josh premuda » outdoors

Kobayashi Mountain Cabin Retreat

Wed, 04 May 2011 13:54:35 +0000

Dwell posted a tour of Kobayashi’s weekend retreat which is two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo. Such a beautiful space. I dream of this sort of thing. It’s got North Face tents that operate as bedrooms to the ec0-friendly cabin setup with high-quality camping and outdoor items. Mountain cabin (and basecamp) inspiration.

Converted Mercedes Benz Camper Van

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:36:49 +0000

I just swooned over Gypsy, a big white 2010 Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van.

He had spent the previous two-month’s worth of evenings building out Gypsy from an empty panel van into a super-deluxe road trip machine, complete with recycled-denim insulation, stove, sink, fridge, queen-size bed, benches, folding table, cabinets, cupboards, ceiling fans, heater, cork paneling, bamboo and paperstone counter tops, and interior and exterior LED lighting. Gypsy was rad.

Nobody Falls Up Mountains

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:52:40 +0000

Four British boarding school friends (the charmer, the looker, the student, and the joker) attempted to scale Mont Blanc and only two came back alive. Not to paint an incorrect picture, two of the four (and one of the two who died) were named National Geographic Adventure’s Adventurers of the Year after becoming the youngest Brits to scale Mount Everest (without sherpas).

Cob Oven

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:37:18 +0000

Having a 36 hour meal cooked in a cob oven is something that I must do. A cob, or earth, oven is a primitive, domed cooking device that can be made from layers of mud, clay, straw, stucco, even manure; the earthy mixture, the cob, can endure much higher heat, and hold it much longer, than an indoor oven can. Let’s make our own!

Caillou Sailing Canoe

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:50:07 +0000

Needs an orange sail. But I want it. Badly.

Splitboarding

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:02:20 +0000

Splitboarding may be the ideal backcountry snow sport. Taking a snowboard and splitting it vertically to create skis, a splitboard offers the best of both worlds. Venture Snowboards (out of my former home of Colorado) has the Zephyr Splitboard which I really fancy.