living in alaska, A place with extremely bad weather and possibly even more notorious apex predators, My everyday kit for local trail runs may be more important than others. If I’m going into the alpine of the Chugach Mountains behind my house, that kit includes gloves, buff, wind or rainshell, food and water, and bear
Harley-Davidson is a brand that has always been premium. It’s not just the fact that it’s American, and it would be unthinkable for it to use anything other than an expensive V-twin engine; It has built its reputation over more than a century by offering desirable products in the market. Now if you look at
Wesley Littlefield 07.23.26 Whitewater Slipstream Bamboo Hoodie This has quickly become one of my favorite shirts as it fits well, is comfortable and keeps me cool, but there is clearly room for improvement in a few areas. Keep reading this Whitewater Slipstream Bamboo Hoodie review to find out how it handled the sweltering Oklahoma heat
AMichael Cunningham, an eight-year-old living in comfortable, concrete, suburban California, was forced to make art before he understood what it was, or could do: for example, a painting of souls ascending to heaven, in which heaven looked like the Griffith Park Observatory and all the dead were depicted in profile because his creator did not
If you’re at all serious about hunting, a quality headlamp is an absolute, no-questions-asked. A lot of hunting happens on both sides of the daylight, whether you’re hiking to a glassing point before sunrise, following a blood trail after dark, butchering an animal, or simply trying to find your shoes in the tent at 4
In my second race after a 5 week hiatus, I completed my fastest 5km of the year On flat pea gravel paths. It was definitely the shoes. The evidence is anecdotal, but when running in the Salomon Aero Glide 4 GRVL shoes I consistently found that my pace was faster than anticipated. In a little
TeaThe latest novel from Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive, begins with an octogenarian having a heart attack. Former business magnate Wilbur Budd is already feeling a little awkward when he gets a call from his ex-wife Maggie, whom he has not heard from in years. “I wanted to hear your voice,” she
Patrick Orcutt 07.23.26 The Special Operations Combatives Program (SOCP) is a realistic combat system created for special operations forces in the Army. It focuses on close combat skills which are useful, especially when wearing all your gear. Greg Thompson, who founded and developed the SOCP program, collaborated on the design of the benchmark SOCP Dagger.
A A reclusive interior designer named Paul travels from his home in Orkney to the Norwegian coastal city of Stavanger for the most unusual commissions. A datacenter containing huge Internet servers is located near the fjord on the outskirts of town, and a prestigious art magazine is paying large sums of money to refurbish it.
When we tested the Rurock EOX helmet last year we were impressed. It felt good on the head, and the Ace Café graphics earned plenty of praise wherever we rode. The new 2.0 has not been completely rebuilt. The carbon fiber/Kevlar/nylon/fiberglass shell is unchanged, the Fidlock chin strap returns, and the $349 optional Cardo-based Shockwave