Adventure 16 Blog » 2007 » November

A friend recently asked me how to clean out his Platypus hydration bladder. He filtered some water on a recent trip and now he said it smells, let’s say, “organic.”

Thankfully the folks at Platypus have an FAQ on how to clean out and disinfect a bladder. Basically you can wash it, boil it or use household bleach to disinfect the bladder. The same techniques can be used to clean out MSR Dromedary bags too.

Here are some easy steps to making your bladder squeaky clean:
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Some of the best trail runners in North America plan on hitting the trails of the Marin Headlands near San Francisco for The North Face Endurance Challenge Dec. 1. The North Face Endurance Challenge encourages runners to push their personal limits. The race features a 5K, half-marathon, 50K and 50-mile courses. The men’s and women’s 50-mile winner will each take home $10,000 in prize money.

In response to the terrible oil leak into the San Francisco Bay area and the nearby waters, a portion of every race entry will be donated to Save the Bay to protect and restore the damaged San Fran Bay area.

The event is hosted by Dean Karnazes, the renowned ultra-marathoner who ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days.

For more info on the race, go here.

Sawtooth mountains at sunset. Photo by Zac Monahan of Boise, ID. Taken from Little Redfish Lake near Stanley, Idaho.

If you want to submit your own photo, e-mail us your images to a16photos@gmail.com with your name, location and where you took the photo.

Adventure 16 San Diego was named one of the best “Sporting Goods” stores in San Diego in the KGTV Channel 10 News A-list. Adventure 16 San Diego tied for fourth place in the category.

KGTV Channel 10’s A-list is a local poll of the best in San Diego. Locals were encouraged to log-in and vote for their favorite stores and restaurants over an 8-week period. At the end of the voting, Adventure 16 ended up at the top of the list.

Congratulations to the Adventure 16 San Diego staff and thanks to the people of San Diego!

A friend of mine recently camped near the summit of Mt. Baldy. He said the ground was so hard and rocky that he couldn’t even stake down his tent.

Staking a tent on hard ground can be a challenge. I once watched a friend of mine work up a sweat while pounding his stakes so hard into a rocky ground. His stakes started to bend and he was on the verge of yelling at the top of his lungs.

There’s an easy solution to this problem – and it doesn’t even involve jackhammers or drill bits.

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This is the first of hopefully many trip photos submitted by A16 customers and employees. The first trip photo comes from Wes Pracht of Mission Viejo.

Taken from the peak of San Gorgonio. One big shadow.

If you want to submit your own photo, e-mail us your images to a16photos@gmail.com with your name, location and where you took the photo.

National parks are home to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world. One of the small negatives with NPs is they attract millions of people a year and sometimes that takes away from the sense of escape.

A small handful of casual park visitors don’t truly appreciate the park. Some litter. Some let their kids play handheld video games. Many of these people are unprepared. On a recent trip to Zion NP in Utah, I encountered dozens of these unprepared hikers.

Many of the heavily trafficked trails in Zion are paved to make uphill hikes easier – a blessing ascending, but pure torture on the way down. Descending the popular Angel’s Landing trail, a 5-mile round trip to an unbelievable lookout point in the canyon, I saw people walking backwards down the hill.

They were complaining about their toes jamming up against the front of their shoes and boots. The good Samaritan I am, I gave them a quick little tip on how to keep their foot securely in their shoe so their toes wouldn’t look like tenderized prunes at the bottom of the hill.

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I rarely use bug spray when I’m out on an extended trip. I’d rather swat at mosquitoes and deal with itchy bug bites than cover my skin with sticky, thick, acid-smelling bug repellant.

There is a bottle of repellant in my pack, but that’s for emergency uses only. If I were ever blanketed in pesky bugs, I may just bust out my bug spray.

ExOfficio may have solved my dilemma with comfort and bugs. This Spring, ExOfficio introduces an improved line of BUZZ OFF apparel, a line of shirts, pants, sweaters and shorts treated with an invisible, odorless natural insect repellant.

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