In conjunction with World Environmental Day, The UIAA (International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation) announced this week their plans for a Mountain Protection Label. Similar to their Safety Label, the Mountain Protection Label will be designed to help consumers make more confident and informed choices.
The Clymb recently held a Ruff Wear sale and I used the opportunity to buy Lola the
Sun Shower dog raincoat
. Northern California has had a pretty wet Spring and Lola was getting a little tired of hiking in the rain. As you can see from the picture above, Lola was not so keen on her dog raincoat from the moment she first tried it on.
Earlier this week, Nokia launched their Bicycle Charger Kit which captures the free and eco-friendly energy you create while biking to charge your Nokia cell phone on the move. The bike charger is similar to Dahon's BioLogic FreeCharge launched last summer, but engineered to bring out the best in Nokia phones.
YellowMan, the high-end tattoo clothing company founded in 2004, recently launched a sports clothing line extension called YMX (acronym for YellowMan Expression). YMX offers multifunctional clothing that bridges the gap between sports and fashion.
You know the feeling-you have taken the occasional rock or ice chunk to the head or had a couple of nasty falls on your mountain bike but don't want to get a new helmet without knowing for sure the old one is toast. Well now you will be able to know for certain if it is necessary to replace your helmet with a new process that causes stinky oils to seep out of plastic materials when they are damaged.
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