Platypus' GravityWorks Filter product counts on nature's primal pull (gravity) to coax water through a filter, no pumping required. We gave it a test last month on California's Lost Coast Trail.

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Portland, Ore., based Poler Camping Stuff makes retro, back-to-the-basics gear. It might just remind you of the first camping trips you took as a youth, and that's part of the point.

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A single, slender carbon pole, light fabric, and an efficient design make a new solo tent from Easton among the airiest on the market. We test the 2.2-pound Kilo 1P on a long, soggy trek down California's Lost Coast.

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To commemorate 100 years in business, L.L. Bean will tour the USA in a boot. Oh, and the Maine brand is running free outdoor programs as well as giving away $1million to the National Park Foundation.

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No type-o, this pocketknife, sold on boutique Kaufmann Mercantile, costs an astonishing $330! But for that cost you get a rare handmade piece in an era where cheap goods and mass production are the norm.

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BioLite stoves burn wood, heat water, and generate electricity to charge phones, lights, GPS devices, and other devices on the side. Will this "flame-for-electricity" concept eliminate a need for solar or extra batteries on backcountry trips?

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Suspect water? Zap viruses and protozoa like giardia and cryptosporidium to provide "germ-free" H20 with this new and miniaturized (and rechargeable!) SteriPEN device.

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Snowshoeing in Central Park? It just might happen more often now that REI is headed to the Big Apple. Specifically, REI will open tomorrow, Friday, December 2, in the historic Puck building in Manhattan's Nolita neighborhood.

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From an inflatable pillow to camp journals and a neat canoe seat, this post, written by Pam Wright of UpNorthica, dishes on a dozen options for that hard-to-gift outdoorsy person on your holiday list.

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Lightweight yet rugged and large, the to-be-released Crown 60 is set for fully-geared weekend backpacking trips or minimalists who are loaded with the bulk of food to trek long and far.

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