Open Air Life

Open Air Life should be your first stop to any outdoor adventure. The main goal of this site is to bring the outdoor community together through forums, blogs, and much more. When planning an afternoon hike to an multi-day trip you will find the features here helpful in gathering all your information from a single source.

Hydro Flask

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 16:46 Jeremiah Breeze

When I first saw and learned about the Hydro Flask, I was quite impressed. The company claims that this bottle will keep drinks cold for 24 hours and hot for 12 hours. I was a little skeptical. At the Outdoor Retailers show one of the owners showed me a bottle with ice in it that had been there for three days. It keeps ice for three days, I thought. After talking with the company for a bit I was pleased to be able to get a bottle to test and review.

New Products From the OR Show (Part 3)

Monday, 30 August 2010 18:48 Jeremiah Breeze

Part 3 is all about packs. First is a new comer to the OR Show. Mile High Mountaineering is a new company and have some impressive packs. They paid attention to detail during the design process and building their packs. They have a few different packs but I wanted to highlight the Divide. It is perfect for weekend to weeklong trips and a great “go-to” pack for most of your exploring.

Dogs, Are They Really Man's Bestfriend?

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:00 Bryan

I think as runners we have all been running down the street, relaxed in the groove and all of a sudden out of nowhere, you have that four legged (they say man’s best friend) dog on your heels. Man what a way to interrupted your rhythm and shoot your heart rate through the roof. Not that we don't run to get our heart rate up, I just perfer it to be me doing it to myself and not because I am running for my life. Here are some do and do not’s when running in them dog infested neighborhoods.

New Products From the OR Show (Part 2)

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 19:37 Jeremiah Breeze

Again it has been hard to choose what to include and what not to but here is part 2. In the next few weeks and months we will be writing more gear reviews as well on article on the essentials for many activities.