The Send Wagon Climbing Comp. When: 9:30 AM Registration – 4 PM Finals. Where Wild Walls 202 W. 2nd Ave. The 16th annual competition will include T-shirts and door prizes included in the price for competitors plus free music, food, beverages, and BBQ for all! Info: wildwalls.com
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To jumpstart his kayaking hobby nearly 15 years ago, Mark Lawrence built his first kayak. At a Mountain Gear demo day at Liberty Lake, he paddled a kayak for the first time. “Within three or four strokes, I knew I had to have one,” he says. So he got a precut wood kayak kit from
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SHOWER’S PASS WOMEN’S ELITE 2.0 RAIN JACKET MSRP: $240.00 PROS: waterproof, breathable, pit zips, well-vented back, good pocket placement CON: cuff fabric absorbs water Made in China SHOWER’S PASS WOMEN’S CLUB CONVERTIBLE RAIN PANTS MSRP: $135.00 PROS: built-in ankle straps, waterproof, breathable, appropriately-sized inseams CONS: tight in the hips (choose a larger size), must remove
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Inland northwest residents talk about the Missoulian Floods like they’re a story out of the Bible—most people even call them “The Great Floods.” Fifteen thousand years ago, glacial floods rerouted rivers, carved out ravines, and created new lakes from Lake Missoula to the Columbia River. The floods left our region punctuated by the Channeled Scablands,
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Second Wind: One Woman’s Midlife Quest To Run Seven Marathons On Seven Continents Cami Ostman Seal Press, 2010, 304 pages “No one says, “This [fill in the blank] is going to be one of the most radical rites of passage you will ever travel through, so pay attention.” Someone just says, “Okay, go ahead now,”
May is national bike month. In Spokane, the people behind the Spokane Bike to Work organization are pursuing a more comprehensive cycling goal. Spokane Bike to Work is now “Spokane Bikes.” This name change recognizes the fact that there are many ways to think about integrating cycling into your life. Many people just live too
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While Hawaiians have long known the joy of stand up paddle surfing, also known as “beach boy surfing,” freshwater fans in the Inland Northwest have only recently been enjoying the sport of stand up paddling (SUP). Although Hawaiians get the credit for developing the modern sport of SUP, it actually descended from the styles of
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By Jon Snyder I take Sprague Avenue commuting home on my bike no matter the weather. Last week I pull up to a red light. I decide it still isn’t spring yet so I need to put on my gloves. Some guy in the car behind me starts yelling at me. What’s he saying? I
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Day Hiking Central Cascades Craig Romano, photography by Alan L. Bauer The Mountaineers Books, 2009, 348 pages Craig Romano is a guidebook writer whom I trust. I haven’t yet been disappointed with two other of his books, Best Hikes with Dogs: Inland Northwest and Day Hiking North Cascades. I’m originally a west-side girl—that’s right, from
