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Patagonian Race Update

I’m writing from a hostel that faces the Bay of Beagle in Puerto Williams, Chile. I just had a breakfast of cheese and avacado on…

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Patagonian Race Report #7

I am currently sitting in Puerto WIlliams, Chile. The race is almost over. Team Japan is still on the course, but all other teams have…

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Patagonian Race Report #6

The rushing white noise of the creek beside my tent was drowned by the thumping of an approaching helicopter. I unzipped the door just in…

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Patagonian Race Report #5

The rushing white noise of the creek beside my tent was drowned by the thumping of an approaching helicopter. I unzipped the door just in…

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Patagonian Race Report #4

This morning as I awoke from a hard sleep, I stepped from my tent home next to a rushing creek, stretched arms wide and squinted…

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Patagonian Race Report #3

So far, the pace of the race is faster than expected. During the night, all teams, except one, made it through checkpoint #3. CP #3…

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Patagonian Race Report #2

To say that today has been an eventful day does not nearly begin to hint at what has gone down.

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Patagonian Race Video

Here is the official preview video for the 2010 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a nine-day event that Team Gear Junkie begins in one week!

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Alleghenies Video Wrap-Up

Cliff jumping, cold-water swimming, mountain biking, trout fishing. . . all featured in our new Alleghenies video from the “Choose-Your-Adventure” sweepstakes trip last month.

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Backpacks for Biking

The classic bike-messenger bag has been adopted the world over as requisite equipment for two-wheel transit with goods in tow. But for me a messenger…

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Teva Mountain Games Intro

In 2006, I traveled to the Teva Mountain Games for a weekend of rafting, racing, and running in the mountains over Vail, Colo. This June,…

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Top 10 Gear List – 2008

Dozens of trips, hundreds of hours of training, and a year of product testing has led to these conclusions, my Top 10 Gear of the…

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Gorilla Tape from Gorilla Glue Company

Duct tape has long been a personal panacea for me in the outdoors, patching torn Gore-Tex, padding blisters, and performing a litany of ad hoc…

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Company Profile — Mandatory Gear

This is my profile of Mandatory Gear, a Minneapolis company that makes some of the lightest-weight backpacking and adventure racing gear available. Indeed, the company’s…

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Gone Climbin’

This week, on assignment for New York Times, I’m high up on California’s Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot stratovolcano that’s the second-highest peak in the Cascade…

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Perfect Trail Runner

In a quest that’s stretching now beyond the two-year mark to find the perfect trail-running shoe, I’ve discovered only one real thing: There is no…

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Gorilla Tape

Like duct tape, Gorilla Tape is marketed as a universal salve for quick fix-ups. In the outdoors this means repairing broken poles, patching punctured tarps,…

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New York Times — Urban Mountain Biking

In a story last Friday for New York Times, I covered the rising trend of urban mountain biking. In cities from Philadelphia to Santa Fe,…

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The Gear Junkie’s Top 10 Adventures of 2006

Of all my years of whacko ultra-endurance adventure, 2006 might just prove itself to be my magnum opus. From the eight-day Primal Quest Adventure Race…

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Holiday Gift Guide 2006

Built for skiers and snowboarders looking to access the backcountry, the Fall Line pack comes with a Nalgene hydration bladder that’s insulated from freezing.

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ForbesTraveler.com — 21st-Century Camping

Want the scoop on Neiman Marcus’ new “TV Lantern”? How about feather beds made for the outback? Click to ForbesTraveler.com for a story I just…

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Black Diamond Rechargeable Uber-Headlamp

Black Diamond’s latest headlamp offering—the Icon model—has a 3-watt LED with 55 hours of burn time. Translation: Bright beam for a long time. To boot,…

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Welcome to THEGEARJUNKIE.com!

Today we officially launch with full access to the web site, including a vast archive of gear reviews, adventure-travel feature stories, interactive slideshows, and video…

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New York Times

My story on via ferrata climbing—see blog post below from 08/28/06—ran in New York Times today. Mike Santi, our Online Publisher, was on the front…

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Riverboarding Video

My column on riverboarding ran in today’s Seattle PI. See here: https://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/284807_gearjunkie14.html Also, check out the video below. This is from “Ice” — the kind…

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Outdoor Industry Trends

In the take-it-for-what-it’s-worth file, the organizers of the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show have identified a few “key trends” based on last month’s show…

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Via Ferrata in Ogden

Last week I traveled to Ogden, Utah, on assignment for New York Times. My gig: Climb the nation’s newest via ferrata routes in Waterfall Canyon…

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OR Show, gear highlights

Mike Santi, Online Publisher of THEGEARJUNKIE.com, and I just returned from the OR Show in Salt Lake City. (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2006, if you’re…

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