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Rumpl blankets The summer festival season is much like the summer camping season in that you’re essentially living outside. You’re eating outside, you’re sitting outside, you’re drinking outside and in...

Our Wall of Amphibious Footwear We were eating lunch on day two of our backpack trip to Wilson Creek when I noticed Brandon eyeing my shoes, which were surprisingly dry...

It’s the summer clothing travel dilemma: you want to have an active vacation, but you also want to look good having it. Time was that could be a challenge. The...

Cullen McMillian’s backpacking experience includes a 30-day National Outdoor Leadership School trip in Scandinavia. Your scout has done the 5-mile hike, three 10-mile hikes, a 15-miler and the big 20-miler....

Osprey Meridian 60L Over the past few weeks in this space, our expert staff has reviewed some of our favorite gear for adventurous travelers. We’ve talked about gear that addresses...

Our Ward Swann is no stuffed shirt, but he does appreciate a good shirt stuffer, such as the Eagle Creek Pack-It: use the folding board to fold the shirts you...

When preparing for a big trip, especially overseas, it’s important to remember the three S’s: Sleep, Security, Style.Sleep Bad things can happen when you don’t get enough sleep on a...

Versatile, durable, and made to fit every adventurer’s needs, the Double Haul™ Convertible Duffel & Tote from NEMO is designed with purpose from start to finish. Here are a few reasons...

GetBackpacking! guide Brandon Hicks counsels the curious on weight loss. At Saturday’s informal GetBackpacking! Backpacking Get-together with Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery, we talked with all sorts of folks. There were the...

Employ these strategies — and this gear — to stay warm on the trail. Outdoor Research gloves and hats: your personal thermostat OR Women’s Flurry Gloves They are, perhaps, the...

Rooster of Council Tools displays some of his company’s axes Andrew Romero doesn’t take an axe when he goes backpacking. “I like to go light,” says Andrew, a sales associate...

Good things come in small packages. And in socks. Some of the best stuff of Christmas morning is the stuff that gets stuffed into a stocking. Stuff such as: Princeton...

The weather’s cooled, you’ve gotten interested in hiking. Maybe you’re new to the trail entirely, maybe you’re a cool-weather hiker who’s been away for a while. As a newbie especially,...

Women’s Spyfire jacket After a longer-than-usual wait, the time has arrived when our thoughts turn to keeping warm. To some the cold is a deterrent to outdoor outings. We, on...

Chapel Hill Manager Chad Pickens talks headlamps We’ve reached that time of fall when we’re losing noticeable amounts of sunlight each day. Noticeable, as in about a minute a day,...

Tecnica Forge GTX (womens) You know that magical moment on the trail when you realize you’ve found an awesome boot? Actually, this a trick question: that magical moment doesn’t occur...

Chad Pickens, our Chapel Hill store manager and a fan of living a long, healthy life, has this bit of advice for anyone nervous about using bug spray: it beats...

Tecnica Forge GTX fitting from TrustyGOPC on Vimeo. I’m pretty much an off-the-rack kind of guy. Suit sleeves a tad long? I’ll just roll ‘em up a little, Don Johnson...