Ryan Stuart, explore's gear editor
Ryan Stuart's tell all blog spot on his gear addiction and life and times as explore magazine's gear editor
May 2009 archive
More Father's Day gift ideas
Looking for ideas for dad's day? Here's my second batch of top picks. See my others here For something on his feet, an excellent light hiker that feels burly enough for light overnights and scrambles and is super comfortable is La Sportiva's FC 2.0. The FC stands for Flex Control, ...
Father's Day gift ideas
There is something about buying for dad's that it is extreme – either extremely easy or extremely hard. My father is easy. Scotch, outdoorsy or golf theme and he'll be happy. Me on the other hand, a father of a five year old, I'm pretty tough. But if I had ...
Get off your butt: bike to work
If you drove to work this morning we'll forgive you today, but you will face our ire tomorrow. This is Bike to Work Week or Biketoworkweek.org, May is Bike Month, and Friday is Bike to Work Day. So, tomorrow get on your bike. And we don't want to hear any ...
Be artisitic, win a boat
Being an artist rarely pays very well. Buying a kayak is expensive. But if you combine the two a kayak could be yours for free. Leading kayak maker Wave Sport has figured out a way to put graphics into its whitewater kayak hulls, where, until now, solid colours or maybe ...