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　　By days two or three of a backpacking trip, Im normally resigned to some level of hip pain. My hips will bruise, become tender to the touch, or sometimes even bleed. 　　No matter what pack or what weight I carry, it’s bound to happen. So you can imagine my relief when, on day three on the Superior Hiking Trail (SHT)...

　　No, this isnt a collaboration between Subaru and Coldplay. Yes, the cars have the Pleiades cluster on the nose, and yes, theyre all yellow. But its just a coincidence. 　　Called the 2026 Subaru WRX Series.Yellow and 2026 Subaru BRZ Series.Yellow, the two new special editions will be launched at the Boxerfest event in Pennsylvania later this month. 　　Subaru Loves a...

　　Snow was blasting sideways while the wind howled. I was 10 minutes into a dog walk I couldnt turn back from. Thankfully, the Outdoor Research Coze womens winter jacket was living up to the hype and price. As gusts whipped around the pines and my pup shot me accusatory glances, I felt invincible in this parka. 　　Living in the coldest...

　　This was strange, wet weather for the second week of April in Crested Butte, Colo. During springs chaotic conditions, I was very happy to be wearing a toasty down jacket that was also very water resistant: The Stio Turnbolt womens winter jacket. 　　I stepped out of the Secret Stash Pizza and was grateful for the restaurants awning. A torrential downpour...

　　They say you shouldn’t reinvent the wheel — but what about the chair? Simple things ought to be simple, I thought to myself while breaking out the new Helinox Chair One (re) while camping recently. And chairs? Assuredly, we’ve got them down at this point. 　　Apparently, I was wrong. Success is a process, and while the original Chair One set...

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　　Everyone who loves adventure must, at some point, make a pilgrimage to Moab, Utah. Just don’t be surprised if one trip turns into many. Cradled in a sprawling, three-dimensional garden of spiraling towers, sandstone arches, plunging canyons, and wind-polished slickrock, Moab is the hub of a 20 million-acre desert playground. The landscapes are otherworldly. The sunsets are second to none....

　　California is a backpacker’s paradise, with stunning trails in national and state parks, and in the mountains, deserts, and along the ocean. Yet for all of this natural beauty, some of the state’s best backpacking actually lies in a little-known wilderness area near Fresno. 　　Dinkey Lakes Trail guides hikers past a series of alpine lakes in a remote part of...

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　　The media has undergone a radical transformation in recent years —and publications covering the outdoors are no exception. 　　In 2023, the Disney-owned National Geographic fired all of its staff writers, leaving few, if any, full-time writers and editors for the longtime gold standard of outdoor journalism. Outside Magazine slowly grew into a conglomerate of outdoor publications, and then fired so...