been riding in a car while drinking from a wide mouth bottle of some sort, hit a bump and ended up getting wet.</div>
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Another good option is to unscrew the sport bottle top to reveal a smaller hole to drink from. I tend to use this more than the sport top when I use this bottle for everyday use. I also found that if you have a Sigg bottle that uses the smaller lids with the carabiner loop you can swap out the sport top for the other lid.</div>
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The wide mouth is great for getting in and cleaning the bottle but its not quite big enough to accept the stopper from my Katadyn Hiker Pro water filter. That is a small detail that I didn't realize till I was up in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and went to filter water for the first time.</div>
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I picked up this Zippo emergency fire starter when I was at the Outdoor Retailer show a few weeks back and since I am doing a fire starting workshop this week I thought this would be a good place to start the gear reviews.</div>
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Right out of the package this worked just as pictured on the package. I can see keeping this in a tackle box on canoe trips or just in a general emergency kit. Zippo makes metal and plastic versions of this and I had the plastic one for testing. It's lightweight and the plastic one even floats. Since it is a striker only there is no lighter fluid involved so you don't need to be worried about keeping it refiled for when you need it. It can sit in your emergency kit for years and when the time comes when you actually have to start a fire it will just work.</div>
The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-89375626680474498032013-07-17T10:02:00.000-07:002013-07-17T10:05:02.057-07:00Issue #2 is now online<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am happy to tell you that the second issue is now online! Check it out <a href="http://www.theadventurebum.com/" target="_blank">here</a> </div>
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The website is live! This has been a long time coming but you can see the first issue of The Adventure Bum <a href="http://www.theadventurebum.com/" target="_blank">here</a> it is FREE to download.</div>
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The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-60259017900276461192013-01-23T11:25:00.000-08:002013-01-23T11:25:02.971-08:00To answer a questionA lot of people have been asking what kind of stories I'm looking for, the simplest answer is that I am looking for first person accounts of outdoor adventures. If you have a story that starts off my friends and I.....road our bikes across the US, went on a road trip and everything that could go wrong did, I went into the mountains for an overnight trip and I almost died, I canoed the length of the Mississippi for a summer. Things along those lines but not limited to just those things. What I am NOT looking for would be things like festival reviews or political pieces.<br />
I am paying $200 per story with a minimum of 1000 words with 3-4 photos if possible. Hope that helps clear things up a bit.The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-1986407625137010892013-01-05T23:21:00.003-08:002013-08-18T23:31:54.563-07:00Update on the magazine.<div style="text-align: center;">
Since it's a new year I thought I should update everyone one whats going on with the magazine. I have decided to nix the idea of the print version and go to a digital version for the iPad and then moving into the other tablets.</div>
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I am still looking for general outdoor adventure and travel stories in the 1,500 to 3,000 word range with photos as well as stand alone photo stories for the the gallery section. <br />
The fun part about doing this for the e-reader market is that I can combine the print version with what would have been on a website like video. And beyond just stories I would like to add some interviews and some how-to articles to the mix but DON'T want that type of stuff to overpower the rest of the magazine like so many of the other publications do. <br />
