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The Ideal Spring Gloves
Many years ago, I was having one last coffee in the Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier before heading up to ski the mountain when I connected with a friend who was involved with product design at Marmot....
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Spring’s Best New Road Running Shoe
The Adidas Ultra Boost road running shoe; Photograph courtesy Adidas See more products in our Spring Essentials gear guide. The Adidas Ultra Boost road running shoe is among the best of spring’s new...
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A Shirt Jacket to Last Generations
When I was 11, my family bought a rattletrap cabin and 2.5 areas in the woods of Pennsylvania — at auction, for just $3,300. The price should give you a clue how much work was involved making the...
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Stylish Sunglasses That Are Made of Veggies
“People will stare. Make it worth their while.” This quote seems very Oscar Wilde, but it’s attributed to author Harry Winston, who absolutely would have approved of the new women’s Sidney shades from...
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Awesome Travel Pillow
Is the secret to surviving long flights powerful sleeping potions? More experienced travelers than I argue so. But I’m not so sure. I’ve found that snoozing through an overnight from North America to...
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Anti-Fog Sunglasses for Mountain Biking, Trail Running
Ryder Thorn sunglasses in action; Photograph courtesy Ryder Has anybody else found this summer to be hot and humid? Oh, right —pretty much everyone. Hottest year on record and all that. But that...
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A Windbreaker for Fall
Fjallraven’s High Coast Wind Jacket; Photograph courtesy Fjallraven I went to London expecting rain — a not-unreasonable assumption — and was cursed with the best weather of the year. Day after sogging...
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The Return of Madden Equipment
Photograph courtesy Madden Equipment Back when I was a ski patroller in Virginia, my carry was the Madden Mountaineering Patrol pack. Now, “ski patrol” + “Virginia” might sound like a punchline, and...
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Shorts for the Cooling Days of Fall
A couple years ago, my friend Kevin met me in Jackson Hole for a few days. He was wearing a wool Icebreaker t-shirt with an illustration of a fir tree on it. I saw a lot of that little line-drawn...
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Can a Canoe be a Work of Art? Why Not?
Photograph Courtesy Abitibi Centuries of frontiersman got by just fine with nothing more decorative than birch, but this is a different age, where the fashion is as fun as the function is important,...
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