Proving again that the sport of adventure racing is an ultimate testing ground for gear, Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers’ Jason Magness reports on the squad’s success and struggles in last month’s Expedition Idaho Race, where the team deployed available products as well as a kit of to-be-released and prototype equipment you won’t see anywhere else.
In last week’s multiday adventure race, our race squad finished fourth despite losing a member to illness on the first day. This video includes outtakes from the epic event as well as a peek into the sometimes odd mentality that accompanies a long race in the wilds.
In this raw post-race report, Jason Magness of Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers gives a glimpse into the challenges faced last week at Raid The North Extreme, a six-day, 500km adventure race held in the remote wilds of British Columbia.
Last weekend, in the squad’s second adventure race of the summer, Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers again takes first place overall! This time, the venue was a 30-hour event, a tough race physically and mentally that pushed the four-person team to the edge.
On July 9, in the squad’s debut adventure race for this summer, Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers pushed for 6 hours and 16 minutes to take first place overall in the 10th Annual MNOC Adventure-O!
Gear Junkie is in the Austrian Alps this week. Here is a trip report, including photos and an interactive map, from his ascent of a famous peak in the Kaisergebirge mountain range of the Eastern Alps.
The 2011 adventure racing season is in full swing. GearJunkie.com gets an exclusive interview with the current reigning adventure-racing champions, the Minnesota-based Team WEDALI. Gear tips and insider AR strategy included in the Q&A with team captain and Minnesota hardman Justin Bakken. . .
Gear Junkie offers a report on his race this weekend in Roanoke, Va., the National College Blue Ridge Marathon, touted as the country’s “toughest.”
T.C. Worley is back from Vail and the town’s annual film fest. This post wraps his coverage of Olympus’ “PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest,” a two-day filmmaking challenge.
Gear Junkie reports on two pair of outdoor-oriented tights from Salomon after more than a year of use. They are now his “de facto pants in the outdoors.”
Switzerland’s Ueli Steck, a record-setting solo climber, is one of the speediest alpine technicians on the planet. Gear Junkie caught up with Steck for a quick Q&A on climbing and the new Swiss Army Knife that bears his name.
In the starkest of contrasts, I’ve gone from living and suffering in the wet wilderness to sitting in a posh (for this area of the world) internet cafe in just a few short hours. My cafe’ americano should be here any second. Warm fluids and dry beds are luxury items in my life right now.
Make that next frozen-water crossing a little less dangerous. Our tester braved semi-frozen lakes and streams to review the Ice Safety Kit this winter, and he lived to tell the tale.
Gear Junkie presents the ‘A to Z’ on the barefoot and minimalist running shoe market, including a cursory look at 2010/2011 models and all things burgeoning in the world of the “barefoot” shoe.
Gear Junkie spouts off! Fifteen polemical points on how to improve the sport of adventure racing and increase participation worldwide.
No, thanks.
