Portable Gear For the Mountain Photographer
Mountain photography presents two impossible demands. You don’t want to haul heavy camera gear up a peak if you can avoid it: it will make the hike less fun and slow you down. Mountains...
Author: Neil Schulman
Is a Crossover Kayak For You?
Every sport goes through trends and innovations. Sometimes it’s revolutionary: mountain bikes first appeared on the scene in Marin County and created a completely new sport. Big wall gear opened up a whole new climbing...
How to Keep Warm for Winter Kayaking
Most kayakers hang their boats up for the winter. That’s a mistake. Winter is often the best paddling season: no crowds, lots of water in many regions of the country, and a rarified rugged...
Does the Outdoors Have a Cultural Problem?
For years the outdoors was the great equalizer. Stephen Mather, the first head of the National Park Service, welcomed cars to national parks for a reason: to make them the meeting ground for all...
Different Strokes for Different Folks: Choosing a Kayak Paddle
In a movie scene in a long-ago movie, Robin Williams plays a Soviet defector who goes to an American grocery story and stands baffled at the entire aisle with 20 different types of toilet...
Gear That Refuses To Go Obsolete
New gear comes out every day. Stuff gets lighter, stronger, with more bells and whistles. Jackets sprout MP3-conduits in the hoods, and you can use a stove to recharge your iPhone. Amidst all this...
Gear for Camping Out of Sea Kayaks
Packing a kayak for a sea journey involves some special gear demands. You’ll be camping on beaches. There will be lots of salt, sand, wind, damp, condensation, and little shelter if it rains. And packing...
Gear for the Lightweight Photographer
Think of the classic image of a photographer in the backcountry. It’s some poor soul wearing a nerdy vest crammed with lenses, grunting and sweating under a heavy pack and a giant tripod while...
7 Outdoor Businesses to Be Proud Of
The outdoor industry has always been a blend of passion and business: people who love their sport and the places they ply it in, who also have to make a living in an increasingly...
Sneak Peek: Kokatat Idol Drysuit
Kokatat watersports wear, the Arcata, CA-based kayaking drysuits and technical paddling apparel, seeks to revolutionize the drysuit market with the Gore-Tex Idol, a two-piece drysuit that can also be worn in its component parts....
The Nordkapp Turns 40
When they hit 40, people are just entering their professional prime. 40-year old whisky is damn good. On the other hand, a 40-year old car is an outdated design, and a 40-year old computer...
Review: the Reggie by Saltwood Paddles
Saltwood Paddles, which launched in 2011, makes handcrafted paddles that blend the tradition of wood with high-tech carbon fiber and fiberglass. Aimed at performance paddlers who enjoy rough water and take their equipment seriously,...
7 Things I Don’t Miss About Camping As A Kid
Nostalgia is universal. It’s as common as complaining about the boss or being impatient at the DMV. It was always better “back then”. In the nostalgic version of camping, back in the day the...
7 Versatile Sea Kayaks
Kayaks are like cars. There are gear haulers, spin-on-dime rally cars that rocket around corners, bee-lining speedsters, and rugged all-wheel-drive rigs that keep you relaxed when the weather turns nasty. Here’s a selection that...
