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Maybe it happened when I watched Rambo as a kid. Maybe it was Damnation Alley . It could have even been good old Mad Max . I’m not really sure, but somewhere along the way, I got very interested in the whole idea of survival. I was even more encouraged when my uncle Bobby gave me a ...

The attached image is a photoshop Nino did that includes a lot of the cosmetic changes I want to make to Polar Bear. The cargo box and solar panel were not in my plans, but Nino just happened to find that particular Sportsmobile Penthouse pop-top at the right angle to do the photoshop. Polar ...

Last week, Nino, 3 skiners, and I headed up just northwest of Black Hawk city for what would be my first (and Nino’s) backcountry trip. I had some of the gear I needed, but still dropped nearly $700 for 2 beacons, another set of snowshoes, 2 shovels, and 2 probes. Nino and I also ...

I love snowboarding. I write about it a lot. It didn’t take me long to run into Project X . You can’t really pay any attention to snowboarding and not know who Shaun White is. So the concept is kinda neat – they built Shaun his own half pipe in the back country. Mostly, it ...

On October 24th, I purchased a van from a fella in South Lake Tahoe. Nino and I named her “Polar Bear”. The idea is to turn this van into a camper. To be honest, I’m not 100% confident that this is the van I want to build from. I want to have a mechanic look her over and get ...