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xRez Extreme Resolution photographs are gigapixel shots of urban and natural environments that allow the viewer to zoom in to ridiculous levels of detail. Why do we care? No reason, it's just cool. Check out the images of El Capitan... Gearflogger

You can pick up the pace and we ain't talkin' salsa. REI's OXT Pace shirt has the oh-so-useful half-zip format we've come to love, and with one serious caveat, if you haven't tried half-zip pullovers the Pace could be a... Gearflogger

Think of the U-Dig-It as the very little brother to the military entrenching tool. While the full e-tool can be used to dig, saw, chop and kill your enemy, the U-Dig-It is more specifically designed for light-duty camp chores like... Gearflogger

From a mountaintop in Norway to a scuba dive in a spring near the Great Salt Lake, 2008 proved to be a year of high adventure for the Gear Junkie. The following 10 destinations are my top picks — bike, ski, foot and underwater adventures, from Molde, Norway, to northern Minnesota’s deep woods, from the wild to the weird.

1. Ski Touring: Romsdal Alps, Norway
A four-day ski-touring trip in the Romsdal Alps outside Molde, Norway, featured daily high points like Kirketaket (see photo below), a ski-jump-shape mountain that towers above a slate-blue fjord. My group made daily mountain climbs to ski faces and bowls for 3,000 or more vertical feet at a time, skinning uphill for hours with alpine-touring (AT) gear then spinning on summits like Kirketaket, Smorbottentin and Kvitfjellet to gaze into the remote Romsdal Alps before skiing hundreds of turns on virgin snow to the valley below. Link to story: http://thegearjunkie.com/norway-ski-trip-report-1

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Fred Beckey seems to be cramming multiple lives into one. It's not enough for him that he has more first ascents than any other American, he's also a prolific author. And still going strong at 85! Beckey's contributions to the... Gearflogger

Snowy view from my hotel room at Crested Butte

Lifts have been in order for most of the rest of the trip, with some intermittent hikes to powder stashes in between. Though it’s before Christmas, the resort has seen substantial snowfall, and we were able to sample knee-deep powder through pine and aspen forests. The best snow so far has been had in the trees off East River Express Lift, where ample woods kept fresh tracks available all day on Sunday.

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For all you BeachFloggers in winter-escape mode, don't forget the snorkel. If you're not a full-on diver you don't need to spend beaucoup bucks on a surface support system. Check out the Illuminary snorkeling set from Body Glove, purveyors of... Gearflogger

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In addition to airfare and the all-expenses-paid trip for Eder and a travel companion, he wins a gear outfitting from head-to-toe with all the essential equipment from sponsors REI, Adventure Medical Kits, Bear Naked Trail Mix and Wigwam.

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Neo may be The One, but he's still a wanker. A computer geek wakes up one day and he's a superhero? Thank god he didn't have to work for it or anything. For those of us who do have to... Gearflogger

A Gibbon is some kind of monkey-ape-chimp creature. To be more specific, Wikipedia it yourself. Me I don't have that kind of time, I'm too busy getting in touch with my Altered States self in the backyard on a Gibbon... Gearflogger

Deee-Lite says the groove is in the heart. True, true, but the warmth is in the feet if you're wearing Salomon's Deemax Dry winter boots. When I was a kid I was stuck with moon boots and let's just say... Gearflogger

Once again, you all know how I feel about running. And about treadmills. And yet, having tested my heart rate with the Garmin Forerunner I have, to my great disappointment, hard data showing that running delivers the most consistent high-heart-rate... Gearflogger

And now for something a little bit different. The Sport Science Winter Wicking Beanie is a classier version of the now ubiquitous - yeah, that's a college word - fleece dome hat. Sport Science does the concept one better by... Gearflogger