Topic: Outdoor Recreation

Kristina Pfaff-Harris

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Extreme Off-Site

Take 10 talented businesspeople, put them on a rapids-choked Idaho river, watch the temperature rise to more than 100 degrees, and what do you get? A radical experiment in warp-speed team building. Was the experiment a success? You be the judge.READ MORE›

How to Select the Best Backpacking Boots

If you’re an outdoors person who loves backpacking and hiking through the wild, you’re going to need the best backpacking boots for your feet. They’ll need to be comfortable as well as giving your feet all the support they need. In addition, they need to have excellent tread so that you don’t go slipping and sliding on your hike.READ MORE›

Better Bike Lane Signage Is Low-Cost, High-Impact Solution for Urban Cyclists

While the rest of us spin our wheels waiting for that infrastructure cash to kick in so that we can have a smooth new bike path to ride on, Los Angeles-based designer Joseph Prichard has a much better idea--one that not only gets ...READ MORE›

Transportation Secretary Announces "Sea-Change" for American Transport: Bikes!

The much-admired Ray LaHood announces a new emphasis on better bike lanes.READ MORE›

Google Maps 4.2 for Android Introduces Bike Directions and Location Sharing

Google updated Maps for Android yesterday with some welcome new features that continue the app's reign as the best maps app on any smartphone, period.READ MORE›

Norman Foster Fixes the Economy With $24 Million Super Yacht

This week, Lord Norman Foster arrived in Italy to launch his first super-yacht design, the $24 million Ocean Emerald. And, if you made some extra dough shorting bank stocks or simply need a cozy headquarters as you plot world ...READ MORE›

A Bike Lane that Rides with You

Design concepts are a dime a dozen, but every once in a while you see one that seems too good not to be real. One example: The Light Lane, which allows any bike rider to project a traffic lane around them. If you've never ridden a ...READ MORE›

Freeway System for Bikes Could Make L.A. More Cyclist Friendly

Los Angeles is known for its freeways, sure, but trying to make use of those four-lane traffic pileups as a cyclist could prove disastrous. That's where a proposal from a cycling activism organization called the L.A Bike Working ...READ MORE›

Choosing the Perfect Hiking Boots

For people who enjoy hiking, one of the most important pieces of equipment is their hiking boots. They are designed for the express purpose of hiking in them. Out of necessity, they offer the optimum in comfort when it comes to walking long distances over rugged terrain. Really good hiking boots will also protect your feet in water, mud, or while walking on rocks.READ MORE›

The Top 50 Bike Friendly Cities in the U.S.

Wondering whether it's a good idea to ride your bike to work? Bicycling Magazine has put together a handy list of the top 50 bike friendly cities in the U.S. (Spoiler alert) Congratulations, Minneapolis, Minn.! Some of the choices ...READ MORE›

Six Bikes That Are Better Than Your Car

Every year, more than 2,000 bicycle companies pour millions into research and development to make bikes faster, stronger, and lighter. Here are six two-wheeled machines that represent the cutting edge of bicycle design and technology.READ MORE›

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LightLane, the Bike Lane That Rides With You: Now a Reality

Check out a new video of the ingenious design at work.READ MORE›

Koh Samui Not Only For Backpackers

Koh Samui Not Only For BackpackersThe 3rd biggest island in Thailand, Koh Samui is a tropical haven, and is located in the Gulf of Thailand in the South China Sea, around 85 km to the east of Surat Thani and 700 km to the ...READ MORE›

Fun Above & Below The Waves At Koh Samui

Fun Above & Below The Waves At Koh SamuiSamui is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. You can get Samui cheap accomadation if you book early at places such as the Park Samui. Samui has a lot to offer and is ...READ MORE›

Monaco Yacht Show

Eco-friendly super-yacht? Surely you jest: "99.9% of superyachts are not environmentally friendly," concedes Alev Karagulle of Burgess Yachts. "They're gas-guzzling machines." But this year, the Monaco Yacht Show, bless its ...READ MORE›

Kolelinia: Bike Lanes in the Sky

Biking is a great way to get around--until you get sideswiped by a car. Enter Kolelinia, a wacky-sounding urban transportation concept that proposes bike lanes on steel wires in the sky. Believe it or not, the system could ...READ MORE›

Pathfinder

Try one of these little-known, off-road gems.READ MORE›

Dial In. Log On. Have Fun!

Sure, you can use the Web to work harder. But what good is hard work if you can't play every once in a while? Here's our online guide to multislacking.READ MORE›

Walk This Way

These shoes were made for snow-walking.READ MORE›

(Really) Risky Business

Wes Skiles is one of the leading practitioners of what may be the world's most hazardous sport: underwater cave diving. There is no injury rate for mistakes made in an underwater cave -- only a mortality rate. So why does Skiles keep diving?READ MORE›

Adventures in Retail

REI's dazzling superstore in downtown Seattle has all the gear you'll need -- 60,000 different items -- to conquer a mountain or run a river. But what it's really selling is a new model for the future of retail.READ MORE›

How to Make Your Mark

There has never been a better time for one person, with brains and commitment, to have a huge impact on a company, on an industry -- even on the world.READ MORE›

60 Seconds With Erik Weihenmayer

Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind climber to scale Mt. Everest. Now he's helping corporations see things in a different light.READ MORE›

Almost Genius: A Helmet That Stinks When It Needs to Be Replaced

A safety invention geared to selling more bike helmets, with an ingenious form of planned obsolescence.READ MORE›