Hiking
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The Roving Blue O-Pen supports world travellers and nomads by keeping drinking water clean and fresh. In contrast to more common purification means, like UV rays, this pen-sized purification device kills microorganisms with the stuff that blocks those UV rays in the atmosphere: ozone.
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Cyclists in Canada will soon be able to pedal from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean, without having to share a road with a single car. The Great Trail will stretch 15,000 miles through each of the country’s 13 provinces and territories and touch three oceans.
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The all-new Garmin Rino 700 Series works as a touchscreen-based navigator, 5 W two-way radio and weather tracking system. It also plays nice with your phone, bringing smart features onto its own touchscreen.
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Backpacks virtually always have the same basic structure: a storage pouch hanging from a set of shoulder straps. The ME-2 dares to be different. This all-new backpack doesn't go over your shoulders at all, instead wrapping around your torso and catching a ride.
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Austrian startup Fontus is developing a novel water bottle that is vaporware in just about every sense of the phrase. Not only does it not yet exist in the marketplace, but it is claimed to literally pull water vapor out of the air to fill itself.
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The "world's smartest headlamp" is getting smarter. Petzl introduced its reactive Nao headlamp back in 2012 and has now returned with an upgrade, the Nao+.
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Outdoorsmen (and women) looking to drop their backpacks have a number of new alternatives for hauling gear into the wild. Zuca adds the latest in the All Terrain, a burly, aluminum-framed roller with large, knobby tires and a hunger for rough, open spaces.
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While backpacks remain one of the most comfortable and popular ways of carrying everyday necessities around, they're not perfect. The Paxis backpack attempts to solve one downside, eliminating the need to take the pack off to access your most essential items.
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What do you get when you cross a chair and a hammock? Why, Chammock, of course. Chammock is a small and compact chair that takes up very little room in your backpack, but which offers a comfortable chair when unfolded and hung between two trees.
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Preparing for an outdoor adventure can involve throwing any number of gadgets in your pack before you set out. Aimed at lightening the load, startup Fogo Digital has developed a multi-purpose flashlight that squeezes a number of functions into a single pocket-sized device.
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Over the years, the backpack has gained new and improved features, but it's remained essentially the same: a dual-strapped sack. The Offpiste UltraPack leaps forward a few evolutionary stages, strapping a gear-hauling triangle to your torso via a single strap for newfound athleticism.
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Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter (JVA) recently completed the Rabot Tourist Cabin, a rugged cabin that shelters hikers in Norway's Okstindan mountain range, some 1,200 m (3,937 ft) above sea level.
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