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Gear News from Outdoor Retailer

Trailspace started the month at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, the world’s largest outdoor industry gathering, featuring more than 1,000 brands and 21,000 outdoorsy folks. Follow along as we uncover new and innovative gear with exclusive reporting, photos, and video from the show floor:

Tents and Shelters Hilleberg introduces its first three-season tents Ultralight shelters that aren't just about the light weight Hoopla over a 4-person tent: Mountain Hardwear shelter weighs less than 2 pounds	Lights Blazing new backcountry and camping lights from Energizer, ICON, SureFire, and Brunton Design your own headlamp: Princeton Tec Spectrum lets you choose Fuel4 and Remix colors
Boots and Footwear Switch from walk to climb with Salewa Pro Gaiter boot The North Face's first mountaineering boot (really) La Sportiva Vertical K minimal mountain runner, plus Salomon Synapse and Patagonia Fore Runner	Backpacks Mile High Mountaineering brings the passion Ultralight packs from Granite Gear, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, Terra Nova Kids ride high with Osprey and Piggyback Rider
Sleeping Bags NEMO's first sleeping bags come in a whole new shape	Electronics DeLorme InReach offers 2-way messaging ACR ResQLink: world's smallest PLB
Food and Cooking Evernew and Jetboil titanium cooking systems MSR introduces three new stoves Stuff I Ate at OR: some outdoor foods you may not have heard of or tried, yet	Water Treatment CamelBak's All Clear UV bottle purifier available for 2012 SteriPEN Freedom: smaller, lighter, rechargeable UV purifier
Paddling Wenonah Recon solo whitewater canoe Mad River Canoe launches Serenade 13, lightweight solo hybrid canoe Innova goes PVC-free with inflatable kayaks	...and more Ruff Wear OmniJore for dog-pulling fun year-round L.L. Bean limited-edition 100th anniversary outdoor gear Exped and NEMO help users live outdoors comfortably The gear scene at demo day: we run for kids, eat s'mores bars, and check out the gear scene More demo day impressions: footwear of choice and nonprofits Really cool Ultralight Backpackin’ Tips from Mike Clelland Tent, pack, and bag lines expand: brands like Hilleberg, Rab, NEMO debut new lines; plus UK brands move stateside It's an Ueli Steck moment and we're fascinated.

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