Cameron Martindell is a freelance travel and expedition writer. In addition to writing his own blog, offyonder.com, he is the Managing Editor for Elevation Outdoors Magazine and he has contributed to The Gear Junkie, National Geographic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Backpacker, Wired, and more. He has been to all seven continents and lived on five of them. Cameron has more than 10 years of mountain search and rescue experience, and enjoys writing about camping, hiking, biking, skiing, vehicle/automotive, and travel gear, as well as outdoor gear as it pertains to family and kids. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado.
The Mystery Ranch Radix Backpack is a lightweight and highly customizable backpacking pack from the Montana brand known for building super-burly tactical and medical products.
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