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Living the Adventurous Life: The Coke Zero and Mentos Rocket Car
How can you not love those zany YouTube videos showing off the combustible mayhem when Coke Zero and Mentos come into crazy contact? The experiments are becoming ever more elaborate. The video here shows a “rocket car” that traveled 209 … Continue reading
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El Camino De Santiago Path (“The Way”)
It’s not often that RailRiders trumps Hollywood. Several years ago, RailRiders customer John Hussey walked 600 miles along the historic–and extremely popular– El Camino De Santiago path. The journey by foot for most trekkers starts in the French Pyrenees and ends … Continue reading
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Surfing the “Wedge” in Southern California
Here’s a cool video (see url at end) of wipeouts at a hot surfin’ locale in Southern California known as the Wedge. Situated at the east end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, south swells during summer and fall … Continue reading
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“Your Great Clothes Deserve Great Soap….”
Ross Wittgren , of Chicago, sent in this useful tip when it comes time to clean your RailRiders pants and shirts. My wife discovered this several months ago and it really is a great product. Safe for the planet as well … Continue reading
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Peking to Paris in a ’69 VW Beetle
It was the dawn of the automobile age, when a Paris newspaper issued this challenge in 1907: “What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and go anywhere. … Continue reading
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Gear Junkie Verdict: Eco Speed-T Scores Big in the Heat!
Stephen Regenold is founder and editor of Gear Junkie— the popular, go-to product-review site for outdoor enthusiasts. He’s a tough, fair, astute critic when it comes to all types of gear; and he likes putting products to the supreme test–how … Continue reading
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Don’t Camp Here!: Two Worst Places to Hang Out in Yosemite
Look at this photo. Beautiful alpine lake. Gorgeous mountain backdrop. Nature’s very own picture-perfect postcard. But think again. Looks can be awfully deceiving. The small lake in this photo is Wilma, near the Pacific Crest Trail and inside Yosemite National … Continue reading
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Ever Been to Vanuatu in the Middle of the South Pacific?
Julian Jamison, who is a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Lecturer in the Harvard Economics Department, loves to travel–a function of his job and own personal passions. He often sends us short email dispatches and … Continue reading
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Photographing California Vineyards — Waiting for Perfect Light
San Francisco Bay Area photographer Paul Kirchner mainly shoots still life in his studio, but he often spends a lot of time outside on assignment in vineyards. He explains: “I have worked for the oldest wineries in California to the … Continue reading
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Dakar Rally in South America Claims Another Person
The Dakar Rally, known worldwide as the ultimate off-road vehicle race, used to go from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal; but due to terrorist threats in Mauritania in 2008 (the race was canceled that year), the 2009 Dakar Rally was … Continue reading
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America’s Cup Will Be Held in the SF Bay: A Wind-Whipped, Natural Amphitheatre
The 34th America’s Cup won’t happen for two years, but organizers have already begun its planning, which includes mapping out a spectator-friendly course. The international sailing competition will take place in August and September of 2013 and will last at … Continue reading
Eco-Mesh Pants vs. Escalante Desert
Love Letter from Doug White: “Hi Folks! And happy holidays to all of you at RailRiders Clothing .I just wanted to drop you a note to wish you all the best and tell you how much I appreciate the quality … Continue reading
“Navratilova ‘Just Couldn’t Breathe’ on Kilimanjaro” and Had to Be Rescued…
Associated Press newsflash headline for December 12, 2010 read, “Navratilova ‘Just Couldn’t Breathe’ on Kilimanjaro.” The short article went on to say that the 54-year-old tennis great had to be carried down from Africa’s highest mountain on a stretcher after … Continue reading
Travel Safety Alert Issued for Northern Mexico–Don’t Drive or Go in Convoys
Thinking of traveling by car through northern Mexico over the holidays or anytime soon? You might reconsider, or at least, travel in a convoy. This is based on a recent safety alert issued by the Mexican government. The announcement, which … Continue reading
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What We Are Reading: The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
Endurance is something all hikers know about. Just ask those who devote up to half a year walking the length of the Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail. But endurance is something even the casual weekend hiker has familiarity with. … Continue reading
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My Cheap Bike Ride– Going the Distance on a Walmart Clunker
A good friend of RailRiders is Dave Low, past winner of Hawaii’s Fittest CEO competition and 2008 Hawaii Ironman finisher ( 11:53). The 47-year-old CEO of Hawaii Capital Management, which is based in Honolulu, decided to take his bike training to … Continue reading
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My Backyard in Southern Arizona
Phil Maffetone, who lives in southern Arizona in the shadow of the Santa Catalina Mountains, took this photo of his AdventureTop getting some quick hang-time in his backyard. “I was amazed by how it dried in minutes,” remarked Phil, a … Continue reading
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“Unsinkable Molly Brown”–Being Towed Across Mongolia!
Last spring, British explorer Ripley Davenport trekked 1,000 miles across the barren, eastern steppes of Mongolia and the Gobi desert. It was his intention to become the first self-supported individual to traverse the landlocked country that is sandwiched between Russia … Continue reading
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Photo of the Month–Death Valley
Here’s Doug Bertram, a support-crew team member for ultrarunner Ian Adamson, bustin’ some moves at the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley. This past July, Ian and 72 fellow sun-baked masochists walked, ran, and hobbled 135 miles in fry-an-egg-on-asphalt temperatures, while … Continue reading
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Search, Rescue, then Press “Send”
Rather than alleviating danger, technology has turned into a regular nightmare for search and rescue teams in U.S. National Parks. The chief culprit is an increasingly wired public’s reliance on technology such as cellphones, GPS gizmos, and sat phones, rather … Continue reading
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