Towns and Trails

A study released last week all but proves what we have been hearing for years now… that hard plastic bottles containing BPA (bisphenol A) are leaching the chemical into the liquids they contain.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that people who drank for a week from the clear plastic polycarbonate bottles increased [...]

Got a laugh out of this one this morning.
Heated Itch Relief’s heating element will supposedly “neutralize the insect injected proteins that cause itching and swelling.”
I can’t imagine anyone seriously carrying this around while hiking, kayaking, or the like.  But it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it makes its way into gear bags at family [...]

The Salt Lake Tribune is running a 2009 Summer Fun Guide with entertainment and activity suggestions for the season.
Included in the guide are the following two lists:
Five great campgrounds to visit:

Devil’s Garden, Arches National Park
Kodachrome Basin State Park
Dixie Red Cliffs
Tanner’s Flat
Cherry Hill

Five suggested hikes:

Classic – Five lakes loop at Brighton, Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Family-friendly -  [...]

Old Mountain Road, an abandoned road running between North Elba (Lake Placid area) and Keene, has been reopened by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The issue was forced after the president of a snowmobile club, James McCulley, intentionally drove his truck on the road, inducing a ticket. An administrative judge [...]

The newly opened NYC-soho Eastern Mountain Sports store will be hosting professional climbers Tommy Caldwell and Joe Kinder this Friday and Saturday.  The two will be hanging out to share stories, sign photos or shoot the breeze with anyone who stops by.
Tommy has long been considered one of the best all around climbers in the [...]

Colorado just moved up my list of ‘places I need to visit sooner rather than later.’ In addition to the stunning scenery, laid back lifestyle, and abundance of 14ers, Colorado is now home to a state-of-the-art mountaineering museum. Now, that’s cool.
The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum (BWAMM) opened its doors in February 2008 in Golden, [...]