Walking Shelter: Clever shoes hide a portable tent Kimberley Mok Design / Sustainable Product Design August 10, 2013 From geometric caravans to homes in a cart, the idea of having a portable shelter wherever one travels can be an enticing one (depending on your disposition, of course). Australian design company Sibling has made what is probably the most provident of shoes, a pair of sneby KenS - General Discussion
The estimated containment date is 7/31: http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdfby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yosemite valley looks really smoky today: http://www.tranquilityimages.com/cams.shtml Is the smoke from the Aspen Wildfire even with the wind supposedly blowing from the NW?by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The Kite™ Welcome to Kite™. We’re glad you’re here. We’re building the Kite™ Mosquito Patch – an innovative, powerful and surprisingly small sticker that protects humans from mosquitoes. The Kite™ uses our patent-pending compounds that block mosquitoes’ ability to track humans for up to 48 hours. We are currently in the midst of our crowdfunding campaign to fund ouby KenS - General Discussion
Losing Our Way in the World By JOHN EDWARD HUTH Published: July 20, 2013 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — IN 2003, my wife and I spent a week on an island off the coast of Maine. One day I rented a recreational kayak from the woman who runs the local post office. She did not, however, have any maps or compasses. Foolishly, I set off without them, paddling across a two-mile-wide bay with the life jaby KenS - General Discussion
Kitten with rabies bites 8, is first feline case for Larimer County health department Jul. 6, 2013 4:32 PM Written by Isa Jones The Coloradoan A kitten that bit eight people is the first confirmed case of rabies in a cat in Larimer County in at least 45 years. The news has the Larimer County health department warning pet owners to get their animals vaccinated in the wake of rabies’ spby KenS - General Discussion
Hikers tell story of frightening grizzly attack near Fernie By TAMARA HYND, THE FERNIE FREE PRESS July 5, 2013 FERNIE - Brian Braconnier and Keith Farkas were hiking on a mountain near Fernie when they heard the eerie sound of a low growl mere moments before a mother grizzly bear lunged at them. “We are so thankful we’re sitting here, the two of us, making these statements,” said Farby KenS - General Discussion
Cockatoo unscrews bolt and disassembles rest of mechanical lock: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~aaron/blog/archives/2013/07/if_birds_are_th.htm?utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferbe47e&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=buffer Bear plays trumpet and does hula hoop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GPuQ01FpQM&list=FLPJvfu27p7CTq3V2FdwUJ2Aby KenS - General Discussion
Sunscreen is on the list of bear smellables. If camping, how careful should you be about cleaning up before hitting the sack -- rinse off with water, or wash w/ soap and water?by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
POSTCARDS FROM THE WEST A full view of Half Dome By Christopher Reynolds Reporting from YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK May 19, 2013 ... You see Half Dome on a century's worth of postcards, on Ansel Adams prints and Sierra Club calendars, on your waiter's name tag at the Wawona Hotel, on the new California driver's licenses. Yet to me, it seems inexhaustible. When I visited Yosemite with phoby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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June 3, 2013 at 8:15 PM REI now limiting returns to one year Kent-based REI, which previously had no time limits on returns, made the change after noticing an increase in customers taking back old merchandise. By Amy Martinez Seattle Times business reporter For years, REI’s generous return policy has earned it the nickname “Rental Equipment Inc.” An Internet search of REI’by KenS - General Discussion
The SOLE Ed Viesturs high volume insoles works for me (hiking and at work). I usually buy a pair when REI has their yearly 20% off sale; money well spent, as insoles can prevent the dreaded plantar fasciitis: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/09/health/la-he-feet-20130309by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
May 31, 2013, 10:39 p.m. ET . It Ain't Rocket Science, but Sock-Making Comes Close The Best of Them Cost $25, Last Forever and Don't Smell Like Feet NORTHFIELD, Vt.—Designing the world's best sock takes more than just sweat. Just ask Ric Cabot, a third-generation mill owner from here, who says he is out to sew "the world's most uncompromising outdoor performance sock.&by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Spot expands lineup with satellite-powered Global Phone The Spot Global Phone delivers voice and basic data to remote locations for $499. Kent German by Kent German | May 20, 2013 7:30 PM PDT ... Though most satellite phones tend to be bulky, the Spot Global weighs in at just 7 ounces. And at 5.3 inches high by 2.2 inches wide by 1.5 inches deep, it won't add a lot of heft to youby KenS - General Discussion
If a rabid mountain lion, the encounter would be something else. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8574062 Mountain lion attacks are all too common everywhere in the West except Yosemite. http://www.cougarinfo.org/attacks3.htm "The Beast in the Garden", award winning book about the return of mountain lions to Boulder, Co. http://www.amazon.com/Beast-Gaby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
