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Revelate Designs Tangle Bikepacking Frame Bag Review Camping Tips

Revelate Designs Tangle Bikepacking Frame Bag Review Camping Tips

Revelate Designs Tangle Bikepacking Frame Bag Review Camping Tips

The Revelate Designs Tangle Frame Bagis a bikepacking bag that sits in the unused space on your bike below your top tube. It’s called a half-frame bag because it doesn’t fill the entire space in front of your seat post, leaving space underneath for bottle mounts. Frame bags are a great place to store a mini-pump, tools, tubes,…

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Chainless Bike Driveshaft: CeramicSpeed Wows Eurobike Camping Tips

Chainless Bike Driveshaft: CeramicSpeed Wows Eurobike Camping Tips

Chainless Bike Driveshaft: CeramicSpeed Wows Eurobike Camping Tips

A new kind of drivetrain system debuts at Eurobike, and it’s shaking people’s belief systems.

“No chains. No derailleurs.”The future of the bike looks kind of weird, to be honest. But the new derailleur-free drivetrain showcased by CeramicSpeed at Eurobike this week has been one of the show’s highlights. And the industry is…

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Scarpa Furia S First Look Camping Tips

Scarpa Furia S First Look Camping Tips

Scarpa Furia S First Look Camping Tips

Scarpa adds a sensitive, soft, aggressive shoe to its high-performance lineup. We tested the Furia S both outdoors and in for this first look review.

Scarpa’s soft shoe lineup is impressive. The Furia, Drago, and Chimera are highly lauded tools for steep and difficult routes and boulders. And recently, Scarpa added another weapon to this category, the…

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Patagonia, Danner Team Up for 'Foot Tractor' Wading Boots Camping Tips

Patagonia, Danner Team Up for ‘Foot Tractor’ Wading Boots Camping Tips

Patagonia, Danner Team Up for ‘Foot Tractor’ Wading Boots Camping Tips

Patagonia this week reveals its first collaboration ever: a wading boot made by Danner. Meet the new Foot Tractor.

Lace the Foot Tractor or River Salt over your waders and step into the stream. Patagonia says its technology, coupled with the lifetime build quality of Danner, will keep you on the water longer.

Patagoniathis…

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Why Core Bike Brand 7Mesh Teamed With Lululemon Camping Tips

Why Core Bike Brand 7Mesh Teamed With Lululemon Camping Tips

Why Core Bike Brand 7Mesh Teamed With Lululemon Camping Tips

One year ago, lululemon bought a minority stake in a tiny premium cycling apparel maker, 7mesh. And now this pairing is coming to stores across North America.

Lululemon is known for high-end yoga pants. So its 7mesh-designed cycling line partnership presented a major gear shift.

While cycling enthusiasts may view the move as a step…

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3 Steals to Start Your Week Camping Tips

3 Steals to Start Your Week Camping Tips

3 Steals to Start Your Week Camping Tips

Great outdoor gear at an amazing price: That’s our goal each Monday. Check out the bargains below and save on gear for your next adventure.

REI Co-op Flash Pack – men’s & women’s: $99 (50% Off)

Hit the trails for some backpacking fun with REI’s Flash packs. The 65-liter men’s and 60-liter women’s versions will hold all your hiking gear. Next…

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Brandon Semanuk in 100 Gnarly Seconds of Mountain Bike Rippage Camping Gear

Brandon Semanuk in 100 Gnarly Seconds of Mountain Bike Rippage Camping Gear

Brandon Semanuk in 100 Gnarly Seconds of Mountain Bike Rippage Camping Gear

Your jaw will drop. You won’t believe it. Brandon Semanuk is a mountain biking master, and this video proves it. Watch and be amazed!

This video from Red Bull’s Raw 100 video series pits one mountain biker against a custom-built course. Semanuk absolutely kills it with some of the smoothest riding we’ve ever seen,…

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Officials Post Bounty on Colorado Goat Poachers Camping Tips

Officials Post Bounty on Colorado Goat Poachers Camping Tips

Officials Post Bounty on Colorado Goat Poachers Camping Tips

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are offering $1,000 for information on the slaying of two goats on a popular 14er.

Two male mountain goats, estimated at 1 to 2 years old, were “shot in the head with a pistol at close range” last week, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).

