#outdoor-activities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #outdoor-activities, aggregated by home.social.
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How to Track Your Luggage (2026): AirTag, Pebblebee, CaseSafe
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-track-your-luggage/
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Hackaday: Payphone Tag Is Australia’s New National Sport. “Australia’s payphones are an iconic part of the national landscape, even if they’re not as important as they once used to be. However, they’re having a resurgence of late, in part thanks to a new national pastime—the sport of Payphone Tag!”
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Trendwatching: This vibe-coded tool tells dog owners when pavement is too hot for paws. “The tool is simple. Punch in a city or let it detect your location, and Pawmometer pulls real-time weather data to calculate how hot different surfaces are likely to get.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/25/trendwatching-this-vibe-coded-tool-tells-dog-owners-when-pavement-is-too-hot-for-paws/ -
How-To Geek: Turn paper hiking maps into real-time GPS guides with this app. “Seeing your real-time location on a map isn’t very useful if the map doesn’t show you where to go. This is especially true when it comes to walking and hiking trails, which aren’t usually visible in Google Maps. Matchy Maps fixes this by bringing physical maps into the digital world.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/10/how-to-geek-turn-paper-hiking-maps-into-real-time-gps-guides-with-this-app/ -
Tubefilter: An experienced racing team is betting on cycling as YouTube’s next big sports craze. “When the 2026 Giro d’Italia kicks off on May 8, one of the competing teams will embark on a unique journey through the Italian countryside. In their magenta-and-blue jerseys, the Unibet Rose Rockets will be hard to miss — and the YouTube content they’ll film across their 2,150-mile will […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/28/tubefilter-an-experienced-racing-team-is-betting-on-cycling-as-youtubes-next-big-sports-craze/ -
CKRM: Sask. angler builds lake database to simplify access for outdoors enthusiasts. “What do you do when the lake you’re driving five hours to visit has no information online? If you’re Matthew Siemens, you build a website to fix it yourself. The former Saskatoon resident, who now lives in Prince Albert, combined his love of the outdoors with his tech background to create an interactive […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/25/ckrm-sask-angler-builds-lake-database-to-simplify-access-for-outdoors-enthusiasts/ -
Associated Press: Vermont rescue team sees increase of calls as social media lures skiers into danger. “A rescue team that covers Vermont’s tallest mountain has seen a rise in calls from inexperienced skiers who end up getting lost and in dangerous locations after being influenced by videos on social media.”
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New-to-me, from VT Digger: Finding freedom: Trail Finder expands access to the outdoors. “…the Trail Finder team has been able to improve the descriptions and maps for over 125 miles of accessible pedestrian trails on the site. Routes of all types are continuously added, from rail trails to adaptive mountain biking. Website users can click the ‘Access(ible) Experience’ search filter to find […]
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Mount Desert Islander: Epp and the Jesup unveil Creating Acadia National Park Research Archive. “After more than a decade of preparation, a digital collection of 30,000 primary documents related to the creation of Acadia National Park is now available to the public through the History Trust as the Creating Acadia National Park Research Archive.”
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Google Blog: Google Maps and Ford bring America’s longest off-road trail to Street View.. “The TransAmerica Trail is a legendary off-road route, stretching more than 5,900 miles and known for its rugged, remote beauty. And for the first time, you can now explore the coast-to-coast journey on Street View. To capture this imagery, we partnered with Ford, equipping a Bronco with our latest […]
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Marist University: World’s Largest Rowing Archive Finds a Home at Marist. “For over five decades, Thomas E. Weil Jr. pursued a passion that would eventually create the world’s largest collection on rowing history. Today, that legacy has found its permanent home in the Archives and Special Collections at Marist… The collection consists of over 10,000 items, including more than 2,300 books, […]
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Ditching technology is the recipe for a bonding family break in France – The Irish News
As any parent who has experienced the infamous post-…
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Ditching technology is the recipe for a bonding family break in France – The Irish News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2281907/ditching-technology-is-the-recipe-for-a-bonding-family-break-in-france-the-irish-news/ #AdventureTourism #DigitalDetox #FamilyBonding #francais #france #French #FrenchHolidayDishes #FrenchHolidayRecipes #HolidayDishes #HolidayRecipes #leisure #OutdoorActivities #SummerFrance #travel #uk
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SF Gate: ‘Legend dairy’ man carries ice cream and dry ice up Colorado peak as treat for other hikers. “No one seemed to know the man who carried ice cream sandwiches and bars and dry ice in a 60-pound (27-kilogram) pack up Huron Peak over the Labor Day weekend. But word of him spread quickly to hikers still making their way up the more than 14,000-foot (4,267-meter) mountain that’s one of […]
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Hackaday: 3D-Printing A Full-Sized Kayak In Under A Day. “With the new setup capable of extruding over 800 grams of plastic per hour, [Ivan] then found a whole bunch of new issues thanks to the amount of heat involved. He steps through the issues one at a time until he has a setup capable of extruding an entire kayak in less than 24 hours.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/15/hackaday-3d-printing-a-full-sized-kayak-in-under-a-day/
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Architectural Record: David Chipperfield’s River & Rowing Museum Will Close in September. “Citing financial pressures, the David Chipperfield–designed River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, announced earlier this month that it will permanently close its doors on September 21 and seek new homes for its roughly 35,000-item collections.”
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Google Blog: Explore Kinabalu Park and more UNESCO World Heritage Sites. “People around the world can now explore the wonders of Kinabalu Park in Sabah, Malaysia, through an exciting expansion of the UNESCO World Heritage collection on Google Arts & Culture. This update introduces more than 20 new stories celebrating World Heritage sites around the world, with three dedicated to Kinabalu […]
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Spotted on Reddit: Marathon.date, a database of 301 upcoming (2025-2026) marathons. Updates are ongoing.
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The Trek: They Trusted ChatGPT To Plan Their Hike — And Ended Up Calling for Rescue. “Two hikers were rescued this spring from the fittingly named Unnecessary Mountain near Vancouver, Canada after using ChatGPT and Google Maps to plan their route and finding themselves trapped by unexpected snow partway up.”
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Lifehacker: Use These Apps to Find the Best Places to Camp, Hike, Swim, and Explore This Summer. “Summer is here, and this year is going to be different. This year you’re going to get outside. You’re going to camp, hike, swim, and explore the area you live in. If that’s you, but you don’t know where to get started, you’ve come to the right place. Here are a few of the best websites and apps […]
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How-To Geek: 7 Astronomy Apps That Let You Stargaze Without a Telescope. “You don’t need a telescope to enjoy the night sky—not when your phone can show exactly what’s overhead. With the right app, just point your device at a patch of stars and get names instantly, or track celestial objects as they move across the heavens in real time.”
