Skip to content
dirtbag-dreams-gear-reviews-logo
  • Home
  • Gear Reviews
    • Activity
      • Backpacking and Hiking
      • Biking
      • Camping
      • Climbing
      • Health and Wellness
      • Hunting
      • Ice Climbing
      • Mountaineering
      • Running
      • Snow
      • Travel
      • Water
    • Brand
      • Adamsbuilt
      • adidas Outdoor
      • Advanced Elements
      • Alps Mountaineering
      • Astral
      • Backcountry Access
      • Badfish
      • Beal
      • Bern Helmets
      • Big Agnes
      • BioLite
      • Black Diamond
      • BlackYak
      • Bobo's
      • Brooks
      • Camelbak
      • CAMP
      • Chaco
      • Club Ride
      • Cotopaxi
      • Crazy Creek
      • Darn Tough
      • Db
      • Deuter
      • DPS Phantom
      • Duonamic
      • Dynafit
      • Edelrid
      • ENO
      • Evolv
      • Exped
      • Faction
      • First Degree
      • Five Ten
      • G3
      • Gnarly Nutrition
      • Goal Zero
      • GoLite
      • Good To-Go
      • GOREWEAR
      • Grand Trunk
      • Grayl
      • Gregory
      • Grivel
      • GSI Outdoors
      • Hagan Ski
      • Helly Hansen
      • Hikers Brew
      • Himali
      • Honey Stinger
      • Icebreaker
      • iKOR Labs
      • Inov-8
      • Jade Yoga
      • Julbo
      • Kemper Snowboards
      • Klymit
      • Kokopellii
      • Kuat
      • La Sportiva
      • Lamson Fly Fishing
      • Liberty Skis
      • LIVSN Designs
      • Lowe Alpine
      • Merrell
      • Millet
      • Mountain Hardwear
      • Mountainsmith
      • MSR Trail
      • MyMedic
      • Native Eyewear
      • Nite Ize
      • Oboz
      • Orange Mud
      • Ortovox
      • Osprey
      • Outdoor Edge
      • Outdoor Research
      • Pachamama
      • Peak Refuel
      • PNW Components
      • Primus
      • Rab
      • RaidLight
      • Rhamani
      • Ride Concepts
      • RMU
      • Rugged Road
      • Rumpl
      • Salewa
      • Samaya
      • Scarpa
      • Seek Outside
      • SHRED
      • Sierra Designs
      • Snow Peak
      • SOLE
      • Sterling
      • Superfeet
      • Sunski
      • Thermarest
      • Thule
      • Trango
      • TREW Gear
      • Ultimate Direction
      • Vasque
      • Voormi
      • VSSL
      • Weston
      • Wigwam
      • Wild Country
      • Yukon Outfitters
      • Zeal Optics
      • ZOLEO
  • Stories
    • Conservation & Sustainability
    • Destinations
    • Local Retail Shops
    • Outdoor Adventure
    • Outdoor Industry
    • Nonprofit Spotlights
    • Pro Spotlights
  • News
  • About Outdoor Prolink

  • Home
  • ProView Gear Reviews
    • Backpacking and Hiking
    • Biking
    • Camping
    • Climbing
    • Mountaineering
    • Running
    • Snow
  • Stories
    • Conservation & Sustainability
    • Outdoor Industry
    • Outdoor Professional Profiles
  • About Outdoor Prolink
  • Apply for Pro Deals

Enjoying Your Fish for Months: How to Safely Freeze, Can, or Dry your fish

August 13, 2025 Outdoor Adventure, Stories

How I Spend My Summers Living in a Van

August 6, 2025 Outdoor Adventure, Stories

John Muir Trail vs High Sierra Trail: Which Should You Do?

July 30, 2025 Outdoor Adventure, Stories

How to Plan a Multisport Day

July 16, 2025 Outdoor Adventure, Stories

So You Want To Be A NOLS Instructor? (Written by a NOLS instructor)

July 9, 2025 Outdoor Adventure, Stories

Pro Profile- Matt Myers A Dirtbag Dreamer

April 7, 2015October 2, 2017Outdoor Professional Profiles, Stories Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on Pro Profile- Matt Myers A Dirtbag Dreamer

Matt Myers is the owner of The Hostel California in Bishop, CA. “I didn’t know what I was going to do or how I was going to make it happen, I just knew I wanted to be in Bishop.” A…

ProView: Trango Rock Prodigy Hangboard

April 3, 2015June 21, 2018Climbing, ProView Gear Reviews Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on ProView: Trango Rock Prodigy Hangboard

