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For those who are always on the road—or just like to keep their closet spartan—we built an outfit that works as well on Friday as it did last Monday. It sounds like some kind of curse: five days, one outfit,…

> When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. Vests are one of the most overlooked pieces of gear. They…

> When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. REI's End of Season clearance sale starts Friday and runs through…

One of the more time-consuming challenges of public-land Airstreaming? Locating good sites. This app helps. Earlier this month, we started our inexorable migration south, following the animals and the warmth and the dry singletrack through Texas, Arizona, and California. Our first stop…

> We all know and love the Kanken. Designed originally for Scandanavian schoolchildren, Fjällräven’s most recognizable backpack has a simple, classic design that has won the hearts of outdoors folks and hipsters alike. The pack is so popular, in fact,…

> In endurance sports, your lower body tends to get all the glory. But the truth is that your upper-body muscles—especially your shoulders—play a huge role in your success. Your shoulder marks the spot where your upper arm connects to…

Click:ydroxyethyl cellulose HEC> As I stood with my arm around my 12-year-old daughter, Devon, in the middle of the Namib Desert, the silence was broken by the snort of a black rhino directly in front of us. I squeezed her a…

Pedaling toward the truth of the “bikes-vs-cars” debate So I'm pedaling my younger child to his preschool. We're on the right-hand side of a two-way street free from traffic when a motorist beeps behind me. As I turn around, she…