Wildfire preparedness has become a way of life in California. Long term ‘red flag’ black out zones surrounding fire areas are also a problem, leaving people without services, food or gas for days. In this article I cover a Go Bag packing list for wildfire … Continue readingWILDFIRE GO BAG Packing List
Wilderness First Aid Leg Splint … Continue readingWIlderness medicine: Leg splinting
Kifaru pack review- In this video I discuss why I choose to purchase and guide clients with Kifaru International back packs. Kifaru packs in my opinion have world class suspension better than the competitors, and durability second to none. The MMR, EMR, and ZXR models … Continue readingKifaru Backpack Review MMR, ZXR, EMR
Robert Green and Chris Van Loan working as Bay Area Expeditions demonstrating the sling and swath for Wilderness First Aid training. The Sling and Swath is meant to immobilize an injured arm or shoulder to prevent further injury. Materials can be improvised, but triangular bandages, … Continue readingWilderness First Aid: Sling and Swath
National Geographic Photo of the Day September 25 2018 National Geographic selected my image to share as the photo of the day. In the photo, our small volunteer unfunded (Prometheus Design Werx) PDW dive team is clearing poacher’s abandoned nets from remote volcanic islands in … Continue readingNational Geographic Photo of the Day
Personal Locator Beacons and Satellite Phones can have similar outcomes in emergency situations. I go into deeper examination on the pro’s and con’s of each and different situational advantages of one over the other. The conclusion is why I own both, especially for taking people … Continue readingPLB vs Sat Phone- Article on Danger Ranger Bear
Expedition Portal published article ‘Birthday in the Black Rock’ by Chris Van Loan. A few years back for my birthday I planned an expedition to the high desert with friends from Prometheus Design Werx, Exploro, and Bay Area Expeditions. It started as a fairly mild winter … Continue readingExpedition Portal- Birthday in the Black Rock
Canon shares my image ( @chrisvanloanphoto ) of Death Valley on Instagram for 40,000 likes. Thanks Canon! I’ve had several brands like, or re-share my images in social media and I haven’t posted about it, but to me this was a big deal to be … Continue readingCanon Shares my Image on Instagram
Link to my article published on Danger Ranger Bear on what to look for in good footwear, and my review of the Asolo Flame GTX boot. For a variety of activities in the outdoors I recommend without sponsorship the Asolo Flame and comparable models of … Continue readingAsolo Flame GTX Boot Review
Viewbug interviews Chris Van Loan Photo in the article Surrealist Perspectives of Chris Van Loan. Viewbug editors offer insight to my perspectives on the outdoors and photography. The majority of my photographic work isn’t from staged or planned photo shoots, but letting moments to shoot happen … Continue readingInterview with Viewbug and Van Loan Photo