Jim Darroch's Posts

EMS Sugar Shack Tent Improvements for 2013

Backpacking / Gear

In April, I was treated to a sneak peek of the 2013 EMS Sugar Shack 2-person and 3-person tents featuring some thoughtful new improvements that make our best-selling backpacking tents even more trail worthy. Before I break down the... Read More »

FREE cycling jersey with purchase of any Platypus Tokul hydration pack!

Cycling / Events

Our friends at Platypus have a spectacular (if not somewhat complicated) offer to compliment their equally spectacular hydration packs just in time for the summer mountain biking season. The sweet looking cycling jersey above can be yours FREE, when... Read More »

Sigma Bike Computer Features | How technology makes riding even more fun

Cycling / Ideas & Advice

  I was inspired to purchase my Sigma bike computer – the BC 1009 last year after an exhilarating downhill run when my riding partner shouted out something like: “48 miles per hour, baby, YEAAAAAAAH.” Having that information at your... Read More »

If you can’t bike to work, bike AT work!

Cycling / Ideas & Advice

May 13-17 is National Bike To Work Week. While everyone loves the idea of cutting gas consumption and cycling more, for the vast majority of Americans the reality of biking to work simply isn’t possible. Some commutes are prohibitively... Read More »

Celebrating 125 Years of the AMC White Mountain Huts

Backpacking / Events

I saw my first AMC hut on a frigid February afternoon when I was 16. My best memory from that long ago day was how stunned I was to be standing in front of a house after a full... Read More »

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