Category: Outdoors
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Heart Rate Training 101
This will be updated with the latest information as the training plans have been tweaked since I last wrote this article. How I Got Into Heart Rate Training I’ve been using HR training while running for six years and been giving brief info talks on the subject to the running club. As a training tool,…
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What to Pack For A Day Hike
In this video, I’ll show the items I would pack for a day hike. This will include the Essential Hiking Items along with a few luxury items that I have been carrying, but you can customize these items per your liking.
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Garmin inReach Explorer – Geocaching
In this video, we’ll show you how to load geocache waypoints on your Delorme inReach Explorer. Now we can enter manually waypoint information, but we want to load up multiple geocaches into our device. To help us do that, we need to create a GPX file that will contain these multiple geocaches or waypoints.
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Crystal Crescent Beach
On a hot summer morning, decided to drive down about 20 min from Halifax to Crystal Crescent Beach to check things out.
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How To Be Safe While Hiking
Be Safe When Hiking While listening to the weekly outdoor segment from the local radio station, I was a bit concerned about the lack of safety content when pressed by the radio host. It was more an opportunity to give a plug for a company than relay some useful information. Which got me thinking that…
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North Brewing – Halifax Common
Hey! We’re trying out the latest from North Brewing (formerly Bridge Brewing) here in Halifax Nova Scotia. This is their take on the California Common, called the halifax common. This is a 5% ABV beer.
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Garmin Forerunner 220 – How To Update Firmware
In this video, we will go over the steps to update the firmware on your Garmin Forerunner 220 using Garmin Express. You will to download & install the software before we begin.
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Brasserie Breughel – Bière de Nöel
Our review of Brasserie Breughel Bière de Nöel which is a extra strong 11% dark ale Christmas beer. Lots of coriander and organic cane sugar.
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Plot Coordinates on a Map With Garmin inReach Explorer
We will take a quick look at how we can take coordinates from our current location or saved waypoints on our Delorme inReach SE or Explorer.
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Cape George Hiking Trails
Cape George Heritage Trails are a network of footpaths totalling 37kms about a half hour from Antigonish Nova Scotia. One of the first trails designed by local trail building guru Peter jackson, you park at the Cape George Heritage School along route 337.