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Loved to death. That was the case with my first pair of Roclite 285s, a shoe that I destroyed after a year of use and a couple hundred collective miles of trail traveled underfoot. The shoe — lightweight and flexible, with a sole of small sticky-rubber teeth—proved to be flexible, fast, and sure-footed on trail [...]

My plane ticket is booked. The training schedule I’ve committed to for months is winding down. The great adventure that is the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a weeklong endurance event through Tierra del Fuego, Chile, kicks off on February 9th. I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t scared. Indeed, this race is the [...]

Snow is on the ground. Lights are twinkling in neighborhood trees. Time to find gifts for the outdoors lovers on your holiday list. Here are a few of my favorite things from this year, a half-dozen holiday gift potentials for the gear junkies among your family and friends. Leatherman Skeletool — Many multi-tools are chock [...]

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