A Week in Altra's Lone Peak 4 Shoes Made Me a Convert
Click:A38003-20> I am not a runner, but I do log dozens of miles every week on hiking trails and can’t think of a better weekend than one that involves a backpack full of camping gear. And I have a new…
Peanut Butter and Jelly Should Fuel Your Next Adventure
It’s basically the best performance food on the planet In 1901, food writer Julia David Chandler announced a new recipe in the Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics: “Try making sandwiches…of three very thin layers of…
Chaco Rolls Out a Re-Sole Program for Its Famous Flips
> Chaco flips are mainstays in our summer kits. But up until now, you couldn’t send them in for repair through the company’s ReChaco program (the treads weren’t compatible with the re-soling system). Next year, Chaco is fixing that and…
Beyond Books Club: ‘The Stranger in the Woods’ Podcast
Our features editor sat down with author Mike Finkel to talk about his book, and you can listen in on their conversation We couldn’t put down our second official Outside Beyond Books Club pick: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of…
Testing Therm-A-Rest’s New Ultralight Sleep System
> It’s not often that I get to test a new product that genuinely changes my life. But that's the case with Therm-A-Rest’s new UberLite sleeping pad. Weighing just 8.8 ounces in its six-foot long, regular-length configuration, this pad offers just…
9 Stretches to Relieve Lower Back Pain
> Lower-back pain plagues just about everyone at some point. A widely cited Canadian survey from the late 1990s found that nearly 85 percent of adults will experience some kind of lower-back pain in their life. Whether you’re recovering from…
First Impressions of the Gearlab Akiak Kayak Paddle
> Greenland paddles, first made by Inuits 5,000 years ago, are designed for long ocean journeys. Traditional paddles—like the ones you may have used to kayak around a lake—have wide blades, but a Greenland’s are long and thin. As a result it moves…
Race Week Anxiety? You’re Not Alone
As Boston looms, so do the fears that haunt every marathoner The Boston Marathon is less than one week away. Presumably, most of the 30,000 runners who will be taking the bus to Hopkinton on Patriots’ Day have already eased…
A Brief History of Jumping the Tour de France
> On a hot afternoon last week in the southeast of France, 30-year-old Frenchmountain biker Alexis Bosson sat on his downhill bike. He stared at the wooden ramp that would launch him over the road gap below and into instant Internet…
Trump’s National Park Service Superintendent Is a Win
> On Friday, the Trump Administration announced its plan to nominate Raymond David Vela, the current chief of Grand Teton National Park, to lead the National Park Service. If Congress signs off, David Vela would become the first Latino superintendent of the NPS, with a…