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Yellowstone’s Grizzlies are More Dangerous Than Glacier’s

by michael frank on May 14, 2012 · 5 comments

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Yellowstone has seen a nearly 50 percent increase in conflict between bears and humans in the past five years: A new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comparing Yellowstone with Glacier shows that in 2011 there were 17 people charged by grizzlies in Glacier, while in Yellowstone 62 were charged — nearly four [...]

Fresh Goods: Moby1 Expedition Trailer

by steve casimiro on May 7, 2012 · 1 comment

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When it comes to trailers, vans, and frankenrigs, there is no end to the possibilities for the overland camper, from the four-wheel-drive VW van to the Cricket origami trailer to the AT Action Camper for Jeeps. And in the teardrop category, there’s the Moby1 XTR, made in America, the Beehive State, actually, where you can [...]

Congress to Let Horses Back Into Sequoia National Park

by michael frank on April 27, 2012 · 3 comments

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Rare bipartisan agreement will let horse packers operate this summer.

Fresh Goods: Safari Multitool

by michael frank on April 23, 2012 · 0 comments

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If you’ve ever found yourself idly opening and closing the various blades and saws and scissors of your Victorinox, this tool is for you. It’s really not a multitool at all, but a form of entertainment, where you can open a pair of legs here, a head there, a tail at the back and not [...]

Declination: She Sleeps Outside Almost Every Night…in Antarctica

by brendan leonard on March 29, 2012 · 3 comments

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Kerry Kells says she gets cold easily. Maybe she discovered that during the 169 days she’s spent sleeping in her tent since last September…in Antarctica. And, no, although she’s stationed at the bottom of the world, her job isn’t to sleep outside. That part’s personal. For work, administrator Kells deals with everything from finances to [...]

The List: 12 Reasons the iPhone Is An Awesome Piece of Camping Gear

by brendan leonard on March 6, 2012 · 1 comment

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I refused to love the iPhone at first. I told myself I did not need one of these tiny computers, from which friends sent e-mails snobbily signed “Sent from my iPhone,” which may as well have said “Sent from the Brave New World where I live and you do not.” I did not need apps, [...]

Is Waterproof Down Just Around the Corner?

by michael frank on February 29, 2012 · 3 comments

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Goose down is the perfect insulation except for one thing — it loses its ability to insulate when it’s wet. This, of course, you know. It’s why your down bag often becomes worthless on a river trip, why puffies are fine for skiing on cold, dry days but not for dumping conditions, and why synthetic [...]

A Few Thoughts on Camping With Kids

Parental aspirations are all too often dashed on the shoals of reality, and mine were no different. We would be a camping family from the very beginning — two out of three of us swore on it. On that first trip to Sequoia National Park, however, the 13-month-old thought bears were giant doggies, the backpacking [...]

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Fresh Goods: Mjölk Kuksa Camping Cup

I was a couple hundred miles above the Arctic Circle, traveling upriver with a pair of Sami in a shallow-bottomed motorized canoe/boat, trying not to freeze. Despite a down-stuffed parka and a wool blanket, the wind chill permeated the layers. It was a relief to come upon an unnavigable rapid, step ashore, and then stand [...]

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Fresh Goods: AT Action Camper for Jeep

Note: It has been brought to our attention that the Action Camper was in fact designed in Austria by Thaler Design. We apologize for any confusion, dizziness, fainting or lack of sleep this may have caused.Somewhere deep in the Arizona Desert, Mario Donovan is trying to make car camping more fun, convenient, and accessible. It [...]

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The List: 7 Great Ways to Poop Outdoors

There’s pretty much one way to poop indoors: In a toilet. No real room for creativity. Or at least functional creativity. Outdoors, though, the world is your canvas. Dig a Leave No Trace six-inch hole and make yourself comfortable. Here are seven different strategies, of which we can recommend five. Actually, just four. 1. The [...]

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The 12 Days of Chris-annu-kwanza: Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite

This may be one to wait for until after the holidays. It will be worth it. Why the wait? Because Therm-a-Rest is only selling the NeoAir XLite as part of a sleep system right now. We’ll explain that part in a second; first though, the 12-ounce XLite is amazing. We tested it recently against the [...]

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Fresh Goods: The Wildest Tents You’ve Ever Seen

FieldCandy tents are absurd. Their prices are through the roof (most start at $618), their pup-tent structure likely wouldn’t survive a moderate windstorm, and they seem to think that shock-cord poles are the cutting edge of technology. But let’s not kid ourselves: These aren’t tents for the Himalaya (or even the Catskills). Nor are they [...]

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Fall Peaks: The Best Autumn Escapes — Big Bend, Texas

At this time of year, fall and winter cross like two slow moving ships. Snow falls in the north, while down south the desert hits its high season. And as we look to squeeze the last bits of vitamin D from the year, one spot stands bigger than the rest…big is its name, of course, [...]

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Fall Peaks: The Best Autumn Escapes — Anza-Borrego, California

The better part of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park’s 600,000 sun-drenched acres are comprised of sand, dirt, dust, rocks, gravel, thorns, needles, spikes, tarantula dens, and rattlesnake burrows, but way up in the northwestern corner, past the bleached-out town of Borrego Springs, beyond the half-underground visitor center, after the dented brown sign that urges you to [...]

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