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Founders of the Recreational Equipment Co-op (REI), which the couple started in their West Seattle home in 1938 as a way to help climber friends gain access to cheaper ice axes and harnesses by ordering bulk gear from Europe.
Jeep: A four-wheel-drive vehicle first produced for the U.S. Army during World War II.
Heart-Rate Monitor: A device that measures a wearer’s heart rate; particularly useful for monitoring exertion in athletes.
Pack Raft: A small inflatable raft that can be rolled up to fit in a backpack.
The Perfect Size Wheel: An elusive and controversial hoop that allows mountain bikers the ability to optimize progress over rocky terrain.
Researchers show health, visibility effects
Active opposition, budget doubts compel city to withdraw
Citing avalanche risk, summit climbers turn back
Some our favorite images from this year's Tour de France stages in the French Alps.
Bipartisan bill to reauthorize LWCF
Brandon Semenuk sequence coincides with iTunes release
First Indian Ocean races in Continental Championships
Yuri Milner funding biggest SETI project ever
With crash-filled stages, an American competing for the podium, and an astonishingly dominant performance by Chris Froome of Team Sky on Tuesday, it’s been an exciting start to the 2015 Tour de France. These images do the action justice.
Returned to a route Anker failed to complete in 1988
Will complete two stages for a leukemia charity
With petroleum as his paint, English photographer Simon Norfolk took to Africa’s second highest peak, Mount Kenya, to outline the mountains’ vanishing Lewis Glacier.
Tour leader Fabian Cancellara among those injured