Introducing “The Gear Junkie Scoop,” a new weekly column on OutsideMag.com that will cover news, hot products, and to-be-released gear and apparel from all corners…
This story is about a different type of adventure travel. Namely, “extraterrestrial tourism” is a broad term for any type of travel involving the weird,…
From portable hot-water spigots to tent pegs topped with pink flamingos, this is the first in a two-part column on luxury-oriented camping gear. None of…
Arc’teryx will release multiple collections of aerobic-oriented apparel and outerwear with its spring 2009 line. This is a sneak peek, from tights and running tops…
Horny Toad and Instructables.com have introduced the “Invent-a-Sport” Contest, a competition seeking descriptions, photos and video clips of real or imagined fringe sports or outdoors…
Run with your dog. Let him pull. That’s the premise behind canicross, a dog-sledding derivative that milks maximum propulsion via a canine-connected cord to rocket…
Fresh Bath Travel Wipes are a “sponge-bath solution for the adventure set.” Clean your dirtbag body dreads to toes with these aloe vera/potassium sorbate-infused towelettes,…
From gas-powered margarita blenders (no joke) to watches that predict the weather, my story today on MSNBC and ForbesTraveler.com, “The Ultimate Summer Gadget Guide,” is…
The bottle-cap-size SiGNAL light from Petzl is a “multidirectional performance safety light,” according to the company. It’s a backup light source and blinker made for…
Handlebar-mounted map holders are one of those esoteric outdoors items that only complete cartographic nerds and adventure racers can wax silly about. Since I fit…
Someone likes us. A new site, www.shop5.com, rates blogs and web sites based on, ostensibly, an actual human reading content. TheGearJunkie.com was rated No. 1…
In my test of the Helios High-Performance Cook System — Jetboil’s latest camp stove creation — the burner produced a “10-inch-tall dancing blue genie” of…
In today’s New York Times I write about northern Minnesota’s Big Bog, a spongy, hard-to-access wilderness on the bed of the long-gone glacial Lake Agassiz.…
In this feature story on the Minnesota Orienteering Club’s annual Rogaine event, I chronicle a six-hour backwoods race involving swamp swimming, flag finding, brush crashing…
My goal was singular and precise: To outfit a small stationwagon with maximum equipment-carrying capacity. This included a rack, bike mounts and a cargo box…
A mountaineering accident last week prompted Bill Becher, a writer friend of mine from southern California, to deploy a personal locator beacon (PLB) in hopes…
This feature story details my experience undergoing a blood lactate threshold test, where a fitness trainer put me on a treadmill and pricked my fingertip…
