I took the new Suunto X10 on a trip to Portalón, Costa Rica. The trip was one one-part real estate recon and one-part adventure travel. The watch was useful for both. For the adventure travel part of the trip, I traveled on horseback through the rain forest near Manuel Antonio National Park. It was the perfect [...]

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Nike presented us with a fun opportunity and asked us (in a casual sort of “see what you think of them” kind of way) to test out some of their new ACG outdoor gear. We’re stoked! The shoe comes in bright orange too! Technically speaking the shoe is an innovation. The new fabric, named Flywire, has high-tensile Vectran [...]

Tags: 14ers, bright orange, Colorado, Fun, Hiking, hiking boot, nike, paces, suunto, Test, x10

Interbike was a great success this year. For those of you who aren’t aware of the event, Interbike is the largest bicycle trade event in North America. It is one of the most important events of the year for retailers, manufacturers, and and other industry folks. Over 1,000 brands are represented and 85% of all [...]

Tags: bellwether, business, cadence, cycling, design, europe, interbike, profile design, Sponsor, sponsors, suunto, wilier

The concept that we call “10 Degrees of Latitude” is one year old today. Hard to believe that one year ago Adam and I brainstormed this idea. The untold story about 10DL is that it was actually Adam’s wife (Amy Hazlett) who came up with the actual name. Adam came up with the idea to [...]

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14 hours 23 minutes We made it! Everyone helped! It was awesome! It was a gorgeous day for a swim from England to France. The middle map pretty well tells the story of our relay swim across the English Channel. We started the morning off strong on Shakespeare Beach and finished the day cold and [...]

Tags: adam hazlett, cold, english channel, europe, finis, finished, neal mueller, ocean, Sponsor, sponsors, suunto, trip report

Ride stats today 63 miles 3500 feet climbed, to the top of a 2000 foot peak Inverness to Ballater 998 sheep Proven: The land speed of a Scottish sheep is 14.1 mph. They can run this speed for one tenth of a mile. We raced sheep today. Check it out. Another beautiful day in Scotland. [...]

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