Justin Housman
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The Bearosol Holster Cleverly Puts Bear Spray Right Where You Need It
Bike, backpack, trail running—this nifty holster has you covered.
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Listen: The Weird and Wonderful Booming Dunes of China
In China, an otherworldly sound produced from a very worldly pile of sand.
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Beloved Kitchen Brand OXO Jumps Into Car Camping
If it’s good enough for America’s Test Kitchen, it’s good enough.
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Saguaro Nat Park Got So Hot Last Week Rangers Baked Cookies In a Car
You’ve heard of frying eggs on a hot sidewalk, but how about baking cookies in a car?
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Build Your Own (Miniature) Fire Lookout
It’s difficult to score overnight reservations at retired USFS lookouts. Maybe building a model can scratch that itch.
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Meet the National Park’s 10 New National Recreation Trails
Hiking, biking, even paddling—come one come all.
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The Best Three-Season Sleeping Bags, According to Our Editor
From new to not-so-new, ultralight backpacking to car camping, these are the bags we’ve liked the most this year.
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Stunning 3D Map Shows Route of Every Drop of Water in United States
Meet your newest map-based addiction.
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Eagle Creek Sent to the Big Brand Pasture In the Sky
Beloved by many, travel bag maker Eagle Creek is being shuttered.
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This Droolworthy Toyota Tacoma With 70s Chinook Camper Is For Sale
We’re not in the market or anything, but still a fun build to check out.
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Review: The Wolf Tooth 8-Bit Pack Pliers Is Our New Fave Bike Tool
Our new fave bike tool does it all.
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The Ford Maverick Might Be the Compact (Hybrid) Truck We’ve Asked For
Ford finally, mercifully, brings back the compact truck. Oh, and it’s a hybrid that gets 40 mpgs.
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This Bernzomatic Propane Cylinder Fuel Gauge Answers the Big Question
That question being: How much freaking fuel is left in this thing?
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Leatherman Goes Old School With New, Budget-Friendly ‘Bond’
For $50, Leatherman will now sell you the Bond, a basic, sorta updated version of their very first multitool called…
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Pioneering Travel Writer Ida Pfeiffer Was Not Afraid of Cannibals
She had no education, and no fortune, but she saw the whole world anyway.
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Fastest Female Climber, Oldest American Return Safely from Everest’s Summit
Couple feel good stories from a strange, Covid-tinged season on Everest.
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Learn All There Is to Know About Pushing ‘SOS’ In Webinar From Garmin
Garmin wants to teach you what happens if you call for help.
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Review: Costa Sunglasses Are Primo For Long Days on the Water
Best in class clarity, really good fit, these are our favorite sunglasses when out on the water.
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A Lifted Off-Road Tesla Suddenly Makes a Lot of Sense to Us
Well, look who’s getting all dirty.
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Here’s How to Buy a Wetsuit
The water is cold, you need a new wetsuit — but which one?
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The Electric Ford-150’s Price Alone Could Change Everything
You could buy two electric F-150s for the price of one Rivian truck.
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Outdoor Brand Snow Peak Opens a Restaurant?
“We believe Snow Peak is the foodiest brand in the outdoor industry,” says Snow Peak, and proves it with a…
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We Found the Ideal Hot Weather Hikers
They breathe, they’re light, they grip. What else ya want?
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Kami Rita Sherpa Breaks Own Record With 25th Everest Summit
He’s been scaling Everest since 1994 and has no plans to quit now.
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Review: Reyr Gear’s Magical Telescoping Fly Rod Makes Bikefishing a Snap
A collapsible fly rod with an internally-routed line, traveling with a rod and reel doesn’t get much easier.
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CA Fire Crews Find Sequoia Tree Still Smoldering From 2020 Blaze
Not great news as it indicates how dry the forest is heading into wildfire season.
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How Many Lumens Are Enough For Night Riding? ‘Cause We Love This Micro 900
The NightRider Micro 900 is small, but mighty—and a bargain.
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Huge Marijuana Grow Site Found in Death Valley National Park
It was found in Jail Canyon, an irony that won’t be lost on the growers if they’re caught.
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What’s the Deal With Rooftop Tents?
Our favorite rooftop tent, the Thule Low Pro 3, makes any car into a pop-up camper.
