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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
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12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Good luck spotting Nike's best releases this week. They're all camo.

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The 8 Best Pocket Knives for Camping

You already know by now that we’re huge EDC guys, and some of our favorite EDC items include quality blades and pocket knives. But at the end of the day, we’re all about function over form. A knife might be beautiful and rugged, but what can it do for us?…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Good-Looking Citronella Candles for Your Next BBQ

Not hanging out outside during the summer would be like not putting the top down on a convertible (coincidentally, also in the summer). It’s the whole point of the thing, so do it. Unless you’re plagued by mosquitoes. In which case, we recommend a citronella candle. It’ll be hard to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This Pop-Up Tent Concept Will Fit on Almost Any Car

Sebastian Maluska is a product designer out of the prestigious ÉCAL (Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne) design school in Renens, Switzerland, who set about redesigning the rooftop car tent. As he told Dezeen, "I spend a lot of time outside doing sport like skiing and surfing. It is always nice to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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McLean Metalworks Hammock Mount

One of our many life goals is to own a home with two trees perfectly spaced for a hammock. Yeah, we could go standing unit, but those eat up so much space. The only issue we foresee with said dream is how much we'll miss our hammock when we're on…

By Mike Newman
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Faradeus Self-Charging Flashlight

Battery-operated devices that need to serve you in an emergency are dangerous. If those batteries are shot when the time comes to use the device, you might as well be holding a brick. That's why we're fans of Faradeus, a flashlight that charges when you shake it. No batteries. No…

By Mike Newman
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