In the 280 page book, Canyons and Ice: The Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith, author Kaylene Johnson tells the tale of Dick Griffith and his incredible journeys into the wild places of North America. From the Northwest Passage to the Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon,) Dick has hiked, skied, rafted, and otherwise traversed large amounts [...]

The Snow Peak GigaPower Auto stove is incredibly easy to use. That’s easily it’s best feature. The piezoelectric push-button igniter makes starting the stove a cinch, and it allows you to forget your matches at home (who hasn’t that happened to.) It’s build quality is good, and it’s four fold out pot supporters are stable. [...]

The Sawyer Squeeze Water Filtration System is a big step in the category of lightweight water purification. It’s true that tablets and drops are likely to remain the lightest option for some time to come (possibly forever) but this product brings the weight of a true filter down to less than the weight of a [...]

The Bear Grylls knife isn’t exactly light. It’s not made of exotic top of the line metals. It IS a little ridiculous. That said, this may be my favorite knife. It just begs to be abused. With a waffle pattern hilt, like that of a framing hammer, holes in the hand guard (presumably for lashing [...]

Above is test footage from the Pentax Optio WG-2. Make sure to watch it full screen at 1080HD resolution. Usually I wouldn’t review a camera on this site, but this one is an exception. If you’re anything like me, you’ve owned more than one digital point and shoot camera in the past. The problem with [...]