You know you're hardcore when you're snowshoes are bright purple. Despite this episode's title, we don't chat too much mountain man news. Instead, we burned a significant amount of the show incorrectly answering Outside Magazine's "Test Your Survival Skills"quiz! Let's just say, we might not be the first to give advice when it comes to landing a distressed Cessna, saving a child from a subway car, or stopping a vehicle careening down a mountain without breaks. Click here to take the test yourself. Good luck, hope you live.

News: * Mountain Man Caught * Deer Attacks Fly Fisherman * Fueled Beavers Update * One of Two Lost California Hikers Found (Update: they're both found) * Mt. Hood Hiker Rescued After 6 Days * 150 Year-Old to Summit Everest * Drunk Ski Instructor Dies on Mt. Hood * Climbing News: Firsts From Around the World * Bomber Gear Founder, Rick Franken, Dies * World’s Best SUP’ers to Compete for Carolina Cup * 2013 Dew Tour Dates * Lance Armstrong Returns! Wait, No, Nevermind

Events: * April 10th – Shad and Brian's Most Excellent Denali Adventure Presentation at Slackwater * April 11th – Will Calton Everest Presentation at GEAR:30 “Preparing For and Surving Everest 7pm. FREE. Private Storewide Sale Afterwards * April 12-14th – GEAR:30 Sponsored 6th Annual Ogden Climbing Festival * April 13th – 15th Annual Spring Session at Powder Mountain * April 20th – Earth Day at the Ogden Nature Center * April 20th – Mt. Goat Viewing – Little Cottonwood Canyon * April 25th – AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course – Weber Outdoor Program * April 27th – GEAR:30 Sponsored - No Limits Half & 5K * June 7-8th – Rockwell Relay Series: Moab to St. George * July 20th – Rockwell Relay Series: Pamperfest Challenge * August 16-17 Ragnar Trail Snowbasin * Weber Pathways is offering Wed Night Hikes

GEAR:30: * Optrix XD5 * BioLite CampStove * MSR Online Publication – The Summit Register

Skillz Session: Stretching Before Exercise Doesn’t Work

My Lands: Judge Sides with Backcountry Skiers in Land Use Suit

“It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." - Ann Trason on distance running