One of rescued O.C. hikers charged with meth possession By Nicole Santa Cruz and Lauren Williams May 1, 2013, 6:20 p.m. One of the two hikers who went missing in Trabuco Canyon and inspired a $160,000 search effort has been charged with possession of methamphetamine, officials said. Deputies are reporting that they found 497 milligrams of methamphetamine in 19-year-old Nicolas Cendoya'sby KenS - General Discussion
Air-breathing snakehead fish has N.Y. environmental officials on alert By Deborah Netburn April 30, 2013, 2:26 p.m. The northern snakehead is an invasive predator fish that can perform all kinds of non-fish-like feats -- like breathing only air for up to four days and even using its fins to crawl across land to get to a body of water. And this weekend, environmental officials in Newby KenS - General Discussion
Turtle can freeze solid and survive, and we have those same genes By Deborah Netburn April 10, 2013, 7:00 a.m. Look beyond the western painted turtle's colorful stripes and you’ll find an animal that seems to have nearly magical powers. A baby western painted turtle can freeze solid, and as long as nothing cracks it in half or tampers with it too much, the turtle will be just fine wheby KenS - General Discussion
In California's backcountry, seeking movie backdrops Every year, thousands of film fans become location scouts of sorts as they search for scenes shot in the Alabama Hills, a badlands that has appeared in more than 700 movie and TV productions. By Louis Sahagun Photography and video by Mark Boster Reporting from Lone Pine, Calif. As howling winds tore through the eastern Sierra, Dan Gilleby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yosemite backcountry adventure: Hard-core hiking off the trails and away from the crowds By Associated Press, Published: April 24 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A few loose, fist-sized rocks tumbled by as we hiked down a steep mountain pass over unstable terrain, off trail deep in Yosemite’s wilderness. We tightly gripped the solid rock holds on the side of Stanton Pass to steaby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
'Going to the Woods Is Going Home' What better essay to read on Earth Day than one by the father of modern American environmentalism? John Muir Apr 22 2013, 1:56 PM ET Sierra Club founder and nature writer John Muir spent years in the Yosemite Valley, an area he was instrumental in preserving as a state park, before it finally became the Yosemite National Park we know today. Muir was aby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
April 11, 2013, 7:34 p.m. ET . Outbreak of Graffiti Defaces a Beauty Spot By TAMARA AUDI For years, millions of visitors drawn to the peculiar beauty of Joshua Tree National Park have stayed on the straight and narrow while hiking the steep and twisty trails: picking up their trash and heeding authorities' pleas to leave the park's granite monoliths and blooming desert floor unmoby KenS - General Discussion
Wasn't there a windstorm last year that caused a lot of blowdowns just before Washburn? (Googled "blowdown red peak".) Would the Yosemite public information office have information about the condition of the trail, or is there another number to call?by KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Glad you made it back safely. Visitors especially fail to heed the beach warning signs. Ten--seven visitors (two crossing streams) and three locals--have already drowned this year on Kauai. The rotary club is raising funds for a new ocean safety video to play at the baggage claim area at the airport. The safety experts say that tourist behavior has changed over the years; i.e., "people rby KenS - General Discussion
Yosemite National Park may ban horse, bike and raft rentals, and remove ice rink and pools By Paul Rogers Posted: 03/20/2013 03:34:57 PM PDT YOSEMITE VALLEY -- With the onset of spring, visitors are returning to see the waterfalls, granite cliffs and snow-capped peaks of Yosemite National Park. But a 14-year-old lawsuit could soon force sweeping changes and eliminate popular activitiesby KenS - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
March 13, 2013, 10:35 p.m. ET . Ah, Wilderness! Mountain Man vs. the Building Inspector County Shuts Rustic Preserve; Self-Sufficiency Doesn't Meet Code BOONE, N.C.—Eustace Conway says he has stared down a grizzly bear, wrestled a thrashing buck and ridden a horse from coast to coast. But he may have met his match in the Watauga County planning department. Mr. Conway, 51 years olby KenS - General Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysNVPpFpN7c Neat, but not as graceful as Dean Potter at Cathedral Peak: http://vimeo.com/56298775by KenS - General Discussion
Weekend Aphrodisiac: Bear By James Hamblin 1Mar 1 2013, 4:15 PM ET7 "Bear meat turns people into spinning wheels of lust." -Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century As I wade wide-eyed through anthropologist/ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch and Claudia Müller-Ebeling's new 684-page Encyclopedia of Aphrodisiacs: Psychoactive substances for use in sexual practices -- foreword: &quby KenS - General Discussion
On Campus, Costly Target of Brazen Thefts: Nutella By JAMES BARRON Published: March 6, 2013 This has all the makings of a tempest in a Nutella jar, which may not be as appealing as a Nutella milkshake, Nutella fudge or Nutella-stuffed French toast. Or stolen Nutella, which, apparently, has mouthwatering appeal at Columbia University. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-coluby KenS - General Discussion