Trip reports, outdoor gear design, and tutorials.
My name is Elliot. I live in the Midwest and love being outside. I am using this website to catalog my adventures and my experiences designing outdoor gear for personal use in hopes of inspiring myself and others to do more.
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Trip Reports and Gear Design
Words I Learned in 2025
I started 2025 with a goal that the last thing I did before closing my eyes to sleep every night would be read a book. I figured if I read before bed every night, I’d end up reading much more than I had the past few years. This started out pretty well. I was reading…
Pattern Review: Alpha Raglan Hoodie from LearnMYOG
Download. Print. Trace. Cut. Cut. Align. Sew. Wear. Oops. Cut. Cut. Align. Sew. Wear. Yay. Photograph.
No such thing as a free bike
But after an $87 trip to the bike shop and an hour or so of work, I’ve got a brand new steed. It rides like one of those dreams that I wake up from at 3am, asking myself, “what in the hell just happened?” A dream, sure, but not one that leaves me with an…
Getting what I paid for
At the end of the month (so in about a week) I’ll be moving to a new residence. I say residence because I’m not fully set yet on what to call it. It’s not an apartment, not really a house, I’m still renting, etc. So it’s a residence for now. I was pretty productive today,…
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