Is that a Leek in your pocket?

Three safety items you’ve got to have if you’re working with horses, out on the trail, or both: Knife. Phone. Belt. (The belt is to leash a loose dog or horse. Or apply a tourniquet, etc.) This summer at the Outdoor Retailer, we met several […]

Outer Circles in Utah

Writing for UtahOutsider means meeting new folks and asking questions. These are enjoyable tasks, but even with a few decades of newspaper reporting, they don’t come naturally. Turns out they don’t come naturally for most of us. Utahn David Sturt wrote in Great Work: How […]

Gear for Good is Pleasant Burden

Piggybacking philanthropy on what you buy is a popular trend. Theoretically, that’s what you do when buying something with a ribbon on it. From breast cancer (pink) to veterans (black), there are more than 50 colors and ribbons for awareness and support. It’s a feel-good […]

Welcome traildog Peeko!

We welcome sweet Peeko to the UtahOutsider family. She may not be great at writing or marketing, but she’s certainly livening up the place. Peeko came from the wonderful folks at Ruff Patch Rescue, a foster-home centered rescue organization in Riverton, Utah. Led by Stacy […]

Best Pancakes Ever

One could say I grew quite a lot while on the Redmond leadership week in Lake Powell. Above the neck, for sure. But in the waistline, too. The food, prepared by a team from Redmond’s Real Foods stores and full of their premium products, was […]

A trek to Big Sky country

Last week, we headed Outside of Utah to Bozeman, Montana, to visit with Unbranded’s creative team and to see bits of the film. The team is busy with last minute details before submitting it to major film festivals. The trip allowed for some quick detours […]

A Watch that Walks the Walk

The Outdoor Retailer was full of flashy, over-lit booths showcasing trendy gear that mostly costs a fortune. Rather than get sucked into the glitz, I gravitated to the unassuming entities. One of them was the Bertucci Watch booth. Mike Bertucci, the president of the Illinois-based […]

UtahOutsider interviews TEDx Organizer, Part I

In this three-part series, we talk with Anna Decker, organizer of the TEDx program at the Leonardo (and additional simulcast sites) Saturday, September 20. Decker, 31, is a University of Utah graduate student with experience in event planning. She wanted to use the TED platform […]

Klymit is Cool

Ever have one of those random public transit encounters in which everything turns out friendly and even fortuitous? I had such an encounter, taking the train home from the Outdoor Retailer this summer. In my fog, I’d forgotten to take off my OR badge. An […]