First there was polypropylene. Then, merino wool. Now… it’s bamboo. Advances in technology allow use to continually improve our clothing and its’ uses in our active endeavors. In the case of bamboo, the inner “pilth” of this hard wooden plant is mixed with a variety of other materials, such as organic cotton or merino wool. The […]
Hiking
It’s All in the Family at Bear Claw Lodge
Perhaps his shiny, massive, belt buckle wasn’t the first thing I noticed about Gene Allen, co-owner of Bear Claw Lodge and patriarch of the Allen family. But it definitely caught my eye within the first fifteen minutes of meeting him. Gene had just picked me up in Smithers, British Columbia, located in Northern Central British […]
Hiking in North Cascades National Park
“The wilderness is a place of rest-not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to move, to round the next bend. The rest comes in the isolation from distractions, in the slowing of the daily centrifugal forces that keep us off balance. ” -David Douglas North Cascades National Park is […]