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Photo Workshop Classes — in Death Valley, Arches and Badlands
For all your outdoor photography buffs, here’s a chance to shoot — and learn — with one of the best. Award-winning nature photographer Carol Polich is holding six “in the field” Western photo workshops beginning in late March-early April with … Continue reading
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Geography Pop Quiz!
While Google Maps has shrunken the world down to our desktop, that doesn’t mean we have mastered world geography, or for that matter, even right here in the U.S. And we’re not just talking state capitals. So to test your … Continue reading
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The History of Our Planet
RailRiders Adventure Clothing has a long-standing interest in Earthbound matters. In fact, this concern goes with the territory for a company born at sea in the early 1990s, and now is known for “making the toughest clothes on the planet.” … Continue reading
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RailRiders at the Movies: Launch of Adventure-in-Cinema Series
RailRiders Adventure Clothing will be presenting on a monthly basis movie clips from an adventure-oriented film that you might have never seen, or one that deserves watching again. To launch our new adventure-in-cinema series, here’s scenes from the 1972 German … Continue reading
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Strangely Fascinating Hotels Around the World
In your travels to places far and new, think adventure when it comes time for finding a place to stay. Flavor Wire, an online publication, recently showcased 12 utterly bizarre hotels, many of which probably lack wifi or a … Continue reading
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Weighing Options for an Overnight Stay in Riverside, California
A quick check on Expedia lists a number of affordable hotels in Riverside, California– which is about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles (when the traffic is forgiving). The top hotel is the adobe-style Mission Inn Hotel & Spa; … Continue reading
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Tickling the Plastic Ivories: Beethoven for Elephants in Thailand
Almost like a scene from the movie “Fitzcarraldo,” classical pianist Paul Barton lugged an old piano up into the highlands of the mountainous region of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, to play for old and injured elephants at a protected nature reserve. *Elephant-lovers … Continue reading
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Great Outdoor TV Ad from the Past
This 2000 U.K. ad for John West canned salmon was made for the British market. It’s bear vs. man. It still draws a hearty chuckle.
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Photo Caption Contest– Winner Receives $100 Gift Certificate from RailRiders
Here’s the contest photo. Tibetan Buddhist nuns taking a lunch break from repairing a local road in Daofu, China. Contest rules are simple: we are looking for a caption that is humorous, pithy, or both! Submit your entry to info@railriders.com. … Continue reading
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What Airplane Travel Used to be Like…
Long before the initials TSA stood for anything but for what a child might find in his bowl of alphabet soup, or for those my-bladder-is-about-to-burst delays on the tarmac and the plane’s two disgusting lavatories are under siege by their … Continue reading
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Extreme Skiier is Killed in Avalanche in Utah
To extreme skiing aficionados worldwide, the name Jamie Pierre is a familiar one. In the video here, Pierre set a world-record jump in 2006 by jumping off the backside of Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort. It’s as if he jumped off … 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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You Think You Know All Your State Capitals?
Here’s an alphabetical-by-state cheat sheet culled from movies. The intro is from Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion, then segues into 25th Hour, Forrest Gump, Juno, Simpsons Movie, Arsenic & Old Lace, Pelican Brief, Sling Blade, Pale Rider, Ferris Bueller’s … Continue reading
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Earth 2.0: New Sci-Fi Drama Should be Renamed “Terrible Nova”
The much ballyhooed, big-budget Steven Spielberg sci-fi family drama on Fox, “Terra Nova,” begins in the year 2149, a period when all life on planet Earth is choking to death on air pollution and over population. But faster than you … 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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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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“The Last Mountain”– Official Film Trailer
The new, powerful eco-documentary, “The Last Mountain,” focuses on the widespread harmful effects of the mining technique called mountaintop removal on West Virginia’s Coal River Valley. Simply put, the mining company dynamites the entire top of a mountain to extract … Continue reading
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