The thought of spending a night in the backcountry spooning a bunch of guys in Lycra shorts was all it took to inspire James Davies to start his new Polson-based company, GearPods.
Every explorer needs a pack-up plan. Here's one for life.
The trail had disappeared into a wild and thickening forest, but we were brimming with the bravado of astoundingly unprepared youth, so we shouldered our mountain bikes and marched deeper into the mountains.
For decades, outdoors folk have carried Mylar space blankets in their packs as insurance against potentially fatal nights out. Then came the space blanket bivy sack, which was better.