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Graham Zimmerman on Control: Climbing, Climate, and Creating Space

Outdoor Research Ambassador Graham Zimmerman on the controllables and uncontrollables surroundi...
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Sizes and Summits: What Really Matters Outdoors?

How one cold night at 9,000 feet taught Outdoor Research Climbing Ambassador Megan Banker that sh...
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Wondering What to Wear Spring Skiing and Touring?

The best breathable, stretchy, and lightweight jackets, base layers, gloves, and accessories for ...
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Visibility Matters

Originally published by our partners at Pertex, this is a story about representation, inspirati...
climb gear & tips

Bivy Sacks: Part tent, part sleeping bag — pure convenience

A bivy sack or bivy shelter is a bit of a riddle—both sleeping bag and tent, and at the same t...
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Why Affinity Spaces Are Complicated

Bennett Rahn began climbing when she worked at an outdoor-focused middle school, and it wasn’t ...
gear & tips

Why We Made a Sport Hijab

Meet the climbers and designers who built a technical hijab for climbing and other outdoor sports...
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Do you know what avalanche terrain looks like?

Before you head out this winter, check out these videos. Hoping to get out more this winter? Ma...
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When No Plan is the Best Plan

Watch Team Iguana, the latest film from the Provo Brothers, featuring Outdoor Research Ambassa...
gear & tips snow

Introducing VerticalX™ SuperStrand; The Best Down Alternative for Four-Season Warmth

Feel the difference with our lightest, softest, and most compressible synthetic insulation. You...
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3 Myths Keeping People from Their Adventure Dreams

Sam Ortiz breaks down the self-talk that can hold us back. When Sam Ortiz talks about how much ...
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How Bibliographie Made Sean Bailey Rethink His Projecting Strategy

Up against the toughest route he'd ever tried, Sean Bailey found what had always worked before mi...