Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2017: Gear for Ultralight Backpacking

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By Will Rietveld and Janet Reichl Not all ultralight backpacking gear comes from small online manufacturers; the larger companies are p...

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2017: Food and Nutrition

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By Will Rietveld and Janet Reichl There are zillions of energy bars and energy drinks on the market, and some of them have booths at Ou...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2017: Footwear

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By Will Rietveld and Janet Reichl Lightweight footwear is always a popular topic. Cutting footwear weight makes a difference; according...

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2017: Interesting New Technology that Improves Our Gear

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By Will Rietveld and Janet Reichl Most of the improvements in the gear we use are evolutionary; it improves one step at a time, making ...

New Products of Interest to Lightweight and Ultralight Backpackers from the Summer 2017 Outdoor Retailer Trade Show

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By Will Rietveld and Janet Reichl The twice annual Outdoor Retailer Trade Show showcases outdoor gear that will hit the market in about...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

GEAR REVIEW: The North Face Flight Series Fuse Jacket

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In the dry western US we carry our rainwear much more than we wear it, thus our priority is finding the lightest functional rainwear availa...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

GEAR REVIEW: Marmot Phase 20 Sleeping Bag

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By Will Rietveld There was a time when I recommended: wearing your camp clothing inside a 30F sleeping bag is all the warmth you need f...