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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
Clothing
The Best Jackets for a Brutal Winter

The harshest weather of the season is still on the horizon—and coming up quickly—and without the right gear, you’ll find yourself left out in the cold… Literally. Your first and main line of defense against the winter cold is your jacket, and when it comes to selecting the right one,…

By Maxwell Barna
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Gear
The BioLite SolarHome 620 Brings Power to Off-the-Grid Properties

Leaving city or suburban life behind means saying goodbye to a few luxuries you probably take for granted. BioLite wants the off-the-grid person to keep a few of those creature comforts, which is why the company introduced SolarHome 620. The fairly easy to install setup includes a solar panel, control…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
Adventure Mate Is a 5-in-1 Hatchet Tool

The market is filled with badass EDC multi-tools, but few have the amount of outdoor functionality as the Adventure Mate. The Adventure Mate Multi-Function Hatchet Tool is, as you might have guessed by the name, a number of different tools built into a hatchet body. It has a hatchet, along with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The Off-Road Campers We’d Buy if Money Were No Object

Every time we have the “What if you could do anything you wanted?” conversation, it always ends with us saying we’d love to do more traveling. And when we say “traveling,” you know we’re not the “book a cruise and hang out in port all week” kind of people. We’re…

By Maxwell Barna
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Grill
Cook in an Ammo Box with the C4 Portable Grill

Making dinner in an ammo can isn't an experience most people have had, as it's generally something that's reserved for soldiers making stew on the front lines. Cooking in a metal box makes sense from a practical standpoint, so M Grills built a portable grill inspired by those repurposed stew…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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