Month: January 2020

An Interview with Outward Bound Alum, Jim Koch: Chairman and founder of Boston Beer Company, and brewer of Sam Adams beer by Daniel Lilienthal 

Going Outward Bound 

Jim Koch is one of the world’s most successful beer brewers, creating Sam Adams beer out of his kitchen in the early 1980s. He’s given hundreds of interviews, mostly about his product and his business, but until recently, had never been interviewed or told the story of his connection to the organization that gave him the confidence and leadership skills to pursue such a bold venture. 

That organization? Outward Bound. 

Born in Ohio, educated in Boston, Jim Koch found his way to Outward Bound in the early 1970s. Dropping out of Harvard as a graduate student, Jim moved out to Colorado to begin a 3-year stint as a student, assistant Instructor, and then full-Instructor at Outward Bound, moving from schools and base camps

The holiday season is all about the kids. Really. But it can be challenging to find a gift that a child will truly enjoy and appreciate.

I interrogated my own 9-year-old daughter for the truth about what gifts she liked best and questioned every outdoor-oriented parent I could reach for their opinions. The list below is the result of the most comprehensive research I did for any of my assigned holiday gift guides. Because, really, the holidays are for the kids.

Passport to Your National Parks Junior Ranger Edition: $15

The experiences that led to my 9-year-old daughter getting this passport book stamped with “cancellations” at each of the five parks we visited last summer were highlights that we still discuss today.

This book is divided into geographic regions and provides history and poignant facts for the areas, as well as a checklist for every park within those

Taking a well-deserved adult vacation offers joyful predictability. There’s time off to do what you want, visit places that you’ve maybe never seen before, and return home with some great photos of friends and family. Then, for most of us, it’s back to a predictable grind. By mid-week, we’re back to being the same employee or boss that we were when we packed up and headed out for vacation.

What The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE) offers outdoor enthusiasts — including adults who are curious about backcountry travel — is an alternative to your typical adult vacation. We prepare, set up, and guide life changing adventure-based adult education courses for anyone looking to learn new skills — or those sharpening existing skills in the outdoors, enabling them to return to daily life with new insights into leadership and how to protect our natural resources.

We can even

If you’re looking for the newest backcountry hunting rifles on the market, stop and check out the recently released and updated ROGUE series from Fierce Firearms. These new rifles have tons of awesome new features including custom adjustable triggers, improvise bipod rails, and flush-fit QD mounts for slings, and all come with a .75 MOA guarantee in the accuracy department.

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New Lightweight ROGUE Rifle Models Announced by Fierce Firearms

CT Rogue

Price Starting at $2,599

The NEW CT ROGUE from Fierce Firearms is the most affordable, lightweight accurate rifle on the market. The Rogue is the perfect combination of the reliable Fierce DUAL-LUG action with a new Sleek – Lightweight Rogue stock. Updated Fierce features include an improved integral, easy accessible bipod rail. If you are looking to enter the Carbon barrel rifle game, now is your time.

CT ROGUE FEATURES:

If you’ve been looking to update your Ruger Mini Thirty or Mini-14 rifle then now is the time to do it. Samson Manufacturing – well known for their various Ruger rifle accessories has just introduced their latest generation of the Hannibal rail which is now compatible with both the newer and older generations of the Ruger Mini-14 rifle. This new rail should be able to mount some of the industry’s most popular red dot optics so why not give it a try and update your old iron-sighted rifle with modern optics?

New Hannibal Rail for Ruger Rifles from Samson Manufacturing

The next generation Hannibal Rail will be available in your choice of either matte black or natural gray finishes and will be compatible with both the pre-2007 and post 2008 Ruger Mini-14 rifles. Ruger has a serial number lookup tool on their website so you can determine which generation your