People will get paid for any submissions that get published and if you have any ideas feel free to hit me up at <a href="mailto:jonhellerphotography@yahoo.com">editor@theadventurebum.com</a></div>
The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-34017374940028306672012-06-26T10:08:00.000-07:002013-08-18T23:31:21.674-07:00What is The Adventure Bum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a project I started a few years back as a "cheeky" photo project for a calendar, people really liked the images but the calendar was a flop. It was right around this time I was starting to have issues with most adventure magazines, mainly the fact that you were lucky to maybe get one actual first person story the rest was advertising, how-to pieces and write ups on places to go or great towns to live in and while that stuff is good to know it gets repeated pretty regular. I decided to start this site as a place to share stories from my own adventures, the final straw came recently when Backpacker re-ran their Editors Choice gear issue without changing a thing other then slapping a new cover on it. Hell the interior pages still said April 2012 while the cover said July 2012. To me that is bullshit, people are out there everyday having cool adventures but they feel they don't need to tell those stories. </div>
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Now I want to start my own adventure magazine to tell those stories. I am of the opinion that everyone has some sort of story to tell but they don't have a good outlet to do so. THE ADVENTURE BUM will be an iPad magazine that is NOTHING but stories and photos, Gear reviews or How-To type stuff will be here on the blog but the magazine will just good stories that you might tell while having beers with friends around a campfire. Weekend warriors and seasoned pros are all welcome.<br />
Stories that will be excepted will be just about anything that is some sort of adventure. One issue could have a wide range of stories from climbing and backpacking to road trips, international trips are more then welcome as well. Along with the wide range of subjects I also want people to know that they don't have to water their stories down for mass consumption. When I do find a first person type story in the major magazines it has been so watered down so as to not offend some one or even worse an advertiser the story suffers. So if your style is more Edward Abbey or Hunter S. Thompson you are welcome here.<br />
Stories should average around 1,500+ words and will need to have a couple photos to go with it. There will also be a gallery section for photographers that will feature 4-5 images from a different photographer each issue. Images should be no larger then 8x12" @ 300ppi. I will be paying for stories and photos on publication. </div>
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Lets see what we can get going with this.</div>
The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-21411799506933629722012-05-30T08:55:00.000-07:002012-05-30T08:55:15.630-07:00Great VideoThis is a great video, not only does it go a long way to answer the question "WHY" but the visuals are stunning. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The corners of which there are many are tight and fast, lots of rolling hills and not much for tough climbs. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEihmaylZbu36fKOGvU6ZeL530iW0SOxoS3xrchUuh97OsT4d45WEbs0s2wfQu5Maeh-5dDJOi6-VqgNdM-0b0K5cRLL_lU_-Va46ATkyBfMrMrmhosmWJw11mfJjYPF6NOv_NKloiik/s1600/DSCN3301.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEihmaylZbu36fKOGvU6ZeL530iW0SOxoS3xrchUuh97OsT4d45WEbs0s2wfQu5Maeh-5dDJOi6-VqgNdM-0b0K5cRLL_lU_-Va46ATkyBfMrMrmhosmWJw11mfJjYPF6NOv_NKloiik/s320/DSCN3301.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629346721685945378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The trickiest part of the trail is one little climb that is very rocky and if you don't pick the right line your screwed, I took a little spill here.