Part Time Vagabond

Time Lapse Video from Around the World

// April 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

I am a sucker for time lapse videos. People are shooting some fantastic footage of landscapes, cityscapes, and everything in between. The video below is from a Vimeo group called “The Good Stuff,” and showcases some gorgeous time lapse footage from around the world. Shot by Sean Stiegemeier during his travels to locations like Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon, and California using a Canon 5d Mark II DSLR camera, the video is sure to wake up the traveler in even the staunchest homebody.

VIDEO: Lincoln Canoe & Kayak Pool Sessions

// March 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

When it comes to kayaking, my experience level resides somewhere between “I know how to hold the paddle,” and “Don’t let me drown, ok?” It’s people like me who need classes like the ones offered by Lincoln Canoe and Kayak’s Outdoor School. On a sunny, cold Sunday morning in February, I was afforded the opportunity to videotape one of Lincoln’s Kayak Skills pool sessions, where students were taught basic kayaking self-rescue and escape techniques.

The students ranged in age and experience. Some were well traveled paddlers aiming to brush up on their skills. Others were novices with little or no experience at all. No matter their skill level, all the paddlers were there to have fun and learn. Take a look at the video to see what they did!

VIDEO: The Path Less Pedaled – Coasting

// March 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

In Part 4 of my interview with Russ & Laura from The Path Less Pedaled, Laura describes one of her favorite parts of their trip: Coasting down into the redwoods from Oregon. Take a look.

Nike ad asks “How quick are you going to get up?”

// March 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

Ok, I’m not one to post a lot of ads on here, especially without getting paid for it, but this is just too cool not to share. This ad from Nike is pretty inspiring, but is also technologically and artistically cool. Take a look.

Stone Skips Across The Pond – Stone Brewing Co.

// March 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // BREWS, VIDEO

This is fantastic! If you love craft beer, or if you just want to watch a fun, well-produced video about a brewer going to Europe to collaborate on a new beer, then watch this video from Stone Brewing Co. Co-owners Greg Koch and Steve Wagner, along with Head Brewer Mitch Steele went first to Norway, and then to Scotland to pair up with Nøgne Ø and BrewDog, respectively, all to create some great specialty beers. Take a look at the 27 minute video below to see the entire trip. You’ll love it.

VIDEO: The Path Less Pedaled Interviews – on learning to slow down

// March 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

Our daily lives can be quite hectic without us even realizing it. Even if you take a vacation, you try to pack as many sights into a short period of time as you can because you see the end before the trip even begins. But when you have no firm end date in sight, when you don’t have to cram lots of things into a limited to-do list, it comes time for you to learn how to slow down.

In part 3 of my interviews with Laura and Russ of The Path Less Pedaled, they discuss coming to the realization that their freedom to choose comes with a price.

VIDEO: Compass Points TV Falls for Ricketts Glen

// March 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

Dave Pidgeon over at Compass Points saw that there was a need for well-produced outdoors videos on the web, so he went out and did it himself (I’m right there with him on that point…it’s why I started PTV). Enter Compass Points TV, Dave’s video version of his blog, where he does video trip reports and other videos. He’s just started his second season with a trip to Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania. He and his buddy went on a hike to see the official National Natural Area that boasts 21 waterfalls in 7 miles. That is a hike I must take someday.

Urban Mountain Biking

// March 4th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // VIDEO

My buddy Casey over at Just Northwest does a cool little video series called The Northern Rangers, where he and his buddy go out and do fun things in the outdoors. Their most recent adventure was at the I-5 Colonnade Mountain Bike park in Seattle, Washington where local volunteers helped to build a series of urban mountain bike trails right under the highway! The video’s a bit shaky, but the content is great.

VIDEO: The Path Less Pedaled Interviews – the paring

// March 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // VIDEO

Stuff.

Everybody has it, and most of us have too much. It hides in corners and under beds. It clutters our closets and our drawers. We hide stuff in pantries and under sinks and hell, right out in the open. Knicknacks, curios, trinkets, souvenirs, and thingamajigs fill our lives, and because we clean and neaten and straighten, most times we don’t even notice. That is, until it’s time to move. Then we realize just how much stuff we actually have.

When Russ and Laura of The Path Less Pedaled took the self-imposed directive to ride their bikes across the country indefinitely, they had no idea that the first challenge would show up right at home. In part two of the PTV interview, Russ and Laura talk about paring down their stuff to just what they need; a task not for the faint of heart.

VIDEO: The Path Less Pedaled Interviews – the decision

// February 22nd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Feature, VIDEO

Some people are homebodies. Creating a close network of family and friends in a relatively small area keeps them grounded and safe. They have a local community to support them. This works for most people in life.

But some people find that their lives are lacking something in their current situation. Their worlds have been shaken up, and they need to do something more, something different. So when Laura Crawford, a jewelry maker, and Russ Roca, a photographer, decided to sell most of their belongings and fit the rest onto their bicycles, they had an idea that they would be pedaling indefinitely around the United States, in search of a life less ordinary.

In this episode of Part Time Vagabond, Russ and Laura of The Path Less Pedaled talk about how they came to the decision to leave it all behind for two wheels and the open road.