Well, Aren’t These New Sunglasses Swell?

Sing it with us now: Our fit future’s so bright, we gotta wear shades. What? It doesn’t go like that? Well, it should. Regardless, it’s summer! And summertime comes with sunshine and lots of outdoor workouts. Workouts where your peepers might need some extra protection. From UV rays to debris to bugs (Ever got one [...]

Bottle Light, Bottle Bright: Cleanest Bottle I See Tonight

Do you have a water bottle that’s hard to clean? Or a travel coffee mug that’s beyond gross? Or a CamelBak hydration pack you used when hiking that could be studied by a 6th-grade science class for a lesson on bacteria growth? Um, yeah, me, too. Which is why when Clean Ethics emailed us about [...]

Brrr: Getting Sweaty With Terramar Sports Thermal Wear

Ever since my snowboarding trip last year, I’ve been obsessed with the proper undergarments needed to hit the mountain. Because my fiance loves snowboarding with a passion, I’ve pretty much made peace with the fact that I’ll be on a mountain at least once a year—if not more. I’m brand new to the sport, which means I’m body-down [...]

Say Goodbye to Mosquito Bites

This time of year I usually have at least a few mosquito bites on my legs, arms and feet. Heck, last week, I even had a mosquito bite on the inside of my belly button. What kind of a skeeter bites people there?! A mean one, apparently. Seeing that I’m not a fan of chemicals and [...]

Nothing Makes You Appreciate Nature Like a Trail Run

  I’m a firm believer in the fact that nobody knows their town the way runners do. Sure, if you cycle or drive around, you’ll get a good lay of the land, but as a runner, I get to take trails that cut through areas that you’d never even know were there. I run through [...]

Do Yoga on the Beach, Without Getting Sand in Your Face With This Sand-Barrier Rug

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had this issue with dust, sand, dirt, PARTICLES getting on my hands and feet. I don’t know if someone pushed me down in a pile of flour and then screamed at me, but I have serious phobias of my fingers and feet getting dirty. I know this [...]

Snowboarding: My Fit Bottom Survived…Barely!

I suffer from a problematic syndrome called “But that Won’t Happen to Me.” I tell you all this because as I sit here typing, I’m STILL perplexed that I’m sore from my first snowboarding adventure in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Everyone told me I’d be sore, I’d need pads, I’d fall, yada yada. I listened not. [...]

A Reversible Winter Jacket for All of Your Outdoor Activities—Even the Windy Ones!

Ever since I went backpacking last summer, I have come to appreciate the beauty of a coat that is lightweight, warm and is—I’ll admit, even in the woods—cute. And the new Craghoppers ClimaPlus Reversible Jacket that the company recently sent me to test? Well, it fits all of those requirements. Not a backpacking coat by design [...]

The One Time Backtracking Is a Good Thing

Normally when you hear the word “backtracking,” you think of, well, going backwards—away from your goal or your aspirations. However, in the case of hiking and backpacking, backtracking your steps to the place where you started a hike isn’t just helpful, it’s a huge safety plus! While most of the trails I hiked during my recent [...]

Body Wipes: Two Fixes for When You Just Can’t Shower

Whether you’re out camping, hiking or even just going from the gym to work, it’s easy to not feel your freshest after getting your sweat on. No matter if you’re going an hour or, ahem, six days without a shower, we put these two get-fresh products to the test to see how clean they really [...]

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