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Two-time gold medalist comes out of retirement
A river- and mountain-loving town took home the top prize (again) in our 2015 contest.
There's nothing quite like hitting the road with everything you need. Anywhere could be home for the night. It’s a liberating feeling. We asked our Instagram followers to share their favorite towable escapes and best shots from the road. Here's what they shared.
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As children, if not as adults, we all dreamed of having a tree house. Well, it’s never too late to fulfill that dream. If you don’t know where to start, you can find inspiration in these two coffee table books from publishers Dom and Taschen. These beautiful and simple designs are sure to get you making sketches of your own.
If the Rocky Mountains aren’t close enough, there are plenty of other treasures you can search for
Following designation of 3 new national monuments
1,350-mile paddleboard journey completed in 2 months
Gear companies from around the world released their brand-new summer 2016 products this week at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City. We pored over all of it, and these five products—from a brilliant new water filter to a totally reinvented waterproof jacket—were our top picks for Gear…
Camouflage: A varying pattern of earth-colored prints designed to obscure the wearer from view, worn by hunters and members of the U.S. military
Canned Beer: A usually cheap, thirst-quenching alcoholic beverage in a durable package, now commonplace on rafting and camping trips.
Royal Robbins: Climber, businessman, and archetype for the modern clean-climbing ethic, which espouses the use of removable protection instead of pounding pitons into rock.
Rollerblade: A roller skate with soft, linearly arranged wheels offering fast, smooth glide.
Chip timing: The practice of using a small wearable transmitter to track race participants’ times at regular checkpoints along a course.
Base-Camp Duffel: A large, 155-liter bag often seen loaded on yaks in Nepal’s Khumbu region for a few simple reasons: it can take a beating, it has straps that convert it into a backpack, and mountaineers know that it can carry all their gear.
Jacques Cousteau: A French explorer and arguably the most prolific marine scientist and ocean conservationist of the 20th century.
Crowdfunding: A method of raising capital to launch commercial ventures in which small individual donations are made through an online platform.
Denali Jacket: A popular performance fleece garment made by the North Face and commonly seen on mountaineers and college students.
Direct to Consumer: A business model in which a company sells its products via its own website, catalog, or store, reducing retail markup and passing the savings along to the consumer.
Double Plastic Mountaineering Boot: A highly reliable style of footwear that prevents frostbite in alpine environments.
The raw materials that make up the tools for hiking, running, paddling, skiing, and cycling. These 36 building blocks are indispensable to the design and function of gear, from mankind’s first wool layer to the latest lab-born membranes. (Some things just look better in print. To see this in all…
Dropper Post: A mountain-bike component that can be raised or lowered with a button mounted on the handlebars.
Lifa Shirt: The first commercially available base layer made from polypropylene, released in 1970 by Helly Hansen.
Bill Bowerman: A legendary Oregon track coach who cofounded the shoe company Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964; 14 years later, it became Nike.
Sports Bra: A groundbreaking invention that lets women participate comfortably in a range of vigorous athletic activities.
Fourth American ever with first-place finish
