Since my only outdoor activity this past week was shoveling snow, here is a winter movie-night post:
When his family’s trust fund runs out during the Great Depression, Jamie is sent from his high-class boarding school to live with his trapper uncle in the far north of Canada. Feeling unhappy and out of place, he [...]
Here are some new additions to the Outdoors Bookstore, including:
Kentucky Off the Beaten Path
Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer
Rock Art of Kentucky (Perspectives on Kentucky’s Past)
and Kentucky Weather
While taking a class or learning from a skilled friend is the best option for learning to canoe, I’ve found at least one book I really like: Canoeing: A Trailside Guide by Gordon Grant. In fact, I started re-reading it this evening rather than writing this review — it’s that engrossing. There are [...]
A new book by Susan Reigler with photographs by Pam Spaulding. Susan spent a year visiting all fifty-two of our state parks. Beyond the basic information on facilities and attractions, Susan’s keen eye reports on interesting things to do in the vicinity of the parks as well. There’s enough here to keep [...]
Riding Giants is a surfing film… which has nothing to do with Louisville area adventures, but it oh-so-well captures the spirit of adventure and evolution of sport that I want to share it.
I know nothing about surfing which makes Riding Giants the perfect introduction. Not just surf porn of wild rides and [...]
I was tired last night, from working in the yard and hiking at Taylorsville lake, so I plugged in a DVD. Storm Over Everest is a PBS Frontline special that aired in 2008. Storm recounts the 1996 Mount Everest storm which killed five climbers summiting Everest from the south side. Filmed [...]