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Anyone else here have fall as their favorite season? There is just something about that crisp air that comes in after a long summer. When I lived in New England there were plenty of good memories of fall leaf peeping, drinking apple cider and viewing the cornstalk displays on people's porches.

Anyone ever tried making their own cloth tent, sleeping pad, or other gear by sewing?

I found a very good article by Bill Bryson on this subject. I had a thread on it a few years ago but it tends to be a pet subject and this article nailed home the point. Americans do not walk anywhere anymore. They will use their cars to drive ridiculously short distances....a few houses...

I was just curious. Has anyone ever tried to repair tube punctures with techniques other than the conventional super glue and rubber patch method? For example, maybe trying to melt rubber with a hot iron and smoothing it over the puncture? What other techniques can be used?

A rather sad commentary on the intellectual health of many people today: A co-worker and I were talking about summer vacation plans and I mentioned that I am going to hike in Canada this summer. His response: 'Do Canadians know how to speak English?' No fooling. For me I see this as a sad...

Watch this neat video compilation of fast workers.

You have a box full of pool balls: 7 white 6 black 4 red 3 yellow and you have a blindfold on. What is the minimum number of pool balls you need to remove from the box in order to know for certain that you have two of the same color?

Here is a good website about getting rid of the excess clutter in our lives. Has anyone gone through any kind of minimalizing/downscaling your lifestyle experience? I did when I left my previous career in which I was working 60-80 hour weeks and took a lower paying 40 hour a week job and also...

Here is a funny short spoof video of the truth about Facebook.

An Austrian inventor has made a solar powered water bottle that condenses the humidity in the ambient air into drinking water. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2839124/The-bottle-makes-water-appear-AIR-Gadget-uses-solar-energy-collect-moisture-flask-ride-bike.html

Recently I read an article about someone who invented a device to use the light from campfires to be able to charge cellphones. People are literally glued to their smartphones every hour of the day and one of the reasons for hiking and camping is to get away from that world for a while. Now...

One technique I use to free a snagged lure is to let out some slack on the line then repeatedly pull the line tight and let it go, kind of like a slingshot. I will move around and 'slingshot' the line from different angles until the lure is free. Anyone else have any other techniques?

Just got back from a week and a half of hiking and camping in Norway. It was absolutely spectacular. I flew in to Oslo, did some sightseeing, then took a train to Geilo and hiked into Hardangervidda National Park. The sights were great. The part that I was in was a rolling moorland with...

Here are some good videos of a guy who bicycled the Yukon, Alaska, and the Great Divide Mountain bike trail on a journey that will eventually take him to Argentina. He is living the dream.

Use this thread to post favorite documentaries you would like to share. This one is the first in a series of documentaries on life and early European exploration of the Canadian boreal forest.

Here is a good short instructional video in which he gives a simple approach for increasing VO2 max.

One technique I have used that can produce strikes in hot weather is twitching. During the heat of the day cast a floating crankbait into a shaded spot and, instead of a straight retrieve, just twitch the pole every 10 seconds or so in the shade. This will imitate a wounded bait fish and...

I quit drinking soda two months ago and wanted to quickly post a report of the results, which have been very good. The main improvement noticed was consistent energy and strength all day. Previously there were times of sluggish energy, particularly in the afternoon. On weekend hikes I would...

If we were to closely analyze video footage of our pedal stroke most of us would find several areas where movement is being wasted and thus we are not getting the most power for our energy investment. Areas of wasted movement: 1) Seat bouncing. With seat bouncing force that should be...

I would like to start a thread for people to post about any favorite mountain bike tracks they have done. The White Mountain Regional park in Surprise, AZ has a good competitive track approximately 10 miles long and it divided into beginner, intermediate, and expert areas. It is a good all...