The killing qualifies as illegal…

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SPOT X Two-Way Satellite Messenger Review Camping Tips

SPOT X Two-Way Satellite Messenger Review Camping Tips

SPOT X Two-Way Satellite Messenger Review Camping Tips

The SPOT X is a two-way satellite messengerthat can send and receive SMS messages and emails with friends and family or search and rescue services anywhere in the world. It is a big step forward from SPOT’s Gen 3 satellite communicator that could only send SOS or pre-defined text messages, but could not have a two-way conversation with…

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Our Top Outdoor Stories This Week Camping Tips

Our Top Outdoor Stories This Week Camping Tips

Our Top Outdoor Stories This Week Camping Tips

A recap of popular stories this week, July 1-7, 2018.

A recent book by Maren Horjus outlines 100 unknown hiking gems across the U.S. This story highlights hidden trails that deserve John Muir Trail-level hype and Narrows-style recognition. Ditch the crowds on these weekend adventures that have been solitude glutton-approved.

The…

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Famous YouTubers Die in Waterfall Accident Camping Tips

Famous YouTubers Die in Waterfall Accident Camping Tips

Famous YouTubers Die in Waterfall Accident Camping Tips

Three well-known members of the YouTube channel ‘High On Life’ died Tuesday while hiking at Shannon Falls in Squamish, British Columbia.

Ryker Gamble, Alexy Lyakh, and Megan Scraper — YouTube travel personalities followed by more than 2.5 million people across social media accounts — were walking along the series of steep waterfalls.…

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Big Agnes Insulated Double Z Sleeping Pad Review Camping Equipment Big Agnes Insulated Double Z Sleeping Pad Review Camping Equipment The Big Agnes Insulated Double Z sleeping pad…

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Hang From Belays All Day in Petzl’s Luna Harness Camping Tips

Hang From Belays All Day in Petzl’s Luna Harness Camping Tips

Hang From Belays All Day in Petzl’s Luna Harness Camping Tips

Calling all female trad climbers: The Petzl Luna Harness is contoured to a woman’s physique and padded in all the right places. We reviewed the brand’s updated product to see how it fares on multi-pitch climbs and long alpine routes.

Redesigned for 2018,Petzl released the Luna harness for hardcore trad climbing women. Historically,…

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HOKA ONE ONE Torrent Trail Runners Camping Tips

HOKA ONE ONE Torrent Trail Runners Camping Tips

HOKA ONE ONE Torrent Trail Runners Camping Tips

Here at GJ, we test a lot of gear. We are fortunate to test cutting-edge new products. Now, we want to give you the chance to win some gear too.

This week, we’re giving away a pair of HOKA ONE ONE Torrent trail runners to one lucky winner!

More on the brand: HOKA ONE ONE is synonymous with premium cushioning — and for good reason. HOKA…

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Welcome to the House Turned Obstacle Course Camping Tips

Welcome to the House Turned Obstacle Course Camping Tips

Welcome to the House Turned Obstacle Course Camping Tips

For athletes entering the ever-popular obstacle course racing (OCR) scene, a performance advantage could be a backyard monkey bar away.

Coloradan Andrew Adamowski regularly podiums in regional OCRs like the gritty Spartan series. The 44-year-old former Ironman competitor finished second twice in the Elite Masters category at the race’s…

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Senator Wants to Eliminate Federal Public Lands Camping Tips

Senator Wants to Eliminate Federal Public Lands Camping Tips

Senator Wants to Eliminate Federal Public Lands Camping Tips

Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, said states should be able to sell public land in what he calls a ‘new Homestead Act.’

The Trump administration recently reduced the size of Bears Ears National Monument

On June 29, in front of a crowd at the Sutherland Institute, Senator Mike Lee outlined three bills about public land. He spokeagainst…

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MSR Carbon Reflex Fast and Light Tent Body Review Camping Tips

MSR Carbon Reflex Fast and Light Tent Body Review Camping Tips

MSR Carbon Reflex Fast and Light Tent Body Review Camping Tips

MSR has a new class of double-wall inner tents called fast and light tent “bodies” which are inner tents without any mesh, designed to reduce gear weight and provide more rain-splatter protection than pitching the fly in a fast and light footprint configuration. Unlike footprints, the tent bodies have bathtub floors and sidewalls…