

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... ...
Want to see the most interesting new sleeping pad of 2011 in action? It's the Exped Synmat UL 7, available only at REI until mid-April, and our little blogcast (a glorified student film, really) gives you a glimpse of how it looks and performs. [insert video box here] We checked out what Exped calls its "medium" model: 71.5 inches (182cm) long, 20 inches (52cm) wide. That's a pad size other manufacturers often call "large" or "long." What makes it noteworthy: Surprising thickness: 7cm, which ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on March 30, 2011 4:36 PM & Tagged Exped, SynMat, sleeping pads and ultralight | permalink | Comments
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