This week, Chuck Regenold, age 63 and the father of GearJunkie editor Stephen Regenold, hiked the 96-mile Maah Daah Hey Trail in western North Dakota's Badlands. He went solo and carried all food and water for the trek, battling blisters, vague trail spurs, and free-range steer not happy to see him along the route.

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A three-day canyon descent in Utah provided an optimal gear test venue for our writer, who shouldered a 50-pound pack to climb down, crawl, stem, rappel, and otherwise scramble into the depths on a famous desert route.

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The adventure is on! This year, the GearJunkie crew heads "off the map" to iconic outdoor destinations around North America. Follow us on an exclusive five-part video series that starts today.

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Sore, soggy, and a bit wind-burnt in the face from constant north-blowing gales, the GearJunkie team is back from California and an adventure on the state's infamous Lost Coast.

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GearJunkie is going off the grid. This week, to film the first episode of a new video series, a few of us here at GearJunkie will be trekking a lonesome and infamous shoreline route in northern California on a backpacking trip.

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A website unveiled this week at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference lets you "hike" more than 300 miles of trails on your computer screen. Explore Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone with the click of a mouse.

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Screw on your Coke bottle and hook up the hose. The JetFlow is a simple threaded converter that comes with three feet of hose and can work in a backpack with a disposable bottle to make an ad hoc hydration system.

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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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The Petzl NAO, a new headlamp, uses sensors to adjust its beam "instantly and automatically" depending on what you're looking at. GearJunkie got a sneak peek at the potentially game-changing technology.

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As GPS devices come, we've not found a simpler or less expensive product than the AMOD Data Logger. Made originally for photographers looking to track where pictures were taken, the AMOD has outdoors applications for anyone in need of a no-fuss GPS tracking device.

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