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  Father’s Day Wish List

  Published June 14, 2012 - No Comments

  With Father’s day coming up, I have prepared my wish list for this year (children please take note). One of the hottest (pun intended) products on my list is the Jetboil® Sol TI Premium Cooking System. Yes I know the Jetboil has been around for a while but they continue to update their ...

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  Outdoor Recreation Participation 2012

  Published May 30, 2012 - No Comments

  The Outdoor Foundation recently released their 2012 Outdoor Recreation Participation Topline Report touting the highest levels of participation in the last five years. So with such good numbers would thing that the participation in climbing should be up also. But, according to the report C ...

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  Fat Man’s Misery

  Published May 14, 2012 - No Comments

  Zion National Park – Fat Man’s Misery – 3B III – *** Fat Man’s Misery is the West Fork of Misery Canyon. The experience of Fat Man’s Misery includes tight winding slots, multiple rappels, various arches, big canyons, pools of water, swimming and more. The name F ...

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  Email and Customer Experience Failure

  Published May 4, 2012 - No Comments

  Not too long ago, I got the following email in response to an online Golds Gym facility survey that I took almost a month prior. I addressed many issues that I thought the facility had and how they could improve it. It is nice to get a response and to have my concerns acknowledged in [...]

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  Snow Canyon State Park-Living on the Edge

  Published January 9, 2012 - No Comments

  Snow Canyon State Park – Aftershock Wall – Living on the Edge – 5.10c – **** Living on the Edge is another classic southern Utah climb. It is a must do for anyone who enjoys multi-pitched sandstone. Living on the Edge is part of the Aftershock wall just to the right ...

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  Estimating Market Share of Climbing Products

  Published January 4, 2012 - No Comments

  Part 1 of 2 Counting linear display space is a technique used in estimating the market share of hi-tech products. The idea behind it is to take a geographic area (the sample area) that is representational of the population as a whole, determine the percentage(s) of target product brand(s) ...

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  Five Ten Insight

  Published November 28, 2011 - No Comments

  In the past, I have been a person who has always used my oldest pair of running shoe to go canyoneering and hiking. I have always preferred the arch and cushion provide by running shoes. So I was amazed when Five Ten’s Insight won me over. One of the things that downright amazed me was [ ...

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  The genius behind GoPro’s daily giveaway campaign

  Published November 21, 2011 - One Comment

  GoPro, known for their awesome first-person action sports footage, is truly a leader in the video camera industry. You know that GoPro produces a great product when it is used by Hollywood films crews in the making of their movies and commercials. However, making video cameras is not the o ...

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  Red Rock – Cram It

  Published November 14, 2011 - No Comments

  Red Rock – Calico Basin – Black Wall (aka Happy Acres) – Cram It, 5.9 ** From calico basin, head up the canyon 15 – 20 minute approach and watch for the obvious wall on the left. There is a ramp like deck that will give you access to the cliff. The name of this [...]

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  3 Points to an Amazing Outdoor Event

  Published October 24, 2011 - No Comments

  I recently ran in the Vigor Utah 5k Summer Obstacle Course in Cottonwood Heights Utah. This was one of the first running events I have ever entered into but was amazed by the fun my friends and I had. Of course, it helps that my team placed first in the men’s category when you are [...]

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