A little more than a half-century ago, Congress actually worked in a bi-partisan effort to craft and pass the National Trails System Act, which was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on Oct. 2, 1968. Twenty-five years after that landmark law was enacted, a coalition of trail organizations lead by the American Hiking Society and Read more ›
Garret Madison, a Seattle-based climbing guide who has guided 60 clients to the summit of Everest since 2009, called off a fall expedition to the same peak due to a serac hanging almost 3.000 feet above the Khumbu Icefall. This past March, Zac Bookman, CEO of Silicon Valley’s OpenGov, filed a suit against Madison, seeking Read more ›
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on these Petzl low-stretch ropes today: Axis 11mm rope (white, yellow, black, blue, red, and orange) available in 150, 200, 600, and 1200 feet. Model Numbers R074AA00 – R074AA27. Parallel 10.5mm (white, yellow, black, blue, red, and orange), available in 50, 100, 200, and 500 meters. Read more ›
Getting outside this fall and winter are big priorities for many of us since we’ve been cooped up in many parts of the country and world. If you’re looking for some deals to upgrade your gear or you’re branching out into a new activity — check out some of these Labor Day sales to get Read more ›
Goal Zero, a leading solar and portable power solutions manufacturer based in Utah, announced a suite of new products aimed at enhancing consumers experiences in the outdoors or emergency preparedness. “Providing people with the increasingly important access to personal power wherever they are has been at the heart of Goal Zero’s mission since day one,” Read more ›
Good To-Go, purveyors of gourmet dehydrated meals, has been running a holiday shopping donation campaign for three years. The brand, co-founded in 2014 by renowned chef Jennifer Scism, donated one meal for every two purchased, with a one for one period between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, during the 2019/2020 holiday season. Customers chose between Read more ›
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day; some of us may celebrate by adventuring in the outdoors, which almost always includes the use of at least some gear. Whether it be shoes, a pack, hard goods, or apparel, these essentials to our enjoyment of the outdoors produce a carbon footprint, presenting a contradiction to Read more ›
Respected outdoor brands Goal Zero, Petzl, and DPS skis, along with textile manufacturing machinery brand Eastman Machine combined forces to produce medical-grade face shields for the Utah Department of Health. All these brands, except for Eastman Machine, call Salt Lake City their home. Eastman Machine is based in Buffalo, New York. Goal Zero purchased raw Read more ›
President Trump announced at his daily briefing today that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended “non-medical, cloth” masks on a voluntary basis. This would include multifunctional neck gaiters like those offered by Buff, the originator of this category of outerwear. Of course, other neck gaiters, balaclavas, even the trusty handkerchief could potentially serve the Read more ›
OutDoor by ISPO, or simply “ISPO” to outdoor industry insiders, was officially canceled yesterday amid both health and economic concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. ISPO had scheduled the show for June 28th to July 1st in Munich, Germany. “Under these circumstances, it is not reasonable to go ahead with OutDoor by ISPO as scheduled—for Read more ›
Alpine touring becomes more popular each year with more skiers heading into the backcountry to find pow stashes and more resorts allowing uphill traffic. One problem skiers ran into was the excessive gear — you used to need a completely different setup for touring than the one you had for lift-served days. Over the past Read more ›
Since 1965, Sierra Designs has been a leader in outdoor gear innovation. Now, 55 years later, the brand plans to offer leadership in a new way – encouraging partnerships to introduce new people to the outdoor lifestyle. Sierra Design’s Adventure Out initiative unites education groups, community partners, and outdoor business to expand participation in the outdoors. Read more ›