ACK - Kayaking, Camping, Outdoor Adventure Blog » Camping/Hiking http://blog.austinkayak.com Thu, 23 May 2013 12:53:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bugaboo Backpacker Cookset – Employee Review http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/bugaboo-backpacker-cookset-employee-review/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/bugaboo-backpacker-cookset-employee-review/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:30 +0000 ACK Warehouse http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=27711 ACK Employee Colter MacKenzie took a three day weekend as part of ACK’s Go Play Day Initiative to get employees adventuring outside and he hit some campsites by the lake with some new gear. One of these items included the Bugaboo Backpacker Cookset from GSI Outdoors and he wanted to share his thoughts about the product here: [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/solar-photon-2-employee-review/feed/ 0 Astral Brewer Wins Another Top Gear Pick http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/astral-brewer-wins-another-top-gear-pick/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/astral-brewer-wins-another-top-gear-pick/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:12 +0000 Joseph Dowdy http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=28403 The Astral Brewer continues to wow the outdoor community. After being selected earlier this year by National Geographic as a 2013 Gear of the Year pick, the popular water shoe has now been chosen by Outside Magazine for their Top Gear Picks for 2013, based on value and performance. We only have good things to say about [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/trail-ridge-4-employee-review/feed/ 1 Colorado River from Source to Sea in 3.5 Minutes http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/colorado-river-from-source-to-sea-in-3-5-minutes/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/colorado-river-from-source-to-sea-in-3-5-minutes/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:01 +0000 Joseph Dowdy http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=28419 In 2011, friends Will Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore ventured from Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The adventure took them 113 days and over 1,700 miles of hiking and paddling. You might have caught tidbits of their adventure in our blog video updates from the NRS series Remains of a River which [...]

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]]> http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/camping-packages-now-available-at-ack/feed/ 0 Helle Viking Knife – Customer Review http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/helle-viking-knife-customer-review/ http://blog.austinkayak.com/2013/05/helle-viking-knife-customer-review/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 12:44:05 +0000 ACK Customer http://blog.austinkayak.com/?p=27157 One of our customers, Brent Baldwin, shared the following in-depth review with us about his Helle Viking Knife and we thought you might enjoy it. “This is an excellent knife, but before you order, you should know what you are getting. Study the pictures on this website, and read other reviews. The Viking is essentially a [...]

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