The surviving members of that company had eaten nearly the last of their meagre rations, were exhausted, sick and starving, many of them crippled by frostbite. It was a tale of suffering with a toll of casualties only second to the Donner-Reed party, but without the gruesome element of ...
Because it can also mean the difference between staying safe and warm and potentially contracting a cold, pneumonia, frostbite, or worse. So whether you are trying to get your hands on a running jacket to wear in a light drizzle or you want a water-tight hiking bag to keep all your ...
Before his passing, I had not yet made any concrete decisions regarding what to do for his birthday, but knowing that it would be on a Saturday, I toyed with the idea of a weekend away. After his death in June, my birthday in July and our anniversary in September, I was firmly set...