

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Hey romantics: What’s your idea of a fantastic, outdoorsy honeymoon spot? How about a patch of deep wilderness near the Arctic Circle in a remote corner of Canada’s Northwest Territories, where the 2 of you would build your own shelter from scratch and spend the next 9 months completely off the grid. We retell the uncommon love story of Andy and Heidi Brun. ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on February 12, 2013 12:01 PM & Tagged Andy Brun, Exped, Heidi Brun, honeymoon, romance and wilderness | permalink | Comments
This is the story of Andy and Heidi Brun—less about Andy's well-regarded gear company (Exped) and more about 2 people who were drawn to the outdoors, drawn to each other and strongly attracted to the idea of experiencing wilderness on its own terms, however unforgiving those terms might be. Consider the unconventional path to romantic bliss traveled by 2 lovebirds from Switzerland shortly after their 1980 wedding while both were still in their wide-eyed 20s: • Step 1: Agree to abandon ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on March 30, 2012 7:53 PM & Tagged Andy Brun, Downmat, Exped, Heidi Brun, SynMat and wilderness | permalink | Comments
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