

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... ...
Here are a few of the interesting backpacking items of the future I spotted during the summer Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City: Petzl: Core Rechargeable Headlamp Battery On Nov. 1, the climbing hardware specialist will release its Core rechargeable battery, a flat, rectangular unit that occupies the same space that 3 AAA batteries now fill on current Petzl headlamps. The battery will fit existing Petzl headlamps in the Tikka series, from smaller Tikkina and Zipka models up to the ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on August 11, 2010 3:50 PM & Tagged Black Diamond, Core Battery, Marmot, Outdoor Retailer, Petzl, Plasma bags, Precip jacket and Z Poles | permalink | Comments
How are we doing? Give us feedback on this page.