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Intro to Backpacking: Nudity, Fried Chicken, and a Fifth of Bourbon
When your first time solo backpacking is your first time ever backpacking, lessons are learned.
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More Gear Libraries Like This Awesome Leadville Joint, Please
For a few bucks per month, the outdoor gear world opens wide.
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Ditch the Plastic Water Bottle for the Stainless Steel Bivo
Water bottles don’t usually require much thinking about, but this stainless steel bike bottle from Bivo is worth a deep…
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All New, Subaru Outback ‘Wilderness’ Edition: Is It, Uh, Wildernesser?
This new Subaru Outback Wilderness goes to 11.
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Brilliant: MSR Thru-Link Water Filter + Bladder = Easy Peasy Hydration
If, like us, you prefer to find water as you go, this is your inline filter.
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Aleksander Doba, ‘King of the Ocean,’ Paddled Across the Atlantic In His 70s
Three Atlantic kayak crossings in his 60s and his 70s made Doba a Polish national hero.
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Two Winter Jacket Recommendations From Brands You Might Not Know
Tired of same old same old? Try one of these pieces from small brands that are big on quality.
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The Best Camper Van and Overlander Rentals in North America, 2021 Edition
Say hello to van or truck life without the commitment, liability, insurance, maintenance, storage, cost.
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Meet One of the Last Real-Deal Surfboard Craftsmen
Long live craftspeople like Steve Coletta, the independent makers of our favorite outdoor toys.
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Seafarer Tim Severin Recreated History’s Most Incredible Adventures
Did an Irish monk sail to North America 1,500 years before Columbus? Tim Severin set sail to find out.
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These Boots Saw Me Through This Winter and Hopefully Many Others to Come
A longtime Canadian boot maker knocks it out of the park with the Kodiak Moncton.
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Pocket Outdoor Buys Outside Magazine, Other Brands In Huge Shakeup
The media acquisitions keep coming, the conglomerates keep growing.
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Check Out This Sweet Tutorial On Repairing Common Gear Issues
Gear You Repair Yourself Is the Most Sustainable Gear
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Nicholas Clinch Proved American Teams Could Make First Ascents Too
He wasn’t the biggest or the strongest, but he may have had the most fun.
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Is the All-New Ultralight Jetboil Stash Ultranecessary?
Jetboil launches new feather light cooking setup.
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Finally: Fed Tax Credit for E-Bikes Proposed
New bill would provide $1,500 tax credit for any new e-bike purchase.
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The Motorcycle Queen of Miami Was More than Fast Enough
Long before highways, before cross-country road trips were a thing, there was Bessie Stringfield.
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The Nomad Life Was Never Part of Their Plan, But it Works
The bittersweet realities of life on the road, when it wasn’t your choice to begin with.
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How To Build an Awesome DIY Kitchen in the Back of a Subaru
What can’t you fit in the back of a Subaru, anyway?
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Trip Way, Way Out in the Desert in ‘Desert Oracle’
The “Voice of the Desert,” Ken Layne, brings his strange visions of a strange environment to a great little book.
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Leon Crane Survived a Plane Crash and 80 Days in the Alaskan Winter
One of Alaska’s greatest survival stories is of a city kid who lasted 3 months through a Yukon winter.
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Camp Coffee Snob? We Have the Grinders For You
Roughing it doesn’t have to mean stale coffee grounds.
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Ed Abbey, the Desert Rat, Would be 94 Today—We Raise a Glass
On what would be his 93rd birthday, we salute Ed Abbey.
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Possibly The Most Incredible Wave in Surf History Was Ridden Last Week
History was made in more than one way last week.
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How To Not Die In the Woods
The most fun to read survival skills book you can buy.
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Oh Screen, I Wish I Knew How To Quit You
Does the compulsion to capture, record, and share detract from our outdoor experiences?
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Stay Found: How to Make the Most From Gaia GPS App
Gaia’s such a powerful tool—here’s how to maximize its potential.
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Learning to Love Backpacking in the Rain
From cowering to powering through backcountry storms.
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Our Editor’s Fave Facemasks From Outdoor Companies
Every outdoor brand seems to be making facemasks these days—so which is the best?
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Eco-Conscious Off-Roaders, the New Toyota RAV4 Prime Is for You
It’s seemed this way for a couple of years now, but now it really feels as though electric trucks and…
