The GEAR30 Podcast

OOA Show Episode 130, Earth Day, Wingsuits, and Beer

Pushing the sport of wingsuit flying, Alexander Polli, threads the narrow Batman Cave needle at 155 mph. Ridiculous. News:

• Ogden Rail to Trail
• Sandhill Cranes Want in on the Viewing Action
• Utah Avalanche Professional Dies
• Deadly Avalanches in Washington
• Wingsuit Flier Threads Batman Cave
• Billabong brings back florescnet
• Activist Tim DeChristopher to Walk
• 2012’s Most Visited National Parks
• 13 year-old Red Points 5.13a
• Climber Falls and Dies in Front of his Kids
• Zoo Crazy Man Lets Animals Loose
• Beer Makes You Feel Good

Billabong brings back florescent: Surf Capsule Summer 2013 from Billabong on Vimeo. Events:

• April 20^th – Earth Day at the Ogden Nature Center
• April 20^th – Mt. Goat Viewing – Little Cottonwood Canyon
• April 25^th – AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course – Weber Outdoor Program
• April 27^th – GEAR:30 Sponsored - No Limits Half & 5K
• June 7-8th – Rockwell Relay Series: Moab to St. George
• July 20th – Rockwell Relay Series: Pamperfest Challenge
• August 16-17 Ragnar Trail Snowbasin
• Weber Pathways is offering Wed Night Hikes

GEAR:30: Yaktrax Run Skillz Session: Resting Between Burns My Lands: Colorado River Tops Endangered List   "April is a promise that May is bound to keep." ~Hal Borland

Sabrina Foster - Ogden Nature Center Earth Day Celebration

Join the Ogden Nature Center for this year's Earth Day Celebration! For a full schedule of events see below, or click here.

Saturday, April 20, 12 noon - 4 pm

We're packing the house with tons of earth-friendly ideas, booths, workshops and activities! All of Utah's green gurus will be on hand and activities will range from bee keeping lectures, to Llama cart rides! Children love the water trailer and the rock climbing wall while adults enjoy taking home special plants from the native plant sale. Read more for all the details.

Cost: $2 per person / we encourage the use of alternative transporation or carpooling to Earth Day

Would you like to buy some water-wise plants to grow at home? Or, would you like to get out of the house for a fun spring day with the kiddos? There will be something for all ages at the Ogden Nature Center’s annual Earth Day Celebration. Come learn something new! When: Saturday, April 20 from 12 noon - 4 pm Where: Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th Street Admission: $2 per person Earth day will be held rain or shine Alternative transportation and carpooling is encouraged ACTIVITIES – running throughout the day from 12 noon – 4 pm • Make your own head wreath • Llama cart rides with Weber Pathways • Face painting by The Painted Otter • Building birdhouses with the Home Depot • Composting workshops • Climbing wall • Live animal presentations by Ogden Nature Center • Children’s Hour • Solar array and green building tours • Nature Scavenger Hunt • Story hikes • Nature crafts EXHIBITORS – set up all day from 12 noon – 4 pm • Native bees with Mason Bee Habitat for Pollination • The Nature Conservancy • Slow Food Utah • Youth Impact • Ott Planetarium • Utah Population Environment Coalition • Utah Transit Authority • Bike Valet by Ogden Bike Collective • Ogden City Public Works – with info about solid waste, storm water and forestry • Watershed Trailer & Wetlands with Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the US Forest Service • Utah Environmental Congress • Pollution Awareness with Breathe Utah • Utah Moms for Clean Air / Recycling with Utah Recycling Alliance • Wild Aware Utah • Weber Basin Water District • Bloom Recycling • Hogle Zoo Biofacts • Live birds of prey with Hawkwatch International • Local First Utah • Utah Department of Environmental Quality • Weber Pathways FOOD VENDORS • Crepes by Crepes Etc. • Lemonade & Coffee by Grounds for Coffee • Snowcones by Brainfreeze Snowies • Polynesian food by Pauni Island Catering • Pizza by The Lucky Slice GREEN PRODUCT VENDORS • Native Plant Sale by Willard Bay Gardens • Recycled & upcycled goods by Our Children’s Earth • Henna by An Array of Artistry • Green products by Green the World • Handmade bird feeders by KC Wood Arts • Handmade wares by Kathrin Duffy • Upcycled goods by Brooke Anne Fuller • Terrariums by Lessie Swenson EARTH DAY PRESENTORS SCHEDULE Live Entertainment On the Earthen Stage Behind the Visitor Center • 1:30 – 2:45 – Irish Dancing with Celtic Beat Irish Dancers • 3:15 – 3:45 – Indie music by the band AJ Wild Bird Presentations at the Ogden Nature Center Amphitheater Wild Bird Presentations will start at 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00 and 3:30 pm. Ogden Nature Center educators and volunteers will present several of the birds and animals that call the Nature Center home. Learn about bird species native to Utah, including owls, hawks and eagles. Workshops & Lectures in the LS Peery Education Building, West Classroom • 1:00 pm – Composting workshop • 2:30 pm – Native bees workshop • 3:00 pm – Composting workshop Ongoing – Solar Array and Green Building Tours 20th Annual Birdhouse Exhibit Additionally, the Ogden Nature Center’s 20th Annual Exhibit of Birdhouses will be on display along birdhouse trail! Some of the birdhouses are for sale, with all proceeds going to the artists. Birdhouses will be on exhibit until August 31, 2013. Earth Day Art Poster Exhibit Winners of the annual Earth Day Art Poster Contest will be announced at a ceremony at 11 a.m. Contestants and their families are invited. This year’s theme is “I Enjoy Nature By__________.” Entries for the contest should be two-dimensional on 9” x 12” paper. Entries are due on April 6. All children in grades K-6 are invited to enter. Entry forms are available at the Ogden Nature Center. To make Earth Day affordable for families, the following sponsors have generously sponsored this event: ATK, Elliott-Hall Company, Ogden City Arts, The Standard-Examiner, Westinghouse, Bloom Recyclers, Grounds for Coffee, Lucky Slice Pizza, Only In Ogden and Kohl’s