One of the most satisfying aspects of rock climbing is feeling a measurable change in strength and ability. While climbing grades may be subjective and open to argument, climbing is unique in that we have a relatively clearly defined number…

ProView — Evolv Luchador Climbing Shoe

March 23, 2015June 21, 2018Climbing, ProView Gear Reviews Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on ProView — Evolv Luchador Climbing Shoe

The Evolv Luchador is the latest addition to Evolv’s Chris Sharma designed line, the Sharma Series. The lace-up shoe (also available in a velcro-strap closure model called Luchador SC) has a slightly cambered last, and a semi-asymmetrical toe profile. The…

ProView – La Sportiva Spectre AT Boots

March 19, 2015August 21, 2017ProView Gear Reviews, Snow, Stories Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on ProView – La Sportiva Spectre AT Boots

Can you drive in your ski boots? If the answer is no then it is time to build a pyre and burn them in a mass of toxic nasty-ness. You are now in a position to buy a boot that…

A Woman Beneath the Moon- A Solo High Sierra Loop

March 19, 2015October 2, 2017Stories Outdoor Prolink 2 Comments on A Woman Beneath the Moon- A Solo High Sierra Loop

August 29th, 2014, HWY 120 Eastbound, 6:30AM. My headlights lit up the trees as I drove in silence that morning. As I was approaching a turnout in the highway with the faint rise of the sun, I had to pull…

ProView – Evolv Luchador SC Climbing Shoe

March 16, 2015June 21, 2018Climbing, ProView Gear Reviews Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on ProView – Evolv Luchador SC Climbing Shoe

The Evolv Luchador series of shoes, offered as both a lace-up and Velcro, are the newest additions in the market of all-around performance rock climbing. It seems that every few years climbing shoe technology improves by finding ways to maintain…

ProView – Optic Nerve Boreas Inversion Goggles

March 12, 2015August 21, 2017ProView Gear Reviews, Snow Outdoor Prolink 3 Comments on ProView – Optic Nerve Boreas Inversion Goggles

The Boreas Inversion goggles from Optic Nerve are really unique. The durable, large mirrored lens makes for a wide field of vision and a crisp, clear view. The curvature of the lens is supposed to replicate the curvature of the…

ProView – The Petzl Laser Speed Light Ice Screw (Video)

March 10, 2015ProView Gear Reviews Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on ProView – The Petzl Laser Speed Light Ice Screw (Video)

By Gary Ryan, who grew up climbing in the UK, but has made Colorado his home for the past 25 years. He has worked in the Outdoor Industry for 2 decades as an AMGA Rock and Ice Guide and the owner…

ProView – The Petzl Laser Speed Light Ice Screw

March 10, 2015August 21, 2017Ice Climbing, ProView Gear Reviews Outdoor Prolink Leave a Comment on ProView – The Petzl Laser Speed Light Ice Screw

Ice Climbing Wisdom: The 1st rule of Ice Climbing… there is no falling. The 2nd rule of Ice Climbing… there is NO FALLING!! The 3rd rule of Ice Climbing… if you are going to fall, don’t hit the ground.  Fast, efficient,…

ProView – Cassin Ice Tools and Crampons (Video)

March 5, 2015August 21, 2017Ice Climbing, Stories Outdoor Prolink 1 Comment on ProView – Cassin Ice Tools and Crampons (Video)

Below are a couple videos from AMGA Rock and Ski guide Alan Oram (otherwise known as the “Angry Avocado”). He shows that some days you’re feeling it, and other days….you climb nine feet and get lowered… Either way though, our pros are loving…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

About Outdoor Prolink

Outdoor Prolink’s members are the heart of the outdoor industry. Outdoor Prolink is a pro purchase program for qualified Outdoor Industry Professionals. Members have access to 35%-50% off retail on 100+ top outdoor gear brands.

Apply For Pro Deals

Explore Gear Reviews

Recent Posts

  • julbo-slack-cover-the-link
    ProView – Julbo Slack Cover Sunglasses Review
    August 15, 2025
  • preserving your fish-the-link
    Enjoying Your Fish for Months: How to Safely Freeze, Can, or Dry your fish
    August 13, 2025
  • thule-verse-the-link
    ProView – Thule Verse Review
    August 11, 2025
  • mymedic-sidekick-the-link
    ProView – MyMedic SideKick Review
    August 8, 2025

Join The Outdoor Prolink Community Facebook Group
© 2025 The Link – Gear Reviews. All rights reserved