Over the years, we’ve had the opportunity to test a bunch of the greatest approach shoes around. The Scarpa Zen was the gold standard for quite some time, while the …
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First Impressions
For a year or more, I had my eye on a pair of Garmont Dragontail Lites. Their rugged good looks, grippy sole and down-to-the-toe lacing just spoke to …
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First Impressions
This is my second pair of FiveTen shoes. The first pair was the Dome, a chunky hiker that I really liked the feel of. I was expecting something …
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First Impressions
Icebug hails from Sweden. And although they’ve been doing business in Europe since 2001, they’re products only recently came ashore in the U.S. We had the chance to …
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Headlamps – in my humble opinion (aka IMHO), you can never have too many. Seriously, we must have a dozen or more scattered around. I have mine permanently stored in …
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Hitting the trail and streets with camera gear is getting easier every day thanks to innovations in camera backpacks. Great suspension systems — previously only found on serious backpacking packs …
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