Ever wonder how people score free products as a gear tester for a magazine or retail company? Gear testers need to be knowledgeable of different products, active in the outdoors, and be well versed at blogging and social media platforms. Here are two recent calls for companies looking for gear testers:
Gear Testers Wanted for [...]
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Inspired by Backpacker Magainze’s column Dirbag/Gourmet, Dirtbagger Guide is introducing a new category of posts – The Dirtbag Diner. We can’ guarantee that out recipes and tips will be as gourmet as Backpacker but we will say that ours will be CHEAP and PACKED with all the fuel you need for your dirtbaggin’ pursuits.
We [...]
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With downhill lift tickets getting close to a $100/day, a winter ski trip to Utah is just not feasible for dirtbags these days. Or is it? Check out the following ideas for free winter fun in the mountains all around Salt Lake.
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Well not really… but if you had enough of ridiculously high lift ticket prices, traffic jams in the canyon, or uber high avalanche danger in the backcountry – Nordic Skiing may just be the next best thing. The skis are easy to come across or relatively inexpensive for a new set-up compared to alpine [...]
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Learn How to Save Money For Travel with a 21-Day Financial Fast
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Dirtbag.
In listening to NPR the other day, I heard this interview with Michelle Singletary about her book The Power to Prosper: 21 Days to Financial Freedom. She encourages people to do what she calls a 21-day financial fast meaning that you only purchase necessities and pay for everything with cash. The fast gets you thinking [...]
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Norris Hot Springs – Soaking to Live Music Near Bozeman, Montana
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Dirtbag.
Norris Hot Springs, Water of the Gods is a trippy little commercial hot spring about a half hours drive outside of Bozeman, Montana. The 30 x 40 foot pool was super clean and the perfect temperature for soaking in the winter – 106 degrees F. Wood planks line the pool and the artesian spring bubbles [...]
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Dirtbagger Guide writer, Amiee Maxwell, profiles five of the best dirtbag towns in the West in her A Dirtbagger’s Guide to the American West. For those of you that are not familiar with the Matador Network, it is the ultimate site dedicated to travel and community.
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Backpacking in Canyonlands National Park – The Needles’ Chesler Park
Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by Dirtbag.
Feel the spirit of Edward Abbey, the American author and environmental advocate, in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park as you trek three miles over red and white slickrock, through sandy washes, prickly pear cactus and yucca groves to the best camp spot in Utah – Chesler Park.
The Colorado and Green Rivers divide Canyonlands [...]
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Colorado’s Loveland Ski Area is the first ski resort to open this year with its earliest opening date in 40 years. Loveland opened last Wednesday, October 7, 2009, with an 18-inch base. Arapahoe Basin followed shortly after with their earliest opening day ever on Friday, October 9, 2009.
Early season snows have seen first tracks all [...]
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Backpacking in Canyonlands National Park - The Needles' Chesler Park
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