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Camp Stove Power Station
I am charging a cell phone on the side. Meet the BioLite CampStove, a wood-burning wonder machine that generates electricity from heat, allowing you to power up a device wherever a bit of wood is found.
You may have seen mention last week of this stove, which I covered in my column "A Peek at Future Gear. 
The Gear Junkie — Skora Running Shoes
. . the big boys used to be the only option when you stepped into a store in search of running shoes. 
NuVinci Bike Transmission
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As bike-industry marketing speak goes, the "radio" analogy was about as weird as I'd seen. But this month, while riding a new bike from Jamis called the Commuter 4, I could see the connection.
The shifting on this city bike does not involve traditional gears. 
Alternatives to Toxic Cleaning Supplies
contribute to indoor air pollution, are poisonous if ingested and can be harmful if inhaled or touched. 
Dust Bowl Days Are Here Again
Could it really be true that we are in the midst of the worst drought in the United States since the 1930s?
-- Deborah Lynn, Needham, MA
Indeed we are embroiled in what many consider the worst drought in the U. 
Greening Package Delivery Fleets
What are the big delivery companies like FedEx and UPS doing to green their truck fleets and operations in general?
-- Mitchell Glaser, Overland Park, KS
Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in a relatively short time regarding sustainability, but they still have considerable room for improvement. Bear Valley
Telemark Festival
Telemark Festival
An Interview with
Dean Karnazes
Dean Karnazes
John Bachar's Last Interview Plus John Long and Peter Croft
Recent Articles
Fear and Mavericks
Ability Level: Nothing short of Flea, Laird, or Neptune (Flea and Laird being two of the best big-wave surfers in the world; Neptune being a god.
High Fives
I knew that I was not going to be the only winter enthusiast to suffer a life-altering injury so it made sense to create a non-profit for the healing of other injured athletes in the snow-sports industry.
Winter Fitness
Nobody chooses to do this, but it just becomes the path of least resistance as the weather gets colder and the holiday season tempts us to “eat, drink, and be merry” with friends and family on a near daily basis.
River People Share the Stoke
There are even training clinics to help you get prepared! The water is Class I with a handful of Class II riffles and constant current.
Bikes and Brews
While this list is far from exhaustive, the following is a regional breakdown of some watering holes that shouldn’t be missed.
Women on Waves is Returning to Capitola
WOW passed through the hands of various producers.
World's Toughest Half Triathlon
At least that is what Brad Kearns thought when he started the Auburn Triathlon eleven years ago in the town that is famous for being the finish of the Tevis Cup endurance horse race and one of the toughest long distance running races in America, the Western States 100, both of which travel from Squaw Valley to Auburn.
The Dawn of a Golden Age for California Singletrack?
While there is a huge amount of public land and miles of trails easily accessible from most points in the Bay Area, many parks and trails are closed to mountain bikers.
ASJ's first radio commercial
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Adventurous Women
They all focus on how the physical challenge of doing something exciting helped them work through the personal issues they were facing in their lives.
Death Valley Canyoneering
A cairn anchor is just what it sounds like: a pile of rocks, the sort of thing that might mark an off-trail route, with a sling poking out.
Danger Pay
By Neil Pearlberg .
Bike Touring Steinbeck Country
Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots and junk heaps, sardine canneries of corrugated iron, honky tonks, restaurants and whore houses, and little crowded groceries, and laboratories and flophouses.
2013 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA ROUTE ANNOUNCED
Amgen returns as the title sponsor for the heralded 8-stage race, set for May 12 to 19, 2013.