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Which Bivy is Right for You?

After years of user feedback, and decades of product testing and tinkering, Outdoor Research ...
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How To Layer For Ice Climbing

As a climber and a mountain guide, Dawn Glanc has seen it all—and she made plenty of her own mist...
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Ask Beth Rodden: Rebuilding Your Climbing Life After Losing A Partner

Beth Rodden has inspired a generation of climbers—and now she’s opening up to share in a monthly ...
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How To Find Climbing Partners

When I moved from Massachusetts to Colorado—because the mountains were calling, of course—the har...
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How To Bivy On A Climbing Route

Editor's note: Accompanying photos, by Austin Siadak, are of a different climb, unrelated to this...
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First-Timer's Guide To The Verdon Gorge

The Verdon Gorge is one of the most spectacular climbing destinations in France. The grey limesto...
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How To Layer Like A Pro In Winter

High-intensity athletes are intense people. And particular. We need not just the right tools for...
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4 Tools You Need For Cleaning Overgrown Climbing Routes

From Index and Squamish out west, to the 'Gunks and 'Daks in the east, climbing areas are magne...
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So You Want To Be A Mountain Guide

Outdoor Research ambassador Mark Allen has been climbing since 1991, and guiding since 2001, in...
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What is the difference between GORE-TEX® and GORE® WINDSTOPPER®?

Imagine this: You boot up for a backcountry skiing or snowboarding ridge tour in cold, gusty w...