In This Issue

• Outdoor Retailer
• News
• New Site Features
• Recent User Reviews
• Blog Hits
• Forum Highlights

We're Headed to Outdoor Retailer Summer Market

Trailspace will be in Salt Lake City August 2-6 to cover Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, the world's largest outdoor gear industry gathering, with more than 1,000 outdoor brands. Subscribe to our blog and news RSS feeds for real-time updates of our daily show coverage, follow our tweets from the show floor on Twitter, or read it all on the website.

News

Invasive Species: Facing the backcountry threat, limiting the spread

Gear Maker Profile: Doug Clark of GoLite Footwear

Trekking Poles: Fit, Maintenance, and Tips (Part 4)

NASA Develops New Emergency Response System

New Site Features

• Forum email subscriptions
• Was it helpful?
• Genders unblended
• Backcountry ski/ride gear and gear care/repair products added

Recent User Reviews

Asolo TPS 535 backpacking boots by TK Black Diamond Squall tent by stainless Black Diamond Trail Back trekking poles by redstratrich Coleman Premium Powerhouse Dual Fuel Lantern by trouthunter Eureka! Apex 2 tent by Daniel Herd Gregory Palisade pack by Scott S GSI Halulite Ketalist Cookset by Chris C Hennessy Explorer Deluxe Asym hammock by Oxblood Katadyn Base Camp filter by BSA Jeff

GSI Halulite Ketalist Cookset       Therm-a-Rest NeoAir

Kelty Red Cloud 6650 pack by FromSagetoSnow La Sportiva Trango S Evo GTX mountaineering boots by Mark Corson Light My Fire Spork by gonzan The North Face Nebula 15 sleeping bag by TheRambler Patagonia R1 Flash Pullover by pillowthread PowerFilm USB+AA Solar Charger by steven Therm-a-Rest NeoAir sleeping pad by Blisters Wilderness Systems Tsunami 135 kayak by Darwin Browse all user reviews by date, type, or brand.

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Trailspace Blog Hits

7th grader sets 50 states speed record

16 climbers struck by lightning, rescued off Grand Teton; 1 dead

Backcountry vs. Frontcountry: What's the difference? Where's the line?

Facts: The window to a closed mind?

Gear: You say hydration pack, I say party on my back

Google Earth 5.2 adds data for the outdoors set

More from the blog »

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Forum Highlights

Edges...

Visual impact

Kitchen setup

Gravity filters and SteriPens

Lightweight and affordable

Wouldn't leave home without...

Climbing etiquette question

How to distribute load in 16' canoe

Trip Planning: A.T. section hiker

Trip Report: Anniversary Trip

Trip Report: A few day hikes in the Wichitas

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