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8xC4_TCS2_ZgBQ1QNDCixwJiiKtpCCp7c_zAcUMfJWzo_6-0rCptdWI7lYkshSJBaTlSK7uX6VdQIhQuglsiu0JVEa65CuRXur2Y4YdOe8iuGmpeDYrFgaROlibn8Qt8YRfeaGPYGuA/s1600/DSCN3299.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8xC4_TCS2_ZgBQ1QNDCixwJiiKtpCCp7c_zAcUMfJWzo_6-0rCptdWI7lYkshSJBaTlSK7uX6VdQIhQuglsiu0JVEa65CuRXur2Y4YdOe8iuGmpeDYrFgaROlibn8Qt8YRfeaGPYGuA/s320/DSCN3299.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629346715675787858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I'm hoping to make it back there later this week as I prepare for a race this coming weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-44279926361219714612011-05-14T21:40:00.000-07:002011-05-14T21:56:50.496-07:00Fishing opener.<div style="text-align: center;">Today was the opening day for fishing here in Minnesota and for most people that is a pretty big deal, think Christmas. I used to really get into it but as I got older and liked crowds less and less I tend to shy away from major holidays like this that tend to bring out the yahoo's.. So while everyone else was out on the lakes I headed to the little trout stream that I live on and proceeded to catch my limit of rainbow and brown trout. This was the first time in about four years I have been able to catch a limit in an afternoon and I had it all to myself while everyone else was jockeying for position at various boat landings all over Minnesota.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao9oMryy_qI_JRUnqdonfrJqxN64ZMxAKUP0Vkpj-s05H7llE6ucjNpIroyYHuV0ewYmcizJuVt6pPRL6FZauT2Al0DO0VgT8pXsewEA2Sv5vzmbX3zMZXjdB4WvPL6fLYh2cywQnILI/s1600/DSCN1313.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao9oMryy_qI_JRUnqdonfrJqxN64ZMxAKUP0Vkpj-s05H7llE6ucjNpIroyYHuV0ewYmcizJuVt6pPRL6FZauT2Al0DO0VgT8pXsewEA2Sv5vzmbX3zMZXjdB4WvPL6fLYh2cywQnILI/s320/DSCN1313.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606798412192241058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great weekend.</div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-84444694860034468492011-05-12T09:38:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:30:16.310-07:00A walk in the woods.<div style="text-align: center;">Spring in Minnesota is typically what I refer to as mud season which will usually keep me out of the woods till mushroom hunting starts. There is one spot on my property where I find morel mushrooms each spring. It's the time of year for the morels so I thought I would head out and see if I could find any.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cCwPtJDxE6YoK0oI_bmDuecT8wrSxbQkja55ltEnjA8SVrPz0nYbhNXmEH4ly41d-MZyLyCNEjv3PCAhkTGhTNV_w47Oz_YBq40fUiPiGb3K7zFpLFPvi3CrLpX5VXuRIpbLWlhQOtM/s1600/DSCN1268.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cCwPtJDxE6YoK0oI_bmDuecT8wrSxbQkja55ltEnjA8SVrPz0nYbhNXmEH4ly41d-MZyLyCNEjv3PCAhkTGhTNV_w47Oz_YBq40fUiPiGb3K7zFpLFPvi3CrLpX5VXuRIpbLWlhQOtM/s320/DSCN1268.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870294651872258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The place where I find them is down in this gully that is constantly clogged with downfalls.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdMPwhTu9nKTorw616EpTgX2ztK_4ah_YijVfW-SKPXv78H4nx-UDOBaldFg-WFwxe7ijhd4IMAvWCx0V9HcE-Y_OtknHBiK3LbhsugJIs9YtdeyD0dexQVdKvIz3XX7lnPCu961hY_Q/s1600/DSCN1270.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdMPwhTu9nKTorw616EpTgX2ztK_4ah_YijVfW-SKPXv78H4nx-UDOBaldFg-WFwxe7ijhd4IMAvWCx0V9HcE-Y_OtknHBiK3LbhsugJIs9YtdeyD0dexQVdKvIz3XX7lnPCu961hY_Q/s320/DSCN1270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870287142828946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSbnoUxMD08fQ0PTO7lhnH1GmuhJh30edR8K4KKcdTHjm59FJ6SDdB38yAp1CCoFfnl8J20jwP2rySYmELvQhvXnfy5Q1S4UGqgoGW2I9kAf3i3X3-sRX2c3eTpzt9_SQPbx6Hqbyae4/s1600/DSCN1277.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSbnoUxMD08fQ0PTO7lhnH1GmuhJh30edR8K4KKcdTHjm59FJ6SDdB38yAp1CCoFfnl8J20jwP2rySYmELvQhvXnfy5Q1S4UGqgoGW2I9kAf3i3X3-sRX2c3eTpzt9_SQPbx6Hqbyae4/s320/DSCN1277.