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Condor Rip-Away EMT Pouch
Most first aid kits are boo-boo kits, stocked with band-aids, gauze and antiseptic ointment. Not that there's anything wrong with that, until you're staring at a severed artery, gushing cavity or sucking chest wound. Then you need a trauma kit, and unlike a boo-boo kit trauma care can't wait until you get home. Trauma kits…
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Arc’Teryx Knee Caps
On the list of things you really want to protect, it goes like this: head, genitals, knees. Generally speaking, of course. Some people might switch the first two. College students, for example. Whether you're earning your turns on telemark boards, climbing manky rock and ice, or trying to get that perfect photo, if you need…
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Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight & Watertight .9 and Pocket Survival Pak Plus
When it comes to medical kits, we've always believed its better to piece together your own instead of buying a premade kit. But of course there's always the exception that proves the rule, and that exception is Adventure Medical Kits. There are three major reasons for this: AMK makes a metric crap-ton of kits tailored…
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Black Diamond Vapor helmet
6.6 is the number of the beast. Sure, we dropped a six, but how else to explain the weight in ounces of the new Black Diamond Vapor brain bucket? Clearly someone sold their soul to make this puppy. The Vapor features an EPS foam liner molded into a polycarbonate shell. You'd expect a featherweight helmet…
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Stearns Hybrid Fishing and Paddling Vest
If you're heading out on the water a personal flotation device AKA life vest AKA life jacket AKA Mae West is mandatory. For most of us a Type III, technically a "flotation aid," will be a reasonable compromise between security and mobility. This is not the kind of thing you want to get from a generic label,…
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Elemental Herbs All Good Sunscreen
Summertime means sun, and fun in the sun means it's time to slather on some sunscreen. All sunscreens are definitely not created equal, and if you're looking for something a little kinder to your skin and the environment than the usual suspects, Elemental Herbs has literally got you covered with their All Good products. We…
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Fixnzip Zipper Repair System
Broken zippers can rank pretty high on the frustration scale, the more so the farther you are from the stuff you need to make a repair. And once you're back to civilization, the fun is not over, as a broken pull can mean replacing the entire zipper, which is not cheap. Fixnzip to the rescue!…
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Camillus EDC3 Knife
Oooh, shiny little knife! And oh so handy, the Camillus EDC3 folding pocket knife is here to help. And at less than 3 ounces in your pocket it won't weigh you down. The EDC stands for Every Day Carry, a catchphrase for the tactical crowd that refers to the stuff you should never leave home…
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Ka-Bar Becker Campanion BK2 knife
When the stuff hits the fan, there are a few essentials you want in your kit to ensure peace of mind and soundness of body in the way-backcountry. A lot of us carry a multi-tool on shorter outings, but if you're going to the field for an extended period of time you need a beefy…
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CamelBak All Clear water purifier bottle
Hey, you know what's fun? Puking your guts out after drinking tainted water! What's even better is going double-barreled, top and bottom, two exits no waiting, are we right? CamelBak wants to help you get the taint out with the All Clear, a water purifier bottle (BPA-free, of course) that uses ultraviolet light to kill…
