The water was far bluer, and far clearer than I’d imagined. Pushing our two rafts into the Colorado River at Lee’s Ferry, I couldn’t believe it didn’t look like the chocolate-milk flow I’d seen so many photos of. It was…
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“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald The months…
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Have you tried our tree-friendly Slacker Suspenders yet? If you haven’t we’re sorry, because these hammock straps are straight up game changers. Seriously, hanging a Slacker Hammock with these tree straps couldn’t get any easier. See for yourself.
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It’s a cot. It’s a tent. No, it’s a Cot Tent! That’s right, folks. Our new Cot Tent converts a LuxuryLite Cot into a freestanding solo shelter. We’re talking full coverage with a waterproof rainfly. Pack it on your next…
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At Therm-a-Rest, we understand there are different strokes for different outdoor folks. Some like it hot, while others like it cold, and some prefer going ultra-light, while others would rather pack on the pounds for the extra cushion. That’s why…
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“How much farther do we have to go?” our group asks, desperation on their faces. The sun is still high in the bright blue sky, light filtering and dancing through the forest as we ascend to the sub-alpine of British…
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After carefully making our way around tide pools, picking lines over beach ball sized boulders, and slogging across loose, gravelly beaches, it was a relief to round the final rocky headland. By this time, we were looking forward to settling…
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I woke to some strange noises outside. Some voices—and a fire crackling. Coming to my senses, I remembered where I was: sprawled out in the back of a rental vehicle next to my wife in the Utah desert, over 1,000…
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“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” John Muir nailed it with this quote in his 1901 book, Our National Parks. And we…
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We headed south. Our plan was to drive as far as possible through Colombia’s rich lowlands before venturing into the mountains. We had no idea how the rickshaw would perform at altitude and we were doing everything we could to…
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“Let me just send one last email before you go,” my wife says, as she slips away into the bedroom. My one-year-old son and I put my backpack and a couple pair of boots into the back of the wagon,…
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I didn’t come out here to rough it, the city is rough enough. We’ve all heard the phrase “roughing it” before. This simple string of words is most commonly applied to pursuits that involve heading into the backcountry. Where did…
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