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870151436308034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgmrIwvX26_ajq1s8WA2C8PSdE-UzYO_nFOPhNBQEugVTYq4V4T7RnIl4A19hyphenhyphenI1ZJJuhCocKSbjwiyLlox5QvWOlO_DiangurykYBHlmKdK5WPOu1zHn16XwiH1vg4NQbRBd_fxKY9s/s1600/DSCN1279.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgmrIwvX26_ajq1s8WA2C8PSdE-UzYO_nFOPhNBQEugVTYq4V4T7RnIl4A19hyphenhyphenI1ZJJuhCocKSbjwiyLlox5QvWOlO_DiangurykYBHlmKdK5WPOu1zHn16XwiH1vg4NQbRBd_fxKY9s/s320/DSCN1279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870147941939234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Even though the mushrooms haven't come up yet the moss is nice and lush.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN19OsfEJ3KtSRQtF0YME_v3rujKNDCHYG8YWpqljOHj1ELTT6UvHd5NRb8Bl18G6ft314-P9FjS0DMuB31J8pcUN6R44cJIBMT6BqIxuji8Fon0sq_gyobFrBewFiQCQ_nY7dZgwmTDA/s1600/DSCN1283.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN19OsfEJ3KtSRQtF0YME_v3rujKNDCHYG8YWpqljOHj1ELTT6UvHd5NRb8Bl18G6ft314-P9FjS0DMuB31J8pcUN6R44cJIBMT6BqIxuji8Fon0sq_gyobFrBewFiQCQ_nY7dZgwmTDA/s320/DSCN1283.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870142408212082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMtO7gAg4Bcg00tD1JhtAO2hOEQQtur5ii-lPT_c9qeWnFMd0BBtLCF62O98Ygorc0jdUe2dDPXV4CAscroCxOOZc1fF9WHyFpm-RpUApkdM8JB3WKw8xPQUra3yRR3JugJ2UWILilKA/s1600/DSCN1287.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMtO7gAg4Bcg00tD1JhtAO2hOEQQtur5ii-lPT_c9qeWnFMd0BBtLCF62O98Ygorc0jdUe2dDPXV4CAscroCxOOZc1fF9WHyFpm-RpUApkdM8JB3WKw8xPQUra3yRR3JugJ2UWILilKA/s320/DSCN1287.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870135710240962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It also started to rain while I was out.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnsva_sYSfjVhA9yzgZxpf6HWYmK3Qq-kDn7KUZyZRc7jO2_CWFNZ7KDx3Lo3hSCMcKrR4PuzETHnZ81o9pI3rhMJMa4S_VCopbuIwaCOkx2iH60MI-GK5OKgdNPf-pxhxYDuFKewsG4/s1600/DSCN1296.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnsva_sYSfjVhA9yzgZxpf6HWYmK3Qq-kDn7KUZyZRc7jO2_CWFNZ7KDx3Lo3hSCMcKrR4PuzETHnZ81o9pI3rhMJMa4S_VCopbuIwaCOkx2iH60MI-GK5OKgdNPf-pxhxYDuFKewsG4/s320/DSCN1296.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605870129043237730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Makes me wonder where this came from.</div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-49581064173767986632011-04-16T12:24:00.000-07:002011-04-16T12:34:54.081-07:00April in Minnesota<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllprR7aNfqLzklPnjYs00XrcMhkQw0LDaKQlpmHz2YS-4DyK9w7r6aRaWJHwgC8ooxPGM6k681b16LUQ64HrxS4H-DYR8mraLNwAjZ-YEsc6s4QiVWsutGnpSIQ_wy0kIfysuliG95go/s1600/Untitled_Panorama1-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllprR7aNfqLzklPnjYs00XrcMhkQw0LDaKQlpmHz2YS-4DyK9w7r6aRaWJHwgC8ooxPGM6k681b16LUQ64HrxS4H-DYR8mraLNwAjZ-YEsc6s4QiVWsutGnpSIQ_wy0kIfysuliG95go/s320/Untitled_Panorama1-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596264642743810130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I woke up to this morning, easily 4 inches of new snow. Last year by this time I had already put a hundred miles on my bike but this year I haven't even aired up the tires because we keep getting weather like this. I'm not really bothered by it as much as a lot of people are around here since I have missed all but the tail end of winter, at the same time though I am getting a little anxious to start the biking, backpacking and fishing season (which actually opened today for stream trout). I shot this in my yard this morning with a Nikon P7000, turned into a pano in Photoshop and then processed in Lightroom.</div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-76937468065913436602011-04-11T22:11:00.000-07:002011-04-11T23:06:09.433-07:00One thing I missed out on while in California....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZoKf0tJ9ZTeAJwcM1SStLtJUrIWtFMxjxL35bjP3kzmGIStptO6eU2Y2Cih7yGzfa_tpfM2KLt4uEdfokt8EK0_eedopqCSjEZdLjcUNkH9M7ogRptjdALw6TIODnpoVVI_3DL_WXFA/s1600/DSC_0364.