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Mar 28, 2025

Iconic Fox 36 Mountain Bike Fork Gets Full Revamp

　　Fox is among the most well-known and respected suspension brands across several off-road categories. From Baja trophy trucks to gravel bikes, Fox Factory has been in the suspension game since 1974, starting with motocross. So when Fox announces that it has totally revamped a long-standing and successful mountain bike fork line, I pay attention. 　　PR in cycling is predictable. For...

Mar 28, 2025

Reboot Buggy: Art, Minimalism, and Off-Road Meet in a Street-Legal Vehicle

　　Not sure what youre looking at in that lead image? Dont worry — were not entirely sure either. Its a 44 that goes beyond stripped down or *blank* kart. Its called the Reboot Buggy, and this is the least amount of equipment you need to go off-roading. Its designed and built to be a functional automotive work of art. 　　Its...

Mar 28, 2025

REI’s First Nesting Bear Canister ‘Keeps Bears Baffled’ With Unique Design for People

　　Bear canisters are essential when youre hiking, backpacking, or otherwise traveling on foot through bear country.You might also hear them called bear safes, bear cans, or bear vaults. But those all describe the same piece of gear, serving the same important purpose: keeping your food and snacks out of Yogis paws. And the standard bear canister design hasnt changed much...

Mar 28, 2025

What Snowboarding Has to do With Parenthood, Loss, and Cancer With Kimmy Fasani

　　Mostly, professional athletes are…kind of boring. Not because they’re fundamentally uninteresting. Rather, they’re too polished and are trained to spout canned and cliched nothing burger answers. But not professional snowboarder Kimmy Fasani. Kimmy has a remarkable way of distilling her snowboarding adventures into lessons she uses to navigate challenges in life we all face, like becoming a parent and dealing...

Mar 28, 2025

How to Be Reborn as a Tree

　　When I was 16 years old, my father’s mother, whom we called Meemaw, gave up the ghost. We all flew down to Fort Worth, where, per her wishes, my dad hosted a wake filled with live music, stiff cocktails, and loose stories. (Meemaw was, among other things, a former vaudeville performer and the sister of a legendary jazz drummer.) 　　The...

Mar 28, 2025

Why Frequent Fliers Will Appreciate the Toughest Carry-On Suitcase, Ever

　　I’ve been roller bag carry-on curious for years. But until now, I just couldn’t find a piece robust or convenient enough to justify switching away from my tried-and-true backpack. Then I saw Pelican’s new ATX range of hard-sided luggage, and it’s already saved my bacon. 　　Going into this review, I was planning to try and demonstrate just how tough this...

Mar 28, 2025

Serious Security: The Modern Armored Car Includes Countermeasures and Electronic Encryption

　　The modern world of increasingly digitalized vehicles presents new challenges for the security industry. I recently drove an armored Audi RS 7 built by U.S. Armor Group, which featured plenty of James Bond gadgets for protection. 　　Learning about how U.S. Armor Group integrates bulletproof glass, pepper spray, a smoke machine, and electric shocking door handles took up plenty of my...

Mar 28, 2025

Dauntless ‘Hiker’ Drop Point Review: New Blade Enters Vaunted Knife Lineup

　　A folding knife in your pocket is a cornerstone piece of preparedness for many folks outdoor adventures. It’s one of a handful of necessities no one should be without. 　　But as your time spent outdoors increases, the more likely youll be to find value in a fixed-blade knife. The simple fact is that, by design, a good fixed blade will...

Mar 28, 2025

Buried in an Avalanche, I Survived Over 12 Hours Underneath the Snow

　　It had been snowing for over 24 hours, but the storm was set to clear out just in time for first light. My friend Jordi Tenas, who is a professional skier, and I had spent four days skiing and camping under the towering Cerro Torrecillas near Las Leñas Ski Resort in Argentina. It had been a dry winter in the...

