The Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Bar by Honey Stinger was more than I thought it would be. This bar is just the right little snack to help hold off the famished feeling for a little while longer until lunch or…
If you are in need of a nice compact sized stove system for mountaineering to backpacking to car camping alike that’s able to support multiple people then the Primus PrimeTech Stove Kit may be the answer. This stove system comes…
This stove is beautiful. It is well assembled and has a sleek design. The look and style of it make it appear to be a very posh stove for camping, but the small added features might drive the price up…
It’s odd to have a piece of gear you hope to never have to use in a real-life application. There are a few other pieces of gear that fit into this category- my personal locator beacon, my rescue harness for…
As a backpacker and mountaineer, finding gear that can adapt to rapidly changing conditions is always a challenge, especially when it comes to pants. Normal “softshell” pants can be too bulky for summer conditions, while lightweight and breathable alternatives may…
It’s like the designers at Kuat used a bunch of terrible roof racks, found all the problems with each one, and created a rack that solved them all. While super tall vehicles may not be the best choice for this…
It’s important to remember that building a trad rack is very personal. These are guidelines I can give you, but everyone has a slightly different rack with special pieces they prefer over others for different reasons. So--with that in mind--try…
Have you ever observed the guy that is unabashedly walking around the grocery store wearing what he obviously wore to the crag every day for the last week? The pants are ripped to shreds and covered in chalk—most often with…
On more than one (non-commercial) occasion, I’ve gotten on the river, clipped two-liter water bottles to my boat, and then finished them promptly within the first hour or so on the water. Then I am a living testament to “water,…
I tested the La Reina sunglasses while traveling with my major (Outdoor Leadership Education) based out of North Greenville University in South Carolina. The trips I took these on were seven to nine days long and all took place in…