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZoKf0tJ9ZTeAJwcM1SStLtJUrIWtFMxjxL35bjP3kzmGIStptO6eU2Y2Cih7yGzfa_tpfM2KLt4uEdfokt8EK0_eedopqCSjEZdLjcUNkH9M7ogRptjdALw6TIODnpoVVI_3DL_WXFA/s320/DSC_0364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594560622280149938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Living in northern Minnesota in the winter can really wear on a person so much so that we sit in small shacks on the ice to get a fishing fix. I was actually going to build one of these shacks last fall but got asked to house sit in Los Angeles. This was the first winter in about five years that I actually missed out on the whole ice fishing season. You would have thought I would have quit a few years ago when I almost died in one of these fish houses.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieX01i9DhIoBQYbR4YaIqx3pu5cyyY7lRlPG5Mjo2BEbUd4OkUSCTi2UgmGGOG7CBcB6fSOiyF1LaW54x_jAmIG9rMDm4imKnm2MBK-XYfy7_E1cMh-IT-5SHr5kJ2V4ICfNaul-7DeM/s1600/DSC_0381.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieX01i9DhIoBQYbR4YaIqx3pu5cyyY7lRlPG5Mjo2BEbUd4OkUSCTi2UgmGGOG7CBcB6fSOiyF1LaW54x_jAmIG9rMDm4imKnm2MBK-XYfy7_E1cMh-IT-5SHr5kJ2V4ICfNaul-7DeM/s320/DSC_0381.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594560617452806162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">About two years ago I was on Lake of the woods, the very northern tip of Minnesota, with a couple of buddies. It was the second year that I had gone up there to rent an ice house that actually has beds in it so you can spend the night. My friend Lance had done it a couple more time as he got in the habit of bringing a carbon monoxide detector with since every year there is at least one person that dies from CO2 poisoning up there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since the fishing dies off at night there we hit the sack pretty early only to wake up at 2 in the morning to the alarm going off and two of us feeling really sick. The only thing we could think to do was to open the door about 6 inches and let the place air out. Luckily we all woke up in the morning though we were kind of upset by the lack of interest from the guy we rented the house from when we got picked up. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the ice is too thin to get out and fish the lakes but in one more week trout season opens around here and I think I can wait that long to get a fishing fix in.</div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-30672801067967319042011-03-27T10:33:00.000-07:002011-03-27T11:22:59.066-07:00The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CyDOkl1xUembinoAuWJA4mrokr1ZkGjdVUlfKL03pjXxYiP-Fg7_zHmMhLdVWpUdjEQTzvfV9Phj535OgHgqLlzflb8qBJVg-dxMJML1FvXWudlJhv1tXeP_UmWTPZwUY96UzwyuuXg/s1600/BWCAW_Panorama1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CyDOkl1xUembinoAuWJA4mrokr1ZkGjdVUlfKL03pjXxYiP-Fg7_zHmMhLdVWpUdjEQTzvfV9Phj535OgHgqLlzflb8qBJVg-dxMJML1FvXWudlJhv1tXeP_UmWTPZwUY96UzwyuuXg/s320/BWCAW_Panorama1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588815400840619906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Last labor day weekend I went to the BWCAW with my dad for a few days of fishing and camping. We decided on Wind Lake for our destination since it is only one portage in, though a long portage, and it is full of smallmouth bass.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We got up there about mid afternoon not counting on it being too busy since a lot of people pass through Wind on their way to other lakes. Once we got to Wind we took our time getting to a campsite fishing along the way and checking every site on the map but one and by that point it was almost dark. With the last site on the map on the other side of the lake we didn't have time to get there safely so we had to scramble to find a place to set up the tent for the night.