

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Shopping for a backpacking stove? A new model has turned some heads here at REI: the Soto Muka. Why it's noteworthy: The Muka is the first liquid-fuel modern-day backpacking stove that requires no priming—a big leap forward in convenience for liquid-fuel stoves. It also uses either traditional white gas or unleaded gasoline, which is a plus when traveling internationally and white gas may be tough to locate. The Muka is available exclusively at REI through mid-June. Who might appreciate it ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on May 6, 2011 11:49 AM & Tagged Muka, Soto, backpacking, backpacking stoves, liquid-fuel stoves, priming and stoves | permalink | Comments
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