by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 11, 2017 | Features, Insights, Profile
There’s camping, there’s hammocking, and then there’s cammocking—that is, opting for a hammock while camping. Then, of course, there’s extreme cammocking: suspending a 2,000 square foot hammock of weaved rope over a 400-foot canyon. These woven hammock-like nets are...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Culture, Fall 2013, Life
Every child dreams of defying gravity by swinging 360 degrees around the spindle of a swing set. In 1996, Estonian engineer Ado Kosk made this dream a reality. Kosk adapted Estonia’s traditional swings, which have wooden shafts rather than chains. Kosk’s version had...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jun 7, 2012 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Summer 2012
Go grab your surfboards and hit the beach—you’re in England! Surfboards? That’s right. Though England may seem like a travel destination with only old houses and rolling countryside, there is a budding surfing population that attracts some attention away from the...