OOA Show Episode 129, OCF6

Climbing and Ogden go together like Sharma and Spain. So, we're thankful for the sixth year in a row, the Weber State University Outdoor Program has organized the Ogden Climbing Festival! This year's fest was the best attended since inception, and we believe GEAR:30 had a little help with that. Besides rockin' the fest as the Title Sponsor, GEAR:30 also helped kick off the weekend with a special Will Calton Presentation: Preparing for and Surviving Everest, complete with sweet schwag and free food and beer from Roosters Brewing Co. All good things must come to an end, so we're sad this year's climbing festival is over. We're already dreamin' of next year. News:

• Ogden Climbing Festival
• 74 at 74
• Skier dies at Deer Valley
• Canyonlands Suicides
• Another Mountain Man Down
• Snowboarding Olympic Hopeful Found Dead
• Kayaker Saves Family of Five
• Sweet Highline Photos You Can’t See on the Radio
• First Ski Descent of the North Face of the Grand Teton
• Everest Sherpa Dies Fixing Lines
• Piolets D’OR Winners
• Surfers vs SUPers Getting Worse
• Idaho Family Sues U.S. Forrest Service for Dead Fall
• Killer Belarus Beaver

Grindtv.com - The Bucket List, Photo by Travis Burke More photos here: http://www.grindtv.com/lifestyle/pro-active/post/secret-spot-for-extreme-sport-revealed/ Events:

• April 20^th – Earth Day at the Ogden Nature Center
• April 20^th – Mt. Goat Viewing – Little Cottonwood Canyon
• April 25^th – AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course – Weber Outdoor Program
• April 27^th – GEAR:30 Sponsored - No Limits Half & 5K
• June 7-8th – Rockwell Relay Series: Moab to St. George
• July 20th – Rockwell Relay Series: Pamperfest Challenge
• August 16-17 Ragnar Trail Snowbasin
• Weber Pathways is offering Wed Night Hikes

GEAR:30:

• Do They Kill Geese to Get Down
• Chaco and Boardworks Join Forces
• Body Glove Celebrates 60 Years

"Oh, the absolute lethargy of 24,600'. You want to pee, and you lie there for a quarter of an hour making up your mind to look for the pee bottle." – Chris Bonnington 1975 Click for More GEAR:30 Radio

Daniel Turner, Tim Nguyen - 6th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival

It's that time of year, the 6th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival kicks off tonight at Weber Rocks Climbing Wall! We invited event coordinators Daniel Turner and Tim Nguyen from the Weber State Outdoor Program, in studio to chat about this year's events. Give 'er a listen and here why Daniel and Tim are stoked more than ever for this year's festival! For a complete breakdown of events, visit the official Facebook Event Page, here: 6th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival

OOA Show Episode 128, Mountain Man Down

You know you're hardcore when you're snowshoes are bright purple.

Despite this episode's title, we don't chat too much mountain man news. Instead, we burned a significant amount of the show incorrectly answering Outside Magazine's "Test Your Survival Skills"quiz! Let's just say, we might not be the first to give advice when it comes to landing a distressed Cessna, saving a child from a subway car, or stopping a vehicle careening down a mountain without breaks. Click here to take the test yourself. Good luck, hope you live.

News:

• Mountain Man Caught
• Deer Attacks Fly Fisherman
• Fueled Beavers Update
• One of Two Lost California Hikers Found (Update: they're both found)
• Mt. Hood Hiker Rescued After 6 Days
• 150 Year-Old to Summit Everest
• Drunk Ski Instructor Dies on Mt. Hood
• Climbing News: Firsts From Around the World
• Bomber Gear Founder, Rick Franken, Dies
• World’s Best SUP’ers to Compete for Carolina Cup
• 2013 Dew Tour Dates
• Lance Armstrong Returns! Wait, No, Nevermind

Events:

• April 10^th – Shad and Brian's Most Excellent Denali Adventure Presentation at Slackwater
• April 11th – Will Calton Everest Presentation at GEAR:30 “Preparing For and Surving Everest 7pm. FREE. Private Storewide Sale Afterwards
• April 12-14^th – GEAR:30 Sponsored 6^th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival
• April 13^th – 15^th Annual Spring Session at Powder Mountain
• April 20^th – Earth Day at the Ogden Nature Center
• April 20^th – Mt. Goat Viewing – Little Cottonwood Canyon
• April 25^th – AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course – Weber Outdoor Program
• April 27^th – GEAR:30 Sponsored - No Limits Half & 5K
• June 7-8th – Rockwell Relay Series: Moab to St. George
• July 20th – Rockwell Relay Series: Pamperfest Challenge
• August 16-17 Ragnar Trail Snowbasin
• Weber Pathways is offering Wed Night Hikes

GEAR:30:

• Optrix XD5
• BioLite CampStove
• MSR Online Publication – The Summit Register

Skillz Session: Stretching Before Exercise Doesn’t Work My Lands: Judge Sides with Backcountry Skiers in Land Use Suit “It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." - Ann Trason on distance running