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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.

By Cool Material
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Word. Terrain Pocket Notebooks

The peaks and valleys of your day may not be as pronounced as those along a treacherous pass, but that doesn't mean you should be any less equipped to handle them. The latest series of Word. Notebooks, Terrain, features a cover design inspired by the bending lines of a topographic map…

By Mike Newman
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Marlowe Lunch Bag

The brown bag lunch calls to mind a time filled with surprises, delicious sandwiches and snacks lovingly packed by someone who loved you so much they just wanted to make you smile. Think of the waxed duck canvas, reusable Marlowe Lunchbag as the upgraded version of that brown bag from…

By Mike Newman
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Hinged Wedding Rings

Even if the only piece of jewelry you wear every day is a wedding ring, there are still going to be times you have to take it off. Whether you're talking about sports, training, showering, cleaning, heavy power tool usage or just the fact that it might slip off, sometimes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Build Your Own Bug Out Bag

When disaster strikes and you need to haul ass, you don’t want to be running around gathering essentials. Your solution is a bug out bag—a kit that contains the essentials to help you survive for three days. Instead of buying a precomposed version, why not assemble your own with gear…

By Mike Newman
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5.11 Tactical VTAC Operator Axe

When Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics was on mission in Iraq he discovered a small axe with hammer and pry-bar ends at one of the objectives. He found the tool so useful that he carried it the entire time he was there and even gave others to some of his…

By Cooper Fleishman
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