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Opinion: The war on saturated fat, never based on good science, can now end Scientists discover a lemon-shaped planet with ...
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The best tent just got better!

Tents featured in this video include the X-Mid Pro 2+, X-Mid Pro 2, and Zpacks Duplex. Video of brutal Seattle attack on ...
What good is a tent if it’s a bane on your back? The question became a founding principle of the Duplex tent, which many industry experts lauded for its lightweight design. The company behind the ...
American backpacking gear specialist Zpacks already has one of the world's lightest lineups of tents and shelters, with some single-sleepers that flirt with a mere half-pound (227 g). Its new Duplex ...
Concerns have been raised after a lone hill walker was reported missing after setting off on an unmarked Highlands trail regarded as the toughest long-distance walk in the UK. Bernard Trottet, 65, was ...
A search is ongoing for a Swiss walker last seen in the Scottish mountains a week ago. Bernard Trottet, who has been hiking alone, was last heard from several miles north of Glenfinnan at Corryhully ...
If there's one thing you want to do immediately after completing the kind of long, exhausting hike that's mandatory when backpacking, it's rip off those shoes and let your fiery, achy feet breathe a ...
Dollar for ounce, no part of an ultralight backpacker’s kit is more costly to cut down on weight than the sleep system. Premium down — we’re talking 800 or even 900 fill power — costs exponentially ...
I live in the mountain west, weekend warrioring to the max. More often than not, I’m camping on slickrock, granite, shallow sand, hard packed dirt, or other surfaces that don’t take well to tent ...
When you’re logging miles on the trail by day, a backpacking tent is your priceless refuge by night. It’s the shelter that will keep you warm, dry and away from bugs, where you’ll snooze, change ...