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Cold Shoulder Bags review: the do-it-all beer cooler backpack

Posted in Gear Reviews column.

When I first came across Salt Lake City-based Cold Shoulder Bags, I emailed the founder Andrew Bevins: “Love your bags because I love cold beer and going places.”  It worked. Just a few short days…

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NoSo: the DIY, fabric patch to repair your down jacket, tent

Posted in Startup Stories column.

When Kelli Jones got a new puffy down jacket in the mail, she immediately put it on to go hunting. A few miles in, she hopped a barb wired fence and heard the dreaded sound…

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The Scout Mountain 100K run: remembering my love for ultras

Posted in the Grit (Amy's Blog) column.

Somewhere around mile 20 I tried to remember why I had signed up to run the Scout Mountain Ultra Trail 100K, a 62 mile mountain race with almost 13,000 feet of elevation gain. It wasn’t…

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Kakookies: the healthier cookies to buy for an on-the-go treat

Posted in Gear Reviews column.

You know that parent, the one who bakes cookies and sends them in care packages? Well, Sue Kakuk is that mom. She sent cookies when her daughter or a teammate won a cycling race while…

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Roscoe Outdoor Washakie pants review, from Alps to Utah crags

Posted in Gear Reviews column.

(Editor’s note: When Garage Grown Gear customer Annika Sohlstrom asked if she could send us a review of her Roscoe Outdoor Washakie pants after a full year of putting them to the test, we enthusiastically…

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How layoffs led to USA made Vere Sandals + mini review

Posted in Gear Reviews column.

In 2009, the large sandal company where John Eades worked went through a massive round of layoffs. At that point, John decided to reach out to his childhood friend Michael Ferreri about starting a sandal…

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Live on Kickstarter: 5 outdoor gear projects makin’ us drool

Posted in the Industry Trends column.

  We love everything that crowdfunding represents: businesses born from humble beginnings, community coming together to make things happen, and crazy cool outside-the-box innovations. We recently announced an ongoing series highlighting current Kickstarter and Indiegogo…

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The story behind Treehouse organic drinking chocolate

Posted in Startup Stories column.

When founder Aaron Koch introduced Treehouse Chocolate, with its signature premium organic drinking chocolate, it wasn’t his first rodeo. He had already launched one successful chocolate company. While operating that business, Aaron decided he wanted…

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My 2 cents on traveling and adventuring solo as a female

Posted in the Grit (Amy's Blog) column.

At right around 9 am on Sunday, I bumped along a dirt road in middle-of-nowhere Idaho. Potato fields spread out all around me and blue skies promised a warm spring day. Deep road ruts made…

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Why Abby Paffrath turned her Batik art into cool trucker hats

Posted in Startup Stories column.

Jackson Hole-based artist Abby Paffrath didn’t set out to create cool trucker hats. They came about as result of frustration. Abby specializes in Batik, a classical Indonesian method of hand-printing textiles. Each piece requires a…

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