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It didn't take long to find a rock big enough to set up the tent but thats about all that there was room for. We got set up and started cooking dinner when the wolves started howling and they were close which was really cool. But then they started getting closer and closer until we started hear them in the brush and then we could hear them on the rocks along the shore. I shined my headlamp towards the noise and saw two sets of eyes shining back at me from about 40 yards away. We must have camped right along one of their trails and they were curious as to what was going on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest of the night went by without incident and in the morning we packed up quick and began looking for a campsite. The only site that was available was the one that we didn't make it to the night before and just our luck it looked like it hadn't been used in a week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The next couple days were filled with the best smallmouth fishing I have ever had and we each managed to land a nice 8 lbs Northern Pike.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uffGhV5vz3rF0Txqwrq2LtyTCPSkoFFW84ZfGXFBktjtcu4_MlyCnl24uZATvjHGpzXX_yTqsLahTDXeqUP_ZfVeKU5711VTLgaWtqPl4FEtyxkR5afy8fK56AnEA6y4POwjng10mDU/s320/DSC_8742web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588817600897414658" /><div style="text-align: center;">Top Photo: the view from our campsite on day two.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bottom Photo: campsite at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-48790587202017533032011-02-17T10:57:00.001-08:002011-02-17T12:46:17.899-08:00Undisclosed new climbing area in the Eastern Sierra's<div align="center">This past weekend I got invited to Bishop, CA to go climbing with my friends Matt and Tamara and I couldn't pass up an excuse to get out of LA. Saturday was a pretty typical day at major bouldering area. By 10am the place was swarming with climbers. We spent most of our time on the fringe of the main area where everyone was at since we weren't really digging the crowd. Matt kept talking about how we should go to a place that they that knew about it the next day were we wouldn't see another climber all day. A new climbing area that they were some of the few to know about it, that sounded like my kind of place.</div><div align="center">When we got together Sunday morning I jumped in their van for the ride out the the boulders and it wasn't till we got half way out there that I realized I was riding in the back of a van with blacked out windows on my way to a somewhat secret area and that kind of added to the excitement. When we got there you could see some of the boulders around the parking area had chalk on them but as we headed up the canyon we were walking past 10-15 ft tall boulders that were completely untouched. Every time we would see something that looked really cool Matt kept pushing for us to continue on to the top where he thought the climbing would be even better, this went on for at least an hour till we reached an area I would like to call "The Rock Garden" where the landings were flat and sandy and the boulders were tall.</div><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWhdRrj_boEDgLQuKogRrGao0unj4sEbijHHFhJWyzWDCYIYYpj58tQFBEKYb7ogxHxrkFjzP2V4hHrLR8j3Q-pcqcAU52gdY3FxVYyWN66QHrIjgIMAe5Y-5TQah-319f93joaa2wxg/s1600/DSC_3463.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574741432773147794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWhdRrj_boEDgLQuKogRrGao0unj4sEbijHHFhJWyzWDCYIYYpj58tQFBEKYb7ogxHxrkFjzP2V4hHrLR8j3Q-pcqcAU52gdY3FxVYyWN66QHrIjgIMAe5Y-5TQah-319f93joaa2wxg/s320/DSC_3463.jpg" /></a> This was one of the first things that caught our attention in "The Rock Garden" area, when we first saw it I would have guessed it to be about 20ft tall but when we got closer it was more in the realm of 40ft. While it is visually cool it didn't look like there was much for climbing on it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUc1LE8wtshU13A1eWhgYsmMYI9rAOtg3hFp07uW_OQNUmq6itZlsHntqpWCk2qcPFBkSRIeAwkKXnLyOKSc7pkqOtInsDodVqLNXmUpQ4-XZUDgiIaLg1ZLWMcyqOqeWhkAHPmcLP6c/s1600/DSC_3331.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574737015918017922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUc1LE8wtshU13A1eWhgYsmMYI9rAOtg3hFp07uW_OQNUmq6itZlsHntqpWCk2qcPFBkSRIeAwkKXnLyOKSc7pkqOtInsDodVqLNXmUpQ4-XZUDgiIaLg1ZLWMcyqOqeWhkAHPmcLP6c/s320/DSC_3331.jpg" /></a> Now this boulder on the other hand was dubbed the "Heller" boulder by Tamara since I had been the one to point it out when we first entered the Garden area. There are at least 5 problems on this one boulder and Matt is sending the first one in this image.