by David Sandel | Jun 25, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Random, Reviews
Well, that title is kinda sorta true. 2 weeks ago, Anh and I went on an 8-day Mexican vacation a la isla de Cozumel. I may write about it, but Anh spent SIX days (!!!!) creating this amazing video recap of our trip. 8 days down to 17 minutes is quite impressive. She...
by David Sandel | Jun 1, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Reviews
Ode to my Columbia Compounder Shell O’ Columbia Compounder shell, given to me by the wonderful people at Columbia for the sole purpose of testing and writing this review, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways! 1) Your loud, gaudy neon colors reminiscent of...
by David Sandel | May 17, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Random
Whether you’re “stuck” in the city or need to visit your family in the country for a weekend with nothing to do, I find it hard to believe you can’t make your adventures. Recently, I, and Chick with Tent, had to visit my parents in rural WI for...
by David Sandel | May 10, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Reviews
On Monday, I wrote about having an Itch for Adventure that I just can’t Scratch. It hasn’t gotten any better. In fact, it’s gotten much worse. Anh turned our 200-and-some pictures of our backpacking trip to Cloud Peak into an 11-minute...
by David Sandel | May 3, 2012 | Adventure Stories, Climbing
More than several weeks ago, I competed in my first climbing competition, Passion For Flashin’, at Vertical Endeavors in St. Paul, MN. Let me tell you, I learned some things. Since this was my first competition, I really didn’t know what to expect. I tried...
by David Sandel | Jan 6, 2012 | Adventure Stories
Howdy, howdy! It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I can assure you, it’s not because I haven’t been doing anything outdoors. There’s been plenty of that, mostly deer hunting stuff. (Which reminds me, I need to post about that on here…) I...