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Atop a ridge on the Superior Hiking Trail just north of Hovland, MN. Overlooking lake Superior.

Trip reports, outdoor gear design, and tutorials.

My name is Elliot. I live in the Midwest and love being outside. I am using this website to catalog my adventures and my experiences designing outdoor gear for personal use in hopes of inspiring myself and others to do more.

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Trip Reports and Gear Design

No such thing as a free bike

But after an $87 trip to the bike shop and an hour or so of work, I’ve got a brand new steed. It rides like one of those dreams that I wake up from at 3am, asking myself, “what in the hell just happened?” A dream, sure, but not one that leaves me with an…

Getting what I paid for

At the end of the month (so in about a week) I’ll be moving to a new residence. I say residence because I’m not fully set yet on what to call it. It’s not an apartment, not really a house, I’m still renting, etc. So it’s a residence for now. I was pretty productive today,…

CHWOT and Revision

I had a weird year. There’s no getting around that. But I also didn’t do as much as I probably should have in the way of creating and developing my product design skills. This one probably won’t have many (if any) pictures or product insights, but I’m hoping to write my way to a conclusion…

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