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  • GEAR: Add a light to your sleeping bag

    Black Crater unveiled a small new light built into a cord lock at the recent Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2008. It works just like any cord lock when placed on the cord of anything from...

  • QUESTIONS: Down or Synthetic Insulation for sleeping bags?

    The insulation or "fill" inside a sleeping bag largely determines a sleeping bag's: Weight (and thus its "warmth-for-weight" ratio) Compressibility Durability   DownDown is the wispy, fluffy undercoating found just beneath the outer feathers of...

  • GEAR: Secure, waterproof GPS-ing on the water

    The Wxtex Deck Nav Dry Bag raises tech-touring by kayak to a whole new level.  A TPU bubble keeps your GPS unit safe and dry, but still usable through clear, soft plastic, while another waterproof...

  • HOW TO: Ban Plastic Bags - make your own Eco Bag

    It's in the 'bag'. The next time you are asked “paper or plastic?”at the local supermarket. Say “neither, we make and bring our own... A simple to make Eco Bag (DIY) can be made from hessian/jute...

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