Welcome to Tamia Nelson’s Outside! What’s your fancy? Bicycling for pleasure, for exploration, to get to work, or to get fit? Suits us. Or maybe you’re a seasoned paddler, or you want to get started in paddling and have your eye on a kayak, canoe, or a sit-on-top. Come aboard! Or perhaps you enjoy striding forth on foot, with or without a camera or binoculars in hand. Glad you stopped by! However you like to set out into the world under your own power, you’ve come to the right place.

Tamia Nelson’s Outside is dedicated to no-octane enjoyment of the outdoors, and through our writing, photographs, and artwork, we pass on what we’ve seen and learned. We love bicycles and cycling, whether we cycle for transportation or for recreation—or both. Some of us even enjoy watching the pros, because their grace and skill are inspiring, and their determination and feats are exciting. We love paddling our boats, too, on stillwaters and swift. We’re inveterate trekkers on foot in all seasons, exploring our backyards and further afield. Our activities bring us closer to the beauties and wonder of the world around us, from nature’s splendor to the works of our own kind, and we celebrate these through our quiet, self-powered pursuits. These revive the soul, enrich the mind, and recharge the spiritual batteries, without leaving a heavy stamp in our wake. If you feel the same way, then you’re one of us, wherever you live. Welcome aboard Tamia Nelson’s Outside. Enjoy the journey as we move forward!

 
About Product Evaluations  Tamia Nelson’s Outside never accepts payment for the endorsement of products, nor do we accept product samples from manufacturers or their representatives. The only exceptions? Books (and maps), which we donate to libraries after publication of the review. Apart from book reviews, therefore, all product evaluations that appear in Tamia Nelson’s Outside are based on our experiences with items we’ve purchased through normal retail channels or (in rare instances) on our analysis of manufacturer’s claims and published specifications.

 
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“Outside” is a state of mind that implies adventure, exploration, unlimited expanses—if only in the imagination—and freedom. But it also means hitting the road, or heading down the trail, or putting a boat in the water. It’s what we do, and here’s who we are:

 
Tamia Nelson, Executive Editor  For half a century, Tamia Nelson has ranged far and wide by bike, boat, and on foot. A geologist by training, an artist since she could hold a pencil, a photographer from the age of 10 when her uncle gave her a twin-lens reflex camera, she’s made her living as a writer for two decades. Her interests span natural history, social history, food and cooking, architecture and art, and she has broad experience as a bicyclist, mountaineer, paddler, snowshoer and skier.

 

 

 

 
Anthony T. Jancek, Contributing Photographer  When he’s not coordinating the maintenance staff at the public school where he’s senior custodian, or capturing the drama of the Tour of the Battenkill bike race, Tony’s out and about exploring the world with his camera. A keen observer with particular interests in birds and wild landscapes, he’s also an enthusiastic cook, computer hardware wizard, and an accomplished green thumb.

 

 

 
Marcos Netto, Southern Hemisphere Correspondent and Photographer  After more than 20 years as a commercial and wedding photographer, Marcos made a radical career move by joining the board of directors for the mineral water company, Itati. That left some spare time for cycling, one of his passions. It all began a few years before when he suffered a knee injury during a soccer game, forcing Marcos to look for another sport. Cycling fit his needs perfectly! He found it to be a great way to stay fit while practicing a low-impact sport that was a lot of fun and let him make new friends every day. Now Marcos uses his free time to travel with his bikes and cameras as companions. He enjoys posting cyclotourist images online, helping to spread the word about how fun it is to get around by bike and the benefits of cycling for your mood and health. Do you Twitter? Then you can tweet Marcos, and subscribe to his RSS feed.

 
We’re growing all the time, so keep your browser pointed our way to keep track of Tamia Nelson’s Outside as we box the compass.

 

 

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