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This is the second women’s specific piece of gear we have reviewed at readaboutgear.com, I hope it sure is informative. This time around Bethany took out the Osprey Aura 65 pack which has just received a facelift for 2012. She used it well, she took it on a six day trip on the San Rafel Swell in Utah. First I’ll go over the key features of this pack and then… Continue reading
Give Your Ma Some Chocolate She Has Always Wanted
Mother’s day is approaching quickly. Have you figured out what you are getting for mom? Well Readaboutgear.com and Clif Bar have teamed up to give your mom Chocolate she won’t get mad at.
Recently Clif Bar released some new flavors of their builder line (a performance protein bar). They released three new flavors crunchy peanut butter, chocolate chip, and s’mores. Clif bar has also recently preformed a nation wide survey on how much protein one should partake in a daily basis. It was found that only 35% of Americans know how much protein they should ingest. This knowledge lacks far behind other knowledge Continue reading
I have been interested in finding a light hiker/trail runner that was waterproof and came across these. I wanted to see how they preformed so I asked for a pair for my female reviewer and me. First I’ll go over some of the key features then I’ll go over my experiences.
The backpacking season is here; I went on my first one of the season this past weekend. While gearing up for the backpacking season a good thing to do is to take a look at your gear. Some things your might want to look at are the condition of your gear, what needs to be replenished, and what you might want to exclude on you next trip.
While at Outdoor Retailer Show this past winter, I visited many different companies and saw lots of great products. One of the companies I visited was TyRy, INC a supplier of lightweight dehydrated camping foods. They package many different lines of food including AlpineAire Food and Natural High the two lines of food they gave me to try. 
It’s been busy for the past few months following the Outdoor Retailer show in January. I have received lots of new gear to go out and test to review. One of the new pieces of gear I received was a The North Face Alpine Project Jacket.
Check out this video by the team at The North Face about the shell
Last week I received these for trying out. I have been super interested in trying these out ever since I first saw someone wearing them. I have only had them since thursday, it take time to get used to them. You can’t just jump and start running marathons the first day you get these bad boys. I have only really been walking and and wearing these around school and haven’t
I recently received this new photo backpack to test. I have been wanting to try a larger backpack with more support. I have been using a small sling bag and feel like I wasn’t able to carry all of my equipment. I have really liked this pack, I have only used it for about a week so far but have gotten a fair amount of use out of use out of it.
