How Does Your Garden Grow?
Published August 21, 2009 | 
For somebody who don’t drive, I been all around the world. . .
– melanie
Ok, so hopefully Mountain Hardwear won’t be peeved that I’m using them for an example. I just KNOW somebody won’t catch on when I say, “old”, “out of date” or “example” repeatedly below… Thing is there was still a link to an old sponsorship form active on a Mountain Heardwear blog post from September of 2008 (Nothing every goes away). Now what makes the old sponsorship form special is that it offers all those potential, future, world class, climbers, paddlers and other adventurers out there a chance to see in good order what sort of questions they should be answering before they send emails and letters out to companies asking for props. And let’s face it, we can’t all be Freya…
Posted in Expeditions, Learning, Paddle Gear, Paddling | 
camping, expediton, Mountain Hardwear, sponsorships, tents
we were all basically alone / despite what all his studies had shown
that what’s mistaken for closeness / is just a case of mitosis
sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis
and why do some show no mercy / while others are painfully shy
tell me doctor, can you quantify?
the reason why
- andrew bird
In 2005 two teams of sea kayakers jostled to be the first to circumnavigate South Georgia Island. A “British” team consisting of Peter Bray, Nigel Dennis, Jeff Allen and Hadas Feldman (of Israel) were first to announce their intent. Up until this point “announcing” was for lack of a better word, traditional. By announcing your plans, paddlers had time to build up interest which is of course important when seeking funding for such excursions. As we all know now it also gives others an opportunity to beat you to the punch. Continue reading →