Not long ago, rumors started flying that Outdoor Research was having some overheating issues with its Primavolta electric gloves. Sure enough: The company just issued a recall for the $260 product. And yesterday, L.L. Bean recalled the unfortunately named Stabilicer Lite ice cleats. This follows recalls for certain Jetboil stove models and Atomic ski bindings.
From the monthly archives:
January 2009
If you’re gonna screw up on the hill, the smart money would take depantsing any day over the nightmare snowboarder James Pell put himself through. The British snowboarder was riding in Tignes, France, a few days ago when he and friends ventured off-piste. Can’t blame him for that, we’ve all be there, but stuck on a steep face with a thin snowpack, he made a clearly unwise decision.
Most of us dream of flying. Some of us dream of shooting for National Geographic. Only George Steinmetz has achieved both–and at the same time. Steinmetz, 51, has spent much of the last 12 years motoring above the African landscape in a gas-powered paraglider, engine and propeller strapped to his back, camera in both hands. His aerial images are deeply saturated with color, richly detailed, and…
Man, too much bad news lately. Here’s something light, fun, superficial, and silly. Make the jump to see a couple more posters and find a link to make your own.
Face with shortages of food, the Zimbabwe army has taken to eating elephant meat, say reports from the sub-Saharan country. With 1,700 dead from a cholera epidemic, runaway inflation, and a dictator that doesn’t seem to care about his country’s misfortunes, Zimbabwe would seem to have more than its share of disturbing news, but a new report…
Rob Gauntlett, at 19 the youngest Brit to summit Mt. Everest (photo), died Saturday when he and a roped partner fell 2,000 feet while climbing the Gervasutti Couloir on the east face of Mt. Blanc near Chamonix, France.
After a bit of legislative smackdown, two million acres of land and a thousand miles of rivers moved a step closer to permanent protection on Sunday when the Senate voted 66-12 to move a big public lands bill to a full vote.
Wanna save millions of acres of public land and 1,000 miles of rivers? Just pick up the phone: The Senate is voting at 2 p.m. EST in special session tomorrow, Sunday, January 11, on a bill that would protect 1,000 miles of rivers and two million acres of public lands.
You know, there’s a lot more to the adventure world and this website than avalanches, but holy cow, is that the story of the winter or what? With a massive warm storm hitting the Northwest, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, had a major slide on Wednesday that took a ski run down to the ground, knocked out two lift towers, and swept a house off its foundation. The resort was closed at the time.
Who knew? A hundred years ago, our favorite roundish man of snow was a ginbomb—drunk, stoned, flatulent, and an outcast—at least, as represented in popular culture. On post cards, business fliers, magazine ads, the jolly snowman was abusive and abused, run over by toboggans and stabbed with sticks. Holiday cards showed gangs of hooligan kids throwing snowballs at him, which at first blush seems harmless and at second rather macabre. Would you throw steaks at a steer?
Lest anyone question whether this is the golden age of big-wave discovery, the curtain has been pulled on yet another freakishly large, malformed cold-water beast. Called “Yeti”, this North American monster wave was surfed by a pioneering tow-in crew and documented for the first time in the February issue of Surfer magazine.
The girl is back and she wants to party in the Northwest: The southern Pacific Ocean climate oscillation known as La Nina kicked in during the last couple of weeks of December and is now in full swing, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.
Whistler-Blackcomb resort has gone American and then some: In the wake of two recent avalanche deaths in closed areas, the mega-skiing complex has permanently barred access to some avalanche-prone sections and posted guards to keep riders out. And with instability in the O.B. rated “high”, it’s also stopped issuing backcountry tickets for skiers and boarders headed into the wilds.>
Seven ski patrollers were caught in last Monday’s Headwall avalanche at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, including one who was trapped inside the mid-mountain patrol room with his avalanche dog, Hooter, according to new details.
The Gallery of the OIdest Living Things in the World
60-Second Expert: How to Make a Skiing Kick Turn
And the Oscar For Best Use of Sheep Goes To…
Clothes Make the Man…And They Make A Difference for Nepal’s Women
Surviving A Massive Earthquake and Tsunami: What It Feels Like
Waves That Will Make You Say ‘Hurry Up, Summer’
The New Snow Test That Could Save Your Life
Earth’s Day Shortened, Axis Tilted By Chile Earthquake
The Greenest Job? Might Be Professional Tree Climber
60-Second Expert: The Right Way to Clean Your Goggles
Before There Was The Hurricane, There Was the Double Daffy
Time Lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii
Al Gore: The Truth, Even With Mistakes, Is Still Inconvenient
24 Hours of Beautiful Time Lapse in UK Lake District
Must-See TV: ‘Heimo’s Arctic Refuge’ Hunts the Wild Life
