Soldier Hollow 24 Bike Race

The second annual 24hr Soldier Hollow is on and ready to roll. With nearly 2'000 vertical feet from the valley floor, yielding spectacular views of Mount Timpanagos and the rest of the Wasatch Back, this course is fast becoming a great race. The race begins on September 10 to 11, 2005.

You can race as a team or solo with 2 events rolled into one. You can bike for 12hr or 24hr depending on your grit.

For more information you can click onto: www.24hoursofsoldierhollow.com

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Black Eyed Peas and Jansport

Well what a night. Jansport invited me to the Black Eyed Peas concert at the Outdoor Retailer show and went well into the early hours.

Jansport have kicked it up an notch in spring 06 in their Techincal pack line and sure showed it with a Black Eyed Peas concert. Fun, fun, fun.

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TUBBS ADDS TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Tubbs Snowshoes has expanded its product development team and taken steps to strengthen its women's snowshoe business. The company, which designed and launched the industry's first women's specific snowshoe collection in 1998, has named two women to key product development positions in its Berkeley, CA based design center.

Finally women developing products for women by women, now maybe we can do something about developing a true backpack for women by women and not a souped down version of the men's.

Just my 2 cents.

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Cascade Designs

Cascade Designs signed an exclusive agreement with Vapore, Inc., a California-based technology startup, to manufacture the Capillary Force Vaporizer (CFV) for portable stoves. Cascade said CFV technology enables a stove to operate with the performance of liquid fuel and the convenience of canister fuel, providing high output without pressurization.

“This is a fantastic milestone for our stove business”, said Drew Keegan, Cascade Designs' stove product manager. “We introduced this remarkable technology to the trade last August at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City and it was the talk of the show. Cascade Designs plans to re-introduce the stove to the commercial market next year after fulfilling its commitments to the Army.

This technology revolutionizes portable combustion”, says Keegan. “Imagine a liquid fuel stove where you don't need a separate fuel bottle, and the fuel pump and fuel line have been replaced by a device the size of a thick U.S. dime. Imagine the convenience of a canister stove that isn't affected by cold or altitude and where you can see how much fuel you have left to burn. Imagine efficiencies substantially greater than any stove currently in production. That is what this new MSR® stove with CFV technology represents.”

Hopefully we will get to see a working model soon. Give me one to try.

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Yum, Yum Pro Bar

Have you ever tasted the new Pro Bar's, if not go and buy one and you will understand. The Pro Bar's are enery bars that are not cooked the traditional way of oven roasting but are not cooked at all and leave all the nutriants and a far better taste.

Well Pro Bar now have come out with their latest flavor "Berry Blast" contains whole blueberries and strawberries, which have been preserved with apple juice and blended with an organic brown rice syrup. The custom syrup, unique to PROBAR, is infused with blueberry puree prior to meeting the nutty contents of the bar. Peanut butter has been replaced with almond butter. The result is a delicious, rich, almond-berry experience to go with the abundant nutrition and energy found only in PROBARs, yummy.

Soon you can buy them at Bentgear.com

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