Guest Bloggers

Outdoor Life Guide to Winter Camping – Keeping Your Tootsies Toasty

Kim Bowerman — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:06:00 GMT

When I camp in the winter, it's difficult to keep everything toasty warm. My feet are always the first to get cold and they always take the longest to warm up. I understand it's my body's priority to maintain core temperature, which requires it to decrease...(read more)

Outdoor Adventure - An Oscar-Worthy Wake-Up Call

Elizabeth Kricfalusi — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:37:00 GMT

I finally saw An Inconvenient Truth this weekend. If anyone had told me earlier that watching Al Gore give a slideshow for ninety minutes would be a riveting experience, I would have rolled my eyes and said something along the lines of “Sure, dude, whatever...(read more)

Outdoor Life Guide to Winter Camping - Where to sleep

Kim Bowerman — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:26:00 GMT

If you plan to spend a whole night sleeping outside in the winter, your choice of shelter is very important. Even if you have a quality tent, you'll need to find a location that will protect you from the elements - especially if the mercury plummets at...(read more)

Outdoor Life Guide to Winter Camping in Algonquin Park

Kim Bowerman — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:40:00 GMT

On Friday night I drove to Algonquin Park with six friends for some winter camping. We arrived in Huntsville Friday night, where we spent the night in a motel, preparing ourselves for our two-day winter adventure. After buying our permit on Saturday morning...(read more)

Outdoor Adventure - Introducing Miss Adventure

Elizabeth Kricfalusi — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:25:00 GMT

I'm thrilled that Julia has invited me to be a guest blogger for The Nomadik Fanatiks. I love the attitude this site brings to the topic of outdoor adventure—that you don't have to be an extreme athlete (or an extreme masochist) to participate and benefit...(read more)

Oh Please, Not Another Exxon Valdez

Paul Lander — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:43:00 GMT

The world is all too aware of the dangers of transporting crude oil from wells to the rest of the world. The Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 is proof that environmentally sensitive areas can be totally destroyed in one foul swoop. Twenty years later, the scars of toxic sludge and residue still fester.

Hearing on the news today that good old George Dubbya has lifted a ban on gas and oil drilling in Bristol Bay Alaska sounds like another stellar step towards unparalleled stupidity. Or maybe it's just the republicans proving that raping and pillaging a wilderness paradise is all in a day's work.

Experts calculate as much as 2 billion barrels of crude oil and about 5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lay buried under the bay, ripe for the picking. Just in time to boost an economy that's seen its share of toxic spills of all kinds.

So where does this leave nature?

Haven't we learned anything from the past? The plan to extract the crude involves a mega pipeline, passing through some of the most pristine environments on earth. Are we ready for another told you so, or is it time to move into the age of technology and give the more sound systems of energy generation a chance?

I have visited the damaged areas of Alaska and seen the effects of spill after spill after spill. It's time to protect what wonder there is left in the world - for the people who depend on it for their livelihood or their enjoyment. The fishery industry, for example, depends on an eco-friendly approach to drilling for oil and gas - and so do we if we want eat their catch.

Let's hope that the pilots of this space ship can steer clear of another disaster.

Paul Lander,
Nomadik Fanatik