As The REI Blog winds down its inaugural year, we flashback to a few favorite posts of 2010:

Gravity-defying goats. How do they do that?

Black George. Meet the giver of root beer floats in Grand Teton National Park.

The Oscar should go to…. A great short film from Yosemite Nature Notes, Frazil Ice.

Time-lapse videos. Four hours of a lunar eclipse on the winter solstice condensed into 2 minutes; 2 feet of snow falling over 18 hours in New Jersey compressed into 38 seconds.

One rad bike. Few we've seen compare.

Wha' SUP? Stand Up Paddleboarding is.

Failing to summit Mt. Rainier. Mr. Can't-Miss learns humbling lessons.

Summiting Mt. Rainier a week later. Climbing back on the figurative horse.

Oprah goes camping. Will more people of color join her?

Inextinguishable matches. Video confirmation: REI offers the eternal flame on a stick.

1 man, 1 park, 45 years. Waving so long to Mt. Rainier's long-time trail caretaker.

Zombie repellent. REI's 14 essentials for warding off the walking dead.

Pretty good, we think, for our first year. Anyone have suggestions ideas for topics you would llike to see us cover in 2011? We're hoping for a great new year. Thanks for being a reader.