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Wouldn’t it be great if you could buy Darn Tough Hiker Boot Socks with Insect Shield to protect yourself against Lyme disease-carrying ticks? Unfortunately, you can’t, but you can take matters into your own hands and send your socks out to be treated with Insect Shield. That’s what I do each spring at the start of hiking season. Lyme Disease …

Bar Mitts are cold weather pogies used by cyclists to keep their hands warm in cold weather. While they’re available for many different bar and shifter combinations, the straight bar version of Bar Mitts designed for mountain bikes can also be used as pogies for regular-handled trekking poles. Made with 5 mm Neoprene, Bar Mitts protect your hands from wind …

Winter fat biking is a very aerobic sport and I don’t just mean the huffing and puffing part. It’s not that unusual to find yourself flying through the air and into a snowbank when your front wheel gets stuck in a rut or you hit a patch of ice and the back wheel slides out from under you. Specs at …

The Gregory Packs Octal 55 is an ultralight backpack with a ventilated frame that helps evaporate back sweat and keep your shirt dry when hiking. Weighing 2 lbs 10 oz, it’s also one of a very small handful of female-specific ultralight backpacks today, with shoulder straps and a specially curved and padded hip belt to fit around the woman’s form. For …