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Gore-Tex Experience More Blogger Summit Behind the Scenes

November 3, 2009

The second day of the Blogger Summit started off nice ‘n’ early, with a behind the scenes tour of some of the Gore-Tex testing facilities in Maryland. The first stop was a small conference room, where we were given a quick rundown of some of the properties of Gore-Tex products from Brad Hill and John [...]

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Gore-Tex Experience More Blogger Summit – Intro to Gore

November 2, 2009

Last week, I was invited to the Philadelphia area to be a part of the Gore-Tex Experience More Blogger Summit, a meetup of several outdoor bloggers from around the country. We were invited to learn a bit more about Gore-Tex and the company behind it, as well as get some behind-the-scenes factory tours and opportunities [...]

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Being Outside Makes You Smarter

January 5, 2009

… at least, according to a recent study published in Psychological Science. A group of scientists from the University of Michigan had two sets of volunteers who were given memory tests. After taking the tests, one group walked through downtown Ann Arbor, while the other took a stroll through a park. When they came back [...]

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Study: Expert Hikers Have Better Trail Memories

February 13, 2008

A new study found that expert hikers (those with 4 or more years of hiking experience) have an easier time identifying and recalling visual functional information about those hikes than their more greenhorn trail companions. In an interesting study, both groups were shown various outdoor scenes from a trail, and told to imagine they were [...]

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