Wenger Deep Diver Watch

In the newly-announced category of SCUBA bling, Wenger has unveiled the oh-so-aptly named Deep Diver watch, which is safe to ocean plunges up to 1,000…

Teva Mountain Games

I attended the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colo., last year, running in the 5K and doing the adventure race, which included 12,000-foot summits, endless…

Oat-O-Life Lunchtime Oatmeal

In the realm of oddball outdoors food, Command Foods’ line of lunchtime oatmeals — including Broccoli Cheese, Tangy Lemon Chick’n, and Vegetable — takes some…

Wakesurfing

In the guess-what-I-did-last-night file, here’s a kicker: I went surfing behind a speedboat. No, this isn’t wakeboarding. Look close. This is surfing. On a wake.…

Kampp Tales

I met JJ Reich last week. He’s the “Senior Field Test Coordinator” at North American Hunter and North American Fisherman magazines, where he oversees dozens…

Vibram FiveFingers

OK, clear your throat. Now let out a hearty laugh. Yes, these are gloves for your feet, and they look silly. Now listen: Vibram is…

Dog Tag Sharpener

Klawhorn Industries’ Redi-Edge Dog Tag P38 is a skimmed-down knife sharpener shaped like a — you guessed it — military dog tag. It weighs essentially…

Quick Sight LLC

Made for birders, hunters, photographers, star gazers, and maybe rock climbers trying to point out holds high on a face, the IC-UC handheld spotting sight…

Knife of the Year

At a trade fair in Nürnberg, Germany, called IWA & OutdoorClassics 2008, the Victorinox Rescue Tool has been awarded “Knife of the Year 2007.” The…

AR in New York Times

In my story for New York Times today I wrote about this season’s upcoming ARs, which include multiday races in Michigan, sprints in Wisconsin, and…

Bike Helmets Do Save Lives!

This one’s from The Goat, via the Capital Times newspaper in Madison, Wis., where 26-year-old Ryan Lipscomb has performed the ultimate gear test of GETTING…

Newton Running

Made to mimic the feel and technique of running barefoot, Newton Running’s new line of high-end shoes have lugs that extend from the base of…

River Shoes

Keen and Mion have each sent me a pair of water/canyon/river shoes, respectively the Hood River II sandals and the Fast Canyon hybrid-frogfoot-sandal-thingy. Cool designs…

Jetboil Review Redux

In my blog last week about a field test high on Mount Shasta, I revealed some gear performance inadequacies, including a mention of the Jetboil…

Field Test — Mount Shasta

If nothing else, my attempt to climb the 14,179-foot stratovolcano of Mount Shasta last weekend in northern California was a great opportunity to test gear.…

Mount Shasta Report

Can you say crap storm? I just got back from Mount Shasta, and I have a good story to tell. Winds reached 100mph on top,…

Greatest Gear of 5 Years

And the winner is. . . the Buff! Yes, a strange choice for my favorite outdoors product from the past five years, but nothing else…

PhotoMap

New government-issue color aerial photographs taken between 2003 and 2006 have enabled MyTopo.com to create a new cartographic product, the TopoPhoto map. This hybrid feat…

“K2,” The Play

“K2” is a play by Patrick Meyers that opened earlier this month at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. Written nearly three decades ago, K2 has…

True Eco Resorts

In a recent story for ForbesTraveler.com on ecologically-friendly lodges, I attempted to look beyond the promotional green-washing that’s becoming common in the tourism trade. Instead,…

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