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Gear Outdoors

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Outdoors
Upgrade Your Outdoor Kit with the Best Pants for Alpine Adventures
By Beau Hayhoe
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

By Lola Méndez
Everything You Need to Take on the Trail—and Look Good Doing It
Outdoors
Everything You Need to Take on the Trail—and Look Good Doing It

Working up a sweat doesn't mean you have to settle for looking like a slob.

By Jen Glennon
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Tailgate Essentials to Stock Up On This Fall

Eight essentials. Non-negotiables.

By Christopher Osburn
Gear
Filson x Buck Knives

If you're an outdoorsman, you no doubt have some Filson gear in your repertoire. Now the "Unfailing Goods" brand has partnered with iconic American brand, Buck Knives, to create a limited-edition collection of blades for real field usage. The collection features Filson materials combined with proven Buck Knives craftsmanship. The…

By Amos Kwon
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Gear
Go Fast Campers Superlite Roof Tent

If you want to camp in, around or on top of your car, there are plenty of great options out there. While none of those options are of the more traditional great tents for camping options, car camping options like this Go Fast Campers Superlite Roof Tent provide their own myriad…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Pentax 3-in-1 Binoculars

Pentax is most well known for their cameras, but the company actually got their start about a century ago making spectacle lenses (that they still make to this day). That expertise and innovation in lenses led to cameras, but also to sport optics like binoculars and scopes. Case in point--the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Snow Peak Takibi Portable Grill

Snow Peak has never disappointed with their line portable options that sure you can do everything from smoke (Smokemeister) and make pizza (Outdoor Field Oven) to brew great coffee (Field Barista Kit) and have great cutlery on hand (titanium cutlery set). Their latest addition to the collection of "do anything…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Fina Foldable Kayak Prototype

At this point, the only place you can be safe and actually enjoy your surroundings is the great outdoors. One of the best ways to enjoy the world outside is from a kayak. Forget the rentals and the large ones that require a special roof rack for transport because the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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