This week saw some big-name brands dropping hot new gear: HOKA released a trail runner, Evolv put out a performance climbing shoe, and Patagonia announced a tougher version of its bestselling jacket. 　　Celebrity inspiration was also on full display: Zendaya worked with On to design a new shoe and apparel collection, and Simms released fishing gear inspired by the OG...

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　　If you’re thinking about ordering the 2026 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak edition, be prepared to be overwhelmed.  　　As the SRT Hellcat name suggests, this special-edition Durango will carry on with the iconic HEMI V-8 under the hood. While Dodge and its siblings at Stellantis, Jeep and Ram, pulled and/or were pulling the plug on the Hemi, it lives on...

　　When Leatherman released the Signal ($140) in the spring of 2015, it wasn’t like any other multitool on the market. In fact, Leatherman hasn’t released any other tool like it since — a legitimate outdoor survival multitool. 　　Sure, you could argue that all of Leatherman’s multitools are aimed at the outdoors. However, the inclusion of a hammer, safety whistle, ferro...

　　There are many hills I’m game to die on. Few are farther from the grace of both car campers and ultralighters as this one: For camping and backpacking, tables are usually more useful than chairs. 　　To the former group, to cut either is to have an unfinished camp. To many of the latter, the extra ounces of a table are...

　　In celebration of summertime road trips, this week we’re revisiting an episode from our archives that is one of PaddyO’s favorites. In 2021, two men set out to do something seemingly impossible. And also pretty dumb. Motorcycle gurus and YouTube stars Zack Courts and Ari Henning squeezed together, “buttcrack to belt buckle”, on a minibike—a vehicle roughly the size of...

　　When I started planning my latest campervan build, I should have known better than to fall into the rabbit hole of the great chassis debate. Mercedes Sprinter or Ford Transit? What about the Ram ProMaster? Every aspiring van lifer must make this pivotal decision. 　　Having owned or used all three platforms for over a decade, I was still second-guessing my...

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　　The National Park Service will restore and install the bronze statue of a Confederate general in Washington D.C. five years after it was torn down during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. 　　According to a news release from the agency, reinstalling the statue of Albert Pike, a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War, “aligns with...