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Uncommon Challenge

bike commuting

Uncommon Challenge: Shifting Gears

Corey Buhay|June 7, 2020
A change of location may change your mind about what to wear on a bike ride to work.
Uncommon Challenge: Go On an Overnight Snowshoe Adventure

Uncommon Challenge: Go On an Overnight Snowshoe Adventure

Will Rochfort|March 6, 2020
What happens when a lifelong backpacker trades hiking boots for snowshoes?
Uncommon Challenge: Sleep (Well) In a Bivy Sack

Uncommon Challenge: Sleep (Well) In a Bivy Sack

Will McGough|January 23, 2020
Our test dummy trades in his tent for an emergency shelter in a non-emergency.
Uncommon Challenge: Cook With a Candle

Uncommon Challenge: Cook With a Candle

Will McGough|November 5, 2019
Does 50-year-old gear advice hold up on a camping trip in 2019?
Urban Backpacking

Uncommon Challenge: Go Backpacking Out Your Front Door

Aer Parris|September 17, 2019
As long as you’re carrying your belongings on your back, does it matter where you go? Our writer heads out for a long walk without leaving Seattle to find out.
Take a Cot Backpacking

Uncommon Challenge: Take a Cot Instead of a Pad

Will McGough|September 4, 2019
Backpackers are hell-bent on finding the smallest, most packable mattresses, but what happens when one ultralight purist forgoes his burrito-size sleeping pad for a cot?

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