Trailer Treasure Hunt!

Finders keepers! Win an ultimate swag package from SylvanSport. The company has stocked one of its Go camp trailers with $14,000 worth of gear.

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‘Cycling to Mars’ bike shoes

If you like Kanye West and his accompanying flash, heavy with multi-hues and European styling, Puma’s new Cycling to Mars shoes are the only game…

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‘Anti-Energy’ Drink

“Unwind from the Grind” with an alcohol-free relaxation drink. Reviewer Stephen Krcmar finds out if there is better sleep through chemistry.

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Bike Test in Patagonia

As part of Team GearJunkie.com in the Wenger Patagonian Race, Jason Magness tested the Ellsworth Truth mountain bike for almost 200 miles in the arid…

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Review: Burton Driver X

Stiff, stylish, light and high-tech, Burton’s Driver X is a solid freeride boot. Stephen Krcmar offers a review after a season of use in Mammoth…

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Review: Venture Splitboard

“Earn your turns” with a splitboard. Reviewer Stephen Krcmar looks at Venture’s Storm splitboard, an $895 model.

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Future Gear 2010

Glowing Sandals. A Swiss Army Knife with a laser. Here’s a peek at a few out-there gear items coming soon to an outdoors store near…

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Two-Wheeled Mutant Superheroes

Our writer Stephen Krcmar worked for Breakaway Courier Systems in New York City in the early ’90s. The “Klingons” in this video were some of…

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Patagonian Race Maps

Check out the full cartographical spread from the 2010 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a topographical extravaganza that includes a dozen maps from the race “at…

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Review: Stoic Bombshell Jacket

Tech, stylish and versatile, the Stoic Bombshell jacket is, well, the bomb. Stephen Krcmar offers a review after a season of use in Mammoth Lakes,…

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Feature Story: 7 Summits

Troy Aupperle, founder of a nutrition products company, climbed the tallest mountains in the world. Ice axes and enzyme capsules helped along the way.

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The Race in Numbers

344 miles, 500 chocolate bars, 25 supermarket cart-fulls of food. . . check out these fun facts and numbers from this year’s Wenger Patagonian Expedition…

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Excerpt: “Falling Uphill”

This excerpt from Scott Stoll’s book, “Falling Uphill,” features existential thoughts, musings on Goran Kropp, and a narrative on a tour up the Franz Josef…

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Bern Watts Carbon

The Bern Watts Carbon weighs a mere 15 ounces with its winter liner giving a new meaning to the phrase “light headed.”

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Rossignol Harness Pant

The Rossignol Harness Pant hides a built-in certified climbing harness in its seat. Our Whistler, B.C., based correspondent put them to the test on ski…

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Heated Boots Fail To Impress

Columbia’s heated boots, powered by lithium-polymer batteries, are touted to provide the “warmth of a furnace.” Our test found this to be far from the…

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Strap Pad

When you add a strap to a snowboard stomp pad you get Strap Pad, a new snow sports company ironically out of Huntington Beach, Calif.

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Gear Junkie back in USA

After almost three weeks away — and hundreds of kilometers raced through the wilds of Patagonia — Team Gear Junkie is back home. Here’s a…

Written by Stephen Regenold

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