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In Praise of Old School Flannel Sleeping Bags and Wool Blankets
I can’t remember exactly when but at some point in the past five or so years, I was packing the car for a camp trip with my wife and as I was toss...
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Kitsbow Is Closing, What Does This Say About USA-Made Gear?
In a blog post earlier this week, beloved cycling apparel brand Kitsbow announced they were closing their doors for good after 11 years and one cr...
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More Simple, Fun Bikes Like the Priority Sauce, Please
I’ve been working on a bike equation lately, toying with variables in my head as I zoom along single track trails, or cruise around my town’s wind...
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Do You Really Need the Tech-iest, Most Advanced Gear on the Shelf When Camping?
Just before the first plump rain drops fell, followed by the biting sting of hail, the temperature dropped by a good ten degrees. We were just set...
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Why Carbon Steel Pans Have Replaced Cast Iron In Our Camp Kitchen
Cast Iron pans are a ubiquitous part of camping lore. We love them, we do. But a couple years back I picked up a carbon steel pan for my home kitc...
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Is the Patagonia Work Wear Jacket a Down Puffy Beater?
A few years ago, I profiled Bay Area naturalist/artist/author Obi Kaufmann for our print publication. We went for a hike. I wore a synthetic shirt...
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A Review of Questionable Utility: My Adventure Toddler
There are some pieces of heavy, complicated gear you bring on hikes or camp trips that aren’t necessarily required, per se, but that you might re...
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Is YETI’s Camino Carryall a Backpack Killer?
If you’re like us you have a few technical backpacks and daypacks and for day trips out to the backcountry, you’ll stuff one of those with the, w...
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An Ode to My Chacos
I was dating this guy and we’d just gotten a permit to float the Rogue River in Oregon with a few friends. I was from the East Coast and had a pai...
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Your Hydration Bladder Is Probably Gross—Here’s How to Fix That
Wash your hydration bladder. If not right now, tonight. If not tonight, tomorrow. If not tomorrow, well, how's your immune system? A few summers a...
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How I Finally Got Rid of Plantar Fasciitis Once and For All
I went for a trail run yesterday and logged almost two hours through the tall grass, wildflowers, and absurdly steep hills in my back yard. That I...
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