These are the stories of Outdoor Prolink’s members – the athletes, guides, coaches, dreamers, and hopefuls – these are their Dirtbag Dreams.
Five teenage boys and five adults spill out of a fifteen-passenger van parked in front of the Big City Mountaineers Office in Golden, CO. They’re high-fiving, laughing, sharing inside jokes and reminiscing about the week they just spent backpacking in…
Some gear can function fine for men and women alike — sleeping bags, skis, baggy raincoats — they don’t necessarily need a gender-specific stamp. Before I used the Astral Layla lifejacket, I was pretty sure that a PFD would fall…
A cozy update of a classic mummy bag: When the Eleanor Plus first arrived on my doorstep it seemed to be nothing more than a standard 3-season 700-fill-power mummy bag. It packed down small, fluffed up nicely, and was stuffed…
“This is good… this is really good,” Bryan proclaimed, thoughtfully masticating his fifth PROBAR of the day, a Cran-Raspberry Fuel. As he nodded approvingly, I was struck by his enduring satisfaction after several days of subsisting on a PROBAR-based menu.…
This June, a new climbing guide book for Yosemite Valley is coming out and it’s filled with color photos, new topos, and even never-before published climbs. As a part of the AFU Studios creative team, I set up a video…
The Lighthouse Mini Lantern by Goal Zero (available on Outdoor Prolink late May 2016) is a small, highly-versatile dual-action lantern and external battery. The first thing I noticed about this lantern is the many rigging options for lighting. There are tie…
The scene: Back at their car, climbers unpack their gear from a day at the crag with a ruckus of clanking metal and thumps from water bottles being tossed around. One of the climbers grabs a Nalgene, a scuffed and…
The resorts are closing in Colorado, but that doesn’t mean ski season is over. The fierce storms that have been hammering the Rockies and dropping feet of snow are just giving us more reason to seek out fresh lines (while…
Goal Zero, the leader in portable solar panel technology, has revamped their popular solar panel model: the Nomad 7. The new Nomad 7 Plus (available on Outdoor Prolink late May 2016) has been ruggedized, slimed down and equipped with new energy regulation…
All winter, my partner and I kept talking about needing a waterproof pack. I started bringing my things in a dry-bag to work, but it wasn’t convenient to carry around, nor did my dry-bag hold very much. With weekly snowstorms…