This is what I brought on my last 1300m vertical race. I drank a little more than half of it. Fuel loading complete

The trade fair was enormous and I made some wonderful new acquaintances, some of them quite unexpected. There were also some interesting follow-up consequences. One stand I particularly liked was https://ispomunich2025.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/light-my-fire/ where the founder herself, Calill, demonstrated how to light a fire with a magnesium fire steel and fatwood stick shavings. A couple of days later…

I was just sitting here, pondering how to make pedaling even more fun, when the email arrived confirming that This feels so right! Shop, applied math, canoeing, sewing, mechanical engineering, designing, computational geometry, outdoor enjoyment, scribe … my neglected loves all coming together! I am ecstatic! As I plan to review many of the companies…

My Dutch friends came to visit and were immediately enthusiastic about participating in a nanobaggy workshop. They came up with many applications right away. Ideas for nanobaggies were: wet bathing suit, toothbrush, bar soap, shoe, snacks and cellphone baggies.

I’m going on a long winter bike ride today. My husband would like to be reassured for the next three hours that I am ok. He would like me to take “his” pebble along. This worked great when we wanted to find our luggage in the airport and someone had taken it off the conveyor…

I have bought many pairs of these wonderful Teva TirraTravelers. They fit great and look fantastic with long pants, shorts, skirts and even a lbd. They weigh only 440g. You can easily transport them in a to keep the dirty soles away from the rest of your stuff with no additional weight.

The best strategy is to not need first aid in the first place. Ensure your brakes are in order, don’t overdo things, drink enough. But you don’t want to drink water with bacteria or protozoa in it! You could add a micropur tablet and wait for an hour or filter your water. The DayCap in-bottle…

8 years ago I bought a heavy duty Sailrite sewing machine for boat covers, sails and sun shades.  One of the first things I used it for in 2018 was to fix the sunshade of our house with this Big Blue Beast . I fixed a lot of big heavy boat covers that were difficult…

from Deuter is always attached to my bike. I never ride anywhere without: Maybe I need a second patch? And the tools to fix a broken chain? I really don’t want to have to walk my broken bike. This stuff lives in I also put my phone in here, and worry about it getting scratched.…