Mar 28, 2025

The Best Ski Backpacks of 2025

　　Backcountry riders know how essential ski backpacks are for carrying avalanche rescue tools. Whether youre a skier, splitboarder, snowmobiler, or a resort hound, you know the value of a well-made winter pack. Other times, these packs carry a few energy bars and a water bottle or an extra pair of mittens. Picking the right ski pack for your day on...

Mar 28, 2025

Edelrid Birdlime 1R 9.8 Review: Workhorse Climbing Rope Made From Castor Oil

　　The Birdlime 1R 9.8 climbing rope follows a host of products that Edelrid has released to be more sustainable. From using bio-based and renewable raw materials to eliminating PFC/PCAs to reusing and recycling materials in production, Edelrid has made considerable efforts to improve climbing gear sustainability since 2019. 　　The Birdlime 1R 9.8 is currently the German brands coup de grace....

Mar 28, 2025

‘3D Knitted’ From a Single Thread: Seamless Merino Sweater Has Eye-Watering Price Tag

　　Merino wool sweaters offer a lot to love. Soft, strong, naturally thermoregulating, anti-stink, and water-repellent — its hard to refute the natural properties of a merino wool sweater. So theres no doubt that in the outdoors, merino wool is a beloved staple. But $400 worth of love? 　　Vollebak, the bombastic builder of such oddities as a $3,000 wooden jacket, today...

Mar 28, 2025

First Look: Danner N45

　　Nothing challenges a shoe like thru-hiking a long trail. On the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, you need the Goldilocks of hiking footwear: comfortable, breathable, lightweight, and durable. If that sounds like a tall order, it’s because it is, and most thru-hikers compromise by choosing comfort over durability, using trail runners that need to be replaced at least four times on...

Mar 28, 2025

Super Light and Surprisingly Sturdy: Dometic TRT 140 Air Review

　　More than 1,500 miles from home, I opened my trucks tailgate and pulled out the two-burner stove. As I started cooking dinner, waves crashed loudly on the rocky shore, a stones throw away. It was 4:30 p.m. 　　Moments earlier, Id peeled off my wetsuit and booties, and the sun was setting along Mexicos northern Baja California Peninsula. A couple of...

Mar 28, 2025

Why We Explore

　　It’s the single most iconic vista in all of Newfoundland, all the more prized because it’s so hard to reach. By the time we clambered over the final set of boulders to get there, we’d been climbing for more than six hours, accompanied by clouds of voracious and seemingly waterproof black flies that were undeterred by the steadily falling rain....

Mar 28, 2025

Rescuers Saved a Lost Coast Hiker from the Side of a 100-Foot Cliff

　　Two hikers in California are lucky to be alive after one of them fell 100 feet down a sheer cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. 　　The incident occurred on Saturday, March 22 on a remote stretch of Californias famed Lost Coast Trail, a rugged 53-mile hiking route along the Pacific Coast in Humboldt County. According to a Facebook post published by...

Mar 28, 2025

Most Popular National Park Reduces Camping as Trump Defies Court Orders

　　Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the countrys most popular national park — and its not even close. With more than 12 million annual visitors, it sees more than double the 5 million yearly visitors to Zion National Park, which takes up a distant second place. 　　So, its no small thing that less than half of Great Smokys campgrounds are...

Mar 28, 2025

Updated to Be Faster, Smoother, and Safer: Rad Power RadWagon 5 Review

　　The RadWagon is a classic that helped popularize long-tail electric cargo bikes in North America. Now in its fifth iteration, numerous updates aim to make the Rad Power RadWagon 5 the best version yet. 　　Not too long ago, Rad Power was the undisputed champion of affordable electric bikes. In the past few years, however, several brands have managed to undercut...

Mar 28, 2025

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Mar 28, 2025

Lindsay Vonn Proves ‘Everyone Wrong,’ Finishes Second in World Cup Super-G

　　The 2025 FIS World Cup Womens super-G races finished March 23 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami, 33, finished in first place. But her win was almost overshadowed by Lindsay Vonns triumphant return to the racecourse after a 5-year hiatus. Vonn, 40, took second place in the womens super-G event, finishing 1.29 seconds behind Gut-Behrami and making the...