Time to give it up for Allison Mann. This girl has had a big year. Along with going Pro early last year, earning well deserved podium spots at the Bonelli Triple Crown, Fontana and Mellow Johnny's Pro XCT, and US Mountain Bike Nationals Super D, she helped her husband…

Less pearls, more swine in Reebok's product line.

Week of January 29-February 4, 1998 El Niño having catastrophic effect on Galapagos Outfitting a Grand Canyon trip for 18 people Pitching in on an authentic archaeological dig Seeing everything but dry weather in Iceland Cross-country skiing trips for Valentine’s Outfitting a Grand Canyon…

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Jake the Snake (2009) I put thousands of miles on my Jake the Snake before calling Kona to ask if my bike was really named after a reptile. Turns out Jake Heilbron (aka Jake the Snake) is one of the owners of the Bellingham, Washington-based company — and…

This month in Outside

Courtesy of National Park Service, via National Parks Traveler When planning a National Parks vacation, you probably go to the nps.gov Web site to find a campground, map prospective hikes, and check for warnings. Former National Park Service director Roger Kennedy, who died this past Friday at his…

PowerIce, a cross between a hydration drink and a popsicle, might just be the perfect summer nutrition product for athletes

Courtesy of dobak on Flickr.Wolves in the Rockies will remain on the Endangered Species List despite growing controversy over their protection, the Associated Press reports. Negotiations between the Obama administration and lawmakers in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming – where most of the wolf population is found – over the delisting…