Backpacking and hiking gear reviews from Outdoor Prolink’s professional mountain guides, wilderness guides, retail employees and other outdoor industry professionals.
The Scarpa Spin Ultra is a great shoe for 1-26 miles! Stomp through puddles, scurry through dirt and rocks, or conquer asphalt. This shoe can do it all. Testing Conditions I tested this shoe in the rain, mud, and hardpack…
As a coast to coast camper who can’t afford a tent for every condition, I’m always forced to choose between a tent that can stand up to the weather or one that I love sleeping in, cooking in, and hanging…
Outdoor Prolink and Evolv were gracious enough to give me a pair of Oracles for testing and these are amazing lace-up performance shoes. I’m currently living in LA and try to make it out to climb every weekend and to…
If you haven’t noticed, Outdoor Prolink is a dog-friendly office. And when I say ‘dog friendly’, I mean we all really love these dogs. Stinky, muddy, semi-wet, treats from the UPS man, a leather couch to lay on, multiple desks…
A small, convenient lumbar pack for adventures where keeping gear dry is at a premium. Are you looking for a bag that can do it all? Great for an overnight getaway or a week-long backpacking trip? Durable? Packable? All the…
Slabby approaches in the desert heat, snowy approaches in the alpine and everything in between, I put the Salewa Wildfire Edge MS through the wringer. Over the last month, I was fortunate enough to test this approach shoe on various…
As a long time climber, I’ve recently gotten back into bouldering and steep sport climbing as a way to train for longer and harder routes. I needed a climbing shoe that would give me the performance of an aggressive shoe…
As a premature baby with struggling eyes for all my life, vision is something I don’t take for granted. Having lost it twice in my life, it’s something I appreciate fully down to the smallest details. Taking in every view,…
The General is a new climbing shoe in Evlov’s extensive line up of high-performance climbing footwear. The General is designed precisely to be your go-to, all-day, multi-pitch, traditional climbing shoe, with features that will stand out to any trad climber.…
Your layering system can be the determining factor between an exciting journey and a rough day ending in frantic retreat from the elements. If you’re looking for a moderate insulating layer that won’t hold you back, check out the Refuge…