By Wes King, 2 months ago.
Local outdoor enthusiast and River Sports Outfitters General Mgr. Laura Jones joins 15 other JanSport’s Mt. Rainier seminar climbers to the International Mountain Guide Headquarters in Ashford, Wa to meet her rope teams and guides to start a 4-day summit on Mt. Rainier. Thanks to SPOT Satellite Messenger devices, JanSport will track Laura and the other climbers as they make the journey to the summit. You may stay up to date on Laura's climb by visiting http://jansport.com/blog/beoutdoors/. Good luck Laura...
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By Bradley Craig, 6 months ago.
This weekend I thought I would try out a new backpack. This pack was the new Columbia Mobex, it is a trail running/adventure racing style pack and since I was involved with the Urban Adventure Race today and River Sports had one for me to borrow, I thought I'd try it out. So I thought it was a decent pack. It had enough room to carry my harness, shoes, 3 litters of water, one bottle and a 2 litter hydration blatter, a bottle of Gatorade, food enough for the day, and a few other odds and ends. Now the pack is a very light pack and easy to carry, but one of the things that I didn't like is that the pack at the beginning of the day felt really nice, but when my water ran out, there was no real support to it. At the end of the race the pack felt mushy on my back and had no support. There are some cool features to the pack, like the very large pocket on the belt, but on the other side of the belt there is a water bottle holder and it got in the way when there was actually a bottle in there. It didn't help that the bottle had Gatorade in it and got my arm sticky. I didn't like how the pack did not have any compression straps and so the pack didn't stay close to my back, but since I was on a bike most of the day it wasn't that bad. I think that there is a lot of good ideas in this pack, but a few things need changed. I did enjoy using it today and might try it out again at some point. It is a pack that if there would be a few changes on it I could be happy in.
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By Wes King, 6 months ago.
A great article submitted by Dave Parmly.
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