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2012: The Coming Gearpocalypse

The Mayans might have thought the world would end in 2012. Mean time, a closer onslaught is coming in the form of the season's biggest outdoor-industry event, the Outdoor Retailer trade show, where a tsunami of gear floods into the market. GearJunkie has the exclusive on this first sneak peek.

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Travel to Patagonia: Feature Story on Chile's 'End of Earth' Region

Since 2010, Gear Junkie founder Stephen Regenold has spent almost two months of his life in Chilean Patagonia near the tip of South America immersed in the wilderness. This travel feature provides a guide to the region as well as Regenold's recommendations on the best sites to see in Patagonia's "end of the Earth" environment.

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Winner! 'Checkpoint: SPOT' (AeroTech Bike Case)

Our new contest with Spot LLC, 'Checkpoint: SPOT', kicked off a few days ago, and we're happy to report our first winner! Randall Dietel of Minneapolis snagged a premium piece of swag: a $1,400 airline bike case made by SCI’CON!

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Gear Junkie Crew Back Home from Utah, OR Show, Mountain Climb

It's been a big week at GearJunkie. Our crew was out in force at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City, where we demo'd gear, hung out with our "Most Durable Person" contest winner, and, after the show, managed to climb King's Peak, the highest point in Utah.

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Nationwide Treasure Hunt! 'Checkpoint: SPOT' Launch

Win a hard-side bike case, tents, watches, knives, and a year's supply of Wigwam socks! New promotion from GearJunkie and Spot LLC to send readers on a nationwide treasure hunt in search of valuable swag!

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Merrell NADA Jackets

"Not Any Dye Applied." That's the code for Merrell's new NADA jacket line.

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New York Times: North Country Trail article

The trail goes through more than 100 state parks and state forests as well as areas managed by the National Park Service. It brings millions of day hikers each year into some of the finest natural places that New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota have to offer.

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Orienteering race this wkend. Good times in northern MN! (Fell in swamp; cut up legs; ran prob. 15K in woods looking for orange flags. . .)