Immersion Research 2009

So, here is my side of the story. Basically, I am lucky to be alive after this model of truck hit me:
I was on my way to work, gradually climbing one of the many hills, on a chilly (32 degree), but sunny Friday morning, and I heard a truck behind, but thought nothing of it, [...]

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So, Roger bikes to work on many mornings, and usually its an uneventful affair. But this morning at about 9:30 am we received a call from an ambulance driver that reported that he had a Roger Loghney in the back, and he was on the way to the hospital. It turns out Roger was rear-ended [...]

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There is nothing like going on vacation to a place that has no email or cell service. In February, a solid crew from all over the paddling world met up at Tommy Hilleke’s house in Glenwood Springs. We loaded up 40-50 pound packs and headed into the Harry Gates Hut of the 10th Mountain [...]

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We got about 6-8 inches of snow here this week, which means it’s backcountry skiing time. Here’s Roger, and Kasia (of Wilderness Voyageurs fame) out for a 7:30 am pre-work trek through the vast woods that surround Confluence and Ohiopyle.

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Here at IR we take Halloween pretty seriously. Being that we have all of the sewing machines, creativity, know how and fabrics, we have come up with some awesome costumes over the years. Here is my 2009 installment, unveiled this past weekend at my girlfriend’s family’s awesome Halloween bash. About 200 people showed up [...]

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The week of 9/8-9/13 saw the annual pilgrimage to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic EORA Regional Trade show . On the drive up, I made a pit stop in Brooklyn and went to this awesome joint call Black Betty. If you are in Brooklyn, stop in, it is in the Williamsburg neighborhood.
This year’s show was in [...]

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Last week, I got an email concerning some potential illegal activity on this class V (although rarely runnable) tributary of Indian Creek. Indian Creek is a major Youghiogheny River trib and very fun class III(IV) creek-ish run. Indian Creek also happens to run through my backyard, so I take particular interest in protecting its watershed [...]

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How do you get to work?
We here at IR have all kinds of fun ways to get to work that don’t involve fossil fuels. There are the traditional methods of walking and riding a bike, but paddling a kayak is the transportation du jour here at IR. Jon Harmon and Cody recently scored an apartment [...]

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This Fourth of July weekend took quite an interesting turn when I headed up to Fort Collins on Thursday the third. I was out in Colorado for a friend’s wedding in Vail, so I decided to take a quick trip up to Rocky Mountain Adventures to say hello. I had never been up there, and [...]

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This past weekend saw the travelling circus that is the early spring paddling season land in central New Jersey. After a very successful Paddlesports show, I headed up to the Big Apple with Justin McGiver, an IR tech rep, and his girlfriend Jen, whose car had broken down in Jersey.
We crashed on the Upper West [...]

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