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrbyfV_waecia-g567RmfPT4Plhd1eLKGRRUzKuuRq59yv-xLQp1rC-5COWMnRY-gFRKaF2962ynDTqlxTt0BlSTtLZsjmnA5PZbZ8fATuz2zp4EDn7Mit-l0WKPla92tcOhSUbmACus/s1600/DSC_3339.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574737012581807394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrbyfV_waecia-g567RmfPT4Plhd1eLKGRRUzKuuRq59yv-xLQp1rC-5COWMnRY-gFRKaF2962ynDTqlxTt0BlSTtLZsjmnA5PZbZ8fATuz2zp4EDn7Mit-l0WKPla92tcOhSUbmACus/s320/DSC_3339.jpg" /></a> Matt on top of the "Heller" boulder which sits in the middle of the Garden area and comes in at around 20ft tall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogr0PL4mDACiLfjjyRd39EEwgmKHzbN3OtazVKGPycdqvAV3TD4Eq_jyTTY8IzVgIpNBUgjQyrmBAzmKniglbGMjeZ2o6-j4ZBjGVf_-b8r6oKWQPXkRLJyFrmU3OtoknKcYg-4Dtddw/s1600/DSC_3430.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574737006681064962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogr0PL4mDACiLfjjyRd39EEwgmKHzbN3OtazVKGPycdqvAV3TD4Eq_jyTTY8IzVgIpNBUgjQyrmBAzmKniglbGMjeZ2o6-j4ZBjGVf_-b8r6oKWQPXkRLJyFrmU3OtoknKcYg-4Dtddw/s320/DSC_3430.jpg" /></a> Tamara working on a project in an area we called "Easter Island". From what Matt and Tamara told me the rock here is a lot like what you would find in Hueco Tanks but everything here needs a lot of cleaning since about 98% of the area has never been climbed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s_Q8N7_6dODTqfg2_h2nxp85GfCGJpXJt8oGUYdhra20U6HYARDpaoLiIqdCpT0QYS_MEfXYdeh9qxWkL8KYlcvcqtLWRTanAUkxujAuTJ-Q_J4_1XPipGWFAlzu96PbTJ7JYYNzzqc/s1600/DSC_3458.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574737001809573618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s_Q8N7_6dODTqfg2_h2nxp85GfCGJpXJt8oGUYdhra20U6HYARDpaoLiIqdCpT0QYS_MEfXYdeh9qxWkL8KYlcvcqtLWRTanAUkxujAuTJ-Q_J4_1XPipGWFAlzu96PbTJ7JYYNzzqc/s320/DSC_3458.jpg" /></a> This is the "Easter Island" area, we named it that since the boulders were all kind of leaning the same way and kind of shaped like the heads on Easter Island, its kind of hard to tell in this photo though.</div><div align="center">Out of all of my climbing adventures I have had over the years this one I think will stand out the most since it was the first time I had ever been to such a virgin area. I am really looking forward to making it back out here with Tamara and Matt to work on establishing this area.</div><div align="center">For another take on this adventure check out <a href="http://ihavedrive.com/2011/02/eastside-bouldering-adventure/">Tamara Hastie's blog</a></div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-66953357211416124732011-02-10T10:56:00.000-08:002011-02-10T11:05:47.334-08:00Mountain Biking<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRtnli6AulFGUo07tQmJD558Uxh7kbhyIe9CDxCP4ePiLO0C2FYjVjaZfr7eKA7AAqaY4akJloVlx3GgOKYHkIV8hGILmNUwg3gz7v4ExZxZ6_9qNvgzcrsuYze2QVmfzILjZzftoNmA/s1600/DSC_2590.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572137397350052706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRtnli6AulFGUo07tQmJD558Uxh7kbhyIe9CDxCP4ePiLO0C2FYjVjaZfr7eKA7AAqaY4akJloVlx3GgOKYHkIV8hGILmNUwg3gz7v4ExZxZ6_9qNvgzcrsuYze2QVmfzILjZzftoNmA/s320/DSC_2590.jpg" /></a> I shot this on a popular riding area in Los Angeles. Shot with a Nikon D300 and a 10.5mm fisheye.<br /><br /></div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-21998178229649502752010-12-22T18:13:00.000-08:002010-12-22T18:43:45.810-08:00The DrainpipeMy favorite area of Minnesota is easily the North Shore area with all of the state parks, rivers, waterfalls and the Superior Hiking Trail. The image below is of the Drainpipe, which is a small section of the Superior Hiking Trail and it can be found in Tettegouche State Park. I shot it fall of 2009 on a quick backpacking trip. I don't know for sure but I am guessing that it got it name because this is the main run off for water after a rain from the top of this ridge. It might not look like it here but it gets really steep really quick almost to the point of a 4th class scramble.