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Win A Boreas Hopper Day Pack and Bootlegger Suspension System
Like the new Boreas Trava and Tiago tents? Win one of their backpacks! Update: Reader David Camp has been randomly selected as the winner. Congrats David! We’re giving away one Boreas Hopper day pack and its Bootlegger suspension system. The pack measures 28L in volume and weighs just 1lbs 90z, making it ideal for hiking, … Continued
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These Snow-White Tents Offer Shelter With Lightweight Fabric Ribs
Shifting some of the structure off the poles and into the fabric, new tents from San Francisco-based Boreas are using design innovation to keep weight off your back and a roof over your head. Boreas is a new Bay Area company that’s shaken up the backpack space with drastically simple and lightweight trekking packs that … Continued
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How To Fight A Bear And Win
The most common large predators you’ll encounter outdoors in North America, bears also really, really, really want to eat your food and sometimes even you. Here’s how to keep them from getting either. When I say bears are common, I mean that you’ve probably already seen one in your back yard, on a camping trip … Continued
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What Big Survival Knives Are For And How To Use One
Is there any cooler item of outdoors gear than a big, fixed-blade knife? Or a more misunderstood one? Let’s look at what you actually use them for and how to do so. Since Rambo’s up top, let’s start with some common big knife misconceptions: They’re not for killin’ people or animals, those saws on the … Continued
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Adventure Tested: 2014 Yamaha Super Tenere ES
Weighing in at 636lbs (wet), the 2014 Yamaha Super Tenere ES is the heaviest adventure motorcycle on the market. But, it’s also one of the best, this is why. What’s It Supposed To Do? The SuperTen is a big Adventure bike, you know, the kind you’re supposed to be able to hop on and ride … Continued
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How Adopting A Dog Saved My Life
When Wiley first came home last February, I was barely able to walk, desperately single and exploited at work. No more, in large part thanks to him. I didn’t actually have a huge role in Wiley’s adoption. Some friends heard of an adorable family of puppies on death row down in San Diego and rushed … Continued
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An Easy, Affordable, Effective Guide To Preparing For A Disaster
Emergency preparedness tends to get creepily paranoid. Here’s some basic advice for everyone. It won’t protect you from zombies, but it will keep you comfortable, warm and safe. California sure has been shaking a lot recently. Meanwhile, back east, Hurricane Sandy wiped out the Jersey Shore and an outbreak of tornadoes plowed through the Midwest … Continued
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Fix Absolutely Anything, Anywhere With A Keychain Toolkit
For less than $50, I’ve built a keychain toolkit that’s fixed cars, motorcycles and once kept me out of jail. It’s even legal on airplanes. Here’s how you can build yours. All this might be legal on airplanes, but it will raise the TSA’s eyebrows. As I pass through security, I put it in the … Continued
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How To Jump Off A Cliff Like A Pro
Tall cliffs, deep water. It’s one of the easiest ways you could be risking your life this very weekend. Here’s how and why from one of the sport’s leading outlaws. Full Disclosure: I’m a big Fraidy Cat and won’t go off anything over about 20 feet and, even then, only when the ribbing from friends … Continued
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Found: California’s Lost Bighorn Sheep
Hidden deep within the wilderness north of Los Angeles is rumored to be a lost herd of endangered bighorn sheep. Over Christmas, we captured what I believe to be the first video of them. Before friends pulled him off death row and gave him to me, Wiley was a pound puppy, so his date of … Continued
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Welcome To IndefinitelyWild
IndefinitelyWild is Gizmodo’s new sub-site covering adventure travel in the outdoors, the vehicles and gear that get us there and the people we meet along the way. Here’s everything you need to know. Photo: Sherman Thomas What’s with the name? “We need the tonic of wilderness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore … Continued
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How To Backpack Into Sespe Hot Springs
If you want to see big, scary animals and you don’t want to work too hard for it, then this is the place. With perfect camping weather, a surprising abundance of large wildlife and located just a two-hour drive north of Los Angeles, Sespe Hot Springs is a great backpacking destination. Top Photo: Doc Searls … Continued
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