Casio Pathfinder PAG-240 Compass Altimeter Watch Review

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I was given one of the original Casio Pathfinder watches years back as a gift. It had a compass and altimeter built in and was a really cool piece of technology to have on your wrist when outdoors. The only issue it had was it chewed through batteries as the compass and altimeter sensors were power hogs. Well I’m happy to say the new Casio Pathfinder watches solve those problems because not only are the new sensors more energy efficient, but the entire watch is now solar powered! The new watch features: Time/Date/World Time Sunrise/Sunset for your local latitude/longitude Barometer Continue reading →

Glissading Mount Saint Helens

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This is a short video of me glissading down Mount Saint Helens. Glissading is a fancy way of saying sliding down the snow on your rear end. It is a fun reward after an exhausting climb. I have some glissading tips for you in this video and they are this: 1) Remove your crampons! 2) Control your speed! 3) Know how to self-arrest with an ice axe! Most injuries glissading are from people keeping on their crampons and getting a spike caught which injures a leg or sends them tumbling out of control. Do not even think of glissading with Continue reading →

Kydex vs. Zytel vs. Leather Sheaths in Freezing Temperatures

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After a frustrating experience with an after-market Kydex sheath getting my blade stuck, I posted up a video where I threw a Kydex sheath and the Fallkniven Zytel sheath in a freezer. That video got a lot of upset responses that I was being unfair, it’s not realistic, etc. Well let me just say that I live temperate rain forest. It’s an area where I snow camp and the temperatures will be above freezing during the day, and drop well into freezing at night. So gear you have will in fact get wet during the day (even rained on) and Continue reading →