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHEP7HNkHytJopM3-XcWL7DpogLlUtE0vpFeVH4tukEEU_N8Nx8hnz3NbgBGi4EvB_gAEIwC-tXDKvQCuiXgpVBAojw4YLJNd_veIVtUj0zQtyl4lfxiEtF2w9j2vJpKXSSpTwEPCmPc/s1600/untitled.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553695482463990386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHEP7HNkHytJopM3-XcWL7DpogLlUtE0vpFeVH4tukEEU_N8Nx8hnz3NbgBGi4EvB_gAEIwC-tXDKvQCuiXgpVBAojw4YLJNd_veIVtUj0zQtyl4lfxiEtF2w9j2vJpKXSSpTwEPCmPc/s320/untitled.bmp" /></a> Shot with a D300 and a Nikon 18-35mm.<br /><div></div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-90154432214213593562010-12-19T15:54:00.000-08:002010-12-19T16:08:26.670-08:00Glacier Sunset<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3JHTQWGOee0EAnDT1Q6ER3y7kjFh5n2CNwPJ1AQNnFSgA7K57T93ZHBEL4Vneg7traDxZ_7a7GhJPJNg0x6nbZuEEBqGk7jU5FCadHMPJu_kA-a4NoLuWv1MmX5yq5NTENmu0-tlFps/s1600/11666_319659995626_737980626_9768833_7348447_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552546126260245122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3JHTQWGOee0EAnDT1Q6ER3y7kjFh5n2CNwPJ1AQNnFSgA7K57T93ZHBEL4Vneg7traDxZ_7a7GhJPJNg0x6nbZuEEBqGk7jU5FCadHMPJu_kA-a4NoLuWv1MmX5yq5NTENmu0-tlFps/s320/11666_319659995626_737980626_9768833_7348447_n.jpg" /></a> Glacier National Park is probably my favorite park that I've been to so far. It's where I first got into photography, I went back there several times while I was in photography school and then there was one more time a few years back. It's that last trip where I got this image, it is pretty common to have overcast skies for days on end and this image was taken at the end of about three overcast days in a row.<br />I saw that the clouds were breaking up a little bit on the way back to camp on the Going to the Sun road so I pulled over the first place I got just as the peaks on the other side of the lake were lighting up. I had about 5 minutes to get the shot before the light disappeared. I used a Nikon N80 film body with a Nikon 80-400 racked out to 400mm, a 2 stop graduated ND filter and Fuji Velvia 50.<br /><div></div>The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-86781301730220738552010-12-18T19:49:00.000-08:002010-12-18T20:29:29.953-08:00Hit a mile stoneIn the last few days I have hit 1,000 views of this blog half of which came in just the last month. Leaving me to believe that there is something to this Adventure Bum idea of mine. Personally I think people want to read stories about an average Joe's adventures though you couldn't tell by reading most of the major magazines.<br />I am still currently in SoCal and planning a couple big trips yet, places like Death Valley, Bishop and a couple more trips to Joshua Tree. So stay tuned and lets see how fast I can get to 2,000 hits.The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870168249572511.post-61736881693611940312010-12-09T01:44:00.001-08:002010-12-09T01:53:38.499-08:00Mount Rainier<div>I came to the conclusion that you can't take a trip to the Seattle area without shooting at least one photo of Mount Rainier. This was actually shot from the parking lot of an REI. </div><div>About two months ago I decided that I wanted to climb this peak. I've never been all that interested in this type of climbing, it always seemed like a lot of work for the pay off. But the more I read about Rainier the more I am interested in climbing it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirObDYigWWqPaomNPCzExZAlab5vfJE1EwWj-m23f_0c5fdM7czE86i-LMWWRRnr6RlH3sW2JzCHi-UGecmRc6SagR_hEpiGSmxbOeBthXv8Tg6tDb_fRGs0utibAScoIHyVxp6waXjgs/s1600/DSC_1328.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirObDYigWWqPaomNPCzExZAlab5vfJE1EwWj-m23f_0c5fdM7czE86i-LMWWRRnr6RlH3sW2JzCHi-UGecmRc6SagR_hEpiGSmxbOeBthXv8Tg6tDb_fRGs0utibAScoIHyVxp6waXjgs/s320/DSC_1328.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548616356401052642" /></a>This again was captured with a Nikon D300 with a 16-85mm racked out to 85mm and handheld.The Adventure Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223584265686709508noreply@blogger.com1