See what I mean.
Thanks Michelle.
KFC – Quadruple Down sandwich
I couldn’t resist.
… two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original Recipe® or Grilled), two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel’s Sauce. …
It’s as disgustingly delicious as it looks!
… the sodium content is high — a whopping 1,380 milligrams — more than a half-teaspoon’s worth of salt. For comparison’s sake, the American Heart Association recommends people eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium in an entire day.
Considering the rising consciousness on healthy eating — from rules that will require calorie counts on menus nationwide to Jamie Oliver teaching kids in West Virginia to make better food choices — it was pretty gutsy of KFC to market a product that sandwiches bacon and mayo-based sauce between two pieces of fried chicken.
Still, KFC’s new creation might surprise you a little on the nutritional front. At 540 calories, the Double Down, though not exactly a dieting food, is 90 calories lighter than McDonald’s Premium Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich. …
UPDATE – Is it really 540 calories? Or more like 1190 calories?
This crime against humanity will not be sold in Canada. America’s rank as the most obese major nation is safe, for now.
And just in case Wendy’s wants to challenge, KFC has this “sandwich” in the lab …
(via This is why you’re Fat)
You could eat one Quadruple Down, … then set out hiking for the weekend without needing to carry any more food.
sinister hiking author out on bail
What!
Are there no work camps? Are there no prisons?
Another drug kingpin buys himself out of trouble.
Tom Stienstra, 55, who covers hiking and camping for the Chronicle, was arrested with his wife March 25 after authorities served a search warrant at their house in the town of Weed.
Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Susan Gravenkamp said members of a county narcotics task force uncovered a “sophisticated marijuana cultivation operation” in a barn on the property.
She said officers seized 31 mature marijuana plants and 21 immature plants, 11 pounds of dried marijuana, packaging materials and scales.
Stienstra, his wife, Stephani Ann Cruickshank, and their 18-year-old son all have medical marijuana recommendations, authorities said. …
… Stienstra was released last week from Siskiyou County jail after posting $75,000 bail.
No American taxpayer would begrudge the cost of locking up this guy:
… an average of $10,400 for each pot smoker plucked off the streets by police. Of this more than $7 billion annual total, police costs totaled $3.7 billion, court costs $853 million, and prison costs $3.1 billion. In the nation’s two most populous states, California and New York, taxpayers are faced with an annual marijuana enforcement bill of more than $1 billion. …
Just because Stienstra has twice been named National Outdoor Writer of the Year, doesn’t excuse his heinous crimes.
I’m tempted to chuck my copy of his guidebook, Moon California Hiking in protest. … But it’s so bloody good. And funny.
You must be outraged to see the Get Outdoors blog turn him into a folk hero. The police should raid their offices, pronto.
And, to be on the safe side, invade the homes of Tom Mangan and Tom Chandler. All Toms are suspect dopers.
I weep for the outdoor community to see Noriega North still roaming our trails.
UPDATE: At least the cops have nabbed master criminal Stephen Lovejoy.
Everest Base Camp – gay weddings wanted
A gay politician in Nepal wants you to wed beneath the world’s highest peak.
Tourism is one of the main drivers of Nepal’s economy, worth about £228 million last year, and government officials are determined to double tourism to 1 million visitors next year.
They hope gay tourists will be far more lucrative than the backpackers who stay in cheap hotels and travel on shoestring budgets.
Stepping up tourism: Nepal is hoping to target gay travellers who are interested in more active holidays
“They do have a lot of income…they are high-spending consumers,” said Aditya Baral, spokesman for the Nepal Tourism Board. “If they behave well, if they have money, we don’t discriminate.”
The driving force behind the tourism push is Sunil Pant, a member of parliament, the nation’s most prominent gay activist and founder of the Pink Mountain tour company.
“The nation’s mountains, food and culture are a natural tourist magnet”, says Pant. Additionally, gay tourists could get married at Everest base camp and honeymoon on an elephant safari — though since Nepal doesn’t marry foreigners, such weddings would have no legal status, he said. …
Read more … or not
In a totally unrelated story, The Adventure Blogger, Kraig Becker, is planning on a trek to Base Camp during the Spring “flower” season.
In a totally unrelated photo, aren’t fishing babes wonderful?
Those Great Outdoors bloggers are still O.K.
next goofy Winter Olympic sport?
Here’s my vote: X-C Snowboarding
Get PHLAT, dude. Funny.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via The Outside Blog)
hoverfly on your nose
My favourite insect is the hoverfly.
They can be found at altitude on trails most everywhere around the world.
… About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals despite their mimicry of the black and yellow stripes of wasps, which serves to ward off predators. …
Henry knows they are harmless. A great challenge is to try to get one to land on your nose. They like to lick up the salt in your sweat.
UPDATE: Turns out Kolby Kirk is a hover fly guy. Here’s one of his brilliant photos, this one from Joshua Tree.
new backpack – FLEXTREK 37,000,000,000,000
The ultimate backpack …, new and improved
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(via The Adventure Blog)
CUTE – tagging Grizzly Bear cubs
… Rick Mercer visited Algonquin Park to do some work on Bear Tagging and research. The video was absolutely hilarious and well worth a look.
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Thanks George.
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57 signs you might be obsessed with hiking
A funny post by Frank Wall on Our Hiking Blog:
It’s a repost of a thread from Trailspace.com forum.
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17. You use your 90L pack to carry the groceries
18. You sleep on a thermarest
19. Your keychain is a Swiss army knife/fox40/flint combo on a biner/ climbing loop
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You get the idea. You’re a hiking MANIAC.
57 signs you might be obsessed with hiking, backpacking or bushwalking.
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