Stop Building, Start Exploring: Yes, Your Vehicle Is Good Enough The best gear is what you already have, so go find out just what it can do. Written by Evan Williams December 12, 2023
Competitive Climbing Must Address Eating Disorders, but How? Insiders say eating disorders in climbing are a growing issue, and competition managers are racing to catch up. Written by Andrew McLemore August 28, 2023
Danger Is My Mid-Life Crisis: Reconsidering Risk and Consequence at 50 After a lifetime of what most would label risky outdoor endeavors, it all caught up to me as I rounded the corner into midlife. Written by Seiji Ishii August 11, 2023
Stoke Is Overrated, Embrace ‘Slowke’: Meet Yourself at 3 MPH Yeah. Some outdoor sports are a little short on adrenaline. But, that’s a good thing — if you’re willing to make peace with your mind. Written by Andrew Marshall July 18, 2023
Death, Lies, and Destruction: The Awful Irony of Balloons Move over, plastic straws and soda can rings. It’s time we start vilifying a new bad guy. Written by Rachelle Schrute June 29, 2023
Camping in 2050: GearJunkie’s AI-Generated Gear Predictions What’s an ethical and responsible way to use AI for original images? To see how Midjourney interprets our predictions for camping gear of the future! Written by Andrew McLemore June 13, 2023
B Corp Gone Bad? One Company’s Futile Fight Against a Beneficent Giant By now, you’ve seen the circled ‘B’ emblem on labels in virtually every section of every major retailer. Does it mean anything anymore? Written by Sam Anderson June 07, 2023
Fake Reviews Are Taking Over: Is AI the Answer? GearJunkie used AI software to analyze thousands of customer reviews of over 200 outdoor products. The result? About a third of the reviews are probably… Written by Andrew McLemore May 23, 2023
An Ode to Failure: There Is No Adventure Without It In an era that celebrates success with virality, remember that failures are what truly test us. Written by Sean McCoy May 18, 2023
Overlanding Is Car Camping: Fight Me Is ‘overlanding’ just a made-up term, spawning brands and goods for the well-to-do that are really just car camping? Written by Seiji Ishii May 16, 2023
Colorado Is Overcrowded — Try the Other Best States for Camping The race to the mountains, the fight for campsites, and the crowds make camping in Colorado a pain. If you camp elsewhere, you can leave… Written by Will Brendza May 12, 2023
Hunt, Harvest, Shoot, Kill: Taking Aim With Loaded Words Are we hunting or are we harvesting? The words seem to be more important than the actions these days, but to me, there’s a big… Written by Rachelle Schrute May 11, 2023
Stop the ‘Gear Shame,’ You Ignorant, Elitist Windbag Gear Shamers aren’t just dirtbags — they’re the dirt worst. Written by Josh Wussow May 01, 2023
Why Ultralight People Need to Chill Already Not everybody wants to be an ultralight backpacker. That’s OK. Now I just have to convince ultralight backpackers that it’s OK. Written by Andrew Marshall April 24, 2023
Harmful vs. Offensive: The Troublesome Debate Over Climbing Route Names Climbing and bouldering route names are sometimes offensive. But are they harmful? Should they be changed without first ascensionists’ consent? Written by Matt Samet March 30, 2023
