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Car life: the new (and cheaper!) van life
We’ve all dreamt of living the Van life. Freedom, no rent, the whole county before us. But building out a ...
How to Find the Best Rock Climbing Guide
Rock climbing continues to grow in popularity, particularly indoor climbing gyms. Indoor climbing makes sense for people climbing for the ...
9 Easy Morning Stretches to do Everyday
As a massage therapist and yoga instructor, I’m always encouraging my clients to stretch. For many people, stretching and yoga ...
Best Gear Repair Shops Across America
At Adventure Protocol we’re passionate about people repairing their own gear. Why? Because it’s good for the environment, it saves ...
24 things to do with your old climbing rope
Every climber dreads the moment when you just can’t ignore the truth anymore—your old climbing rope needs to be retired ...
How to Repair Your Outdoor Gear
You read our article on why you should repair your outdoor gear. So now you want to start repairing your ...
Easy Tips for Preventing Finger Injuries while Climbing
For most of us, understanding our bodies is challenging. It can be tough to understand what those strange pings or ...
Emily’s Citrus Cashew Bliss Balls
Meet my new favorite adventure trail snack: citrus cashew bliss balls. I was inspired to recreate the life-changing bliss balls ...
How to Choose a Backpacking Stove
Anyone who has backpacked knows that eating is an integral part of the experience. And unless you plan on eating ...
Outdoor EDC: The Ten Adventure Essentials You Should Always Carry
There are three types of people when it comes to the outdoors. First, people who feel they need an excessive ...
How to Choose Climbing Shoes
So you want to start rock climbing. Or maybe you’ve been climbing for awhile, and using rented or borrowed shoes ...
How to Make Great Camp Coffee
Forget the instant coffee. Forget the Folgers. Forget the sludgy, over-extracted Cowboy coffee made directly in your thermos. Now that ...
Planning a backpacking trip
Planning a backpacking trip can be overwhelming. There are a ton of questions to answer: Where should you go? How ...
3 Climbing Hitches You Should Know
What’s a hitch? A hitch is a type of knot used to attach rope to an object. In rock climbing ...
How to Pack a Backpack
You found the perfect backpack and even know how to fit it properly. Now the question is, how do you ...
How to Choose a Backpack
Looking for a new backpack? Given the overwhelming amount of options, it can be a daunting task. Follow this guide ...
How to Choose a Sleeping Bag
Everybody knows getting a good night sleep is important—especially when you’re backpacking or camping. More than any other piece of ...
How to Choose a Sleeping Pad
For a good night’s sleep outside, the right sleeping pad is second in importance only to the right sleeping bag ...
How to fit a pack
A backpack that doesn’t fit well can quickly ruin a trip by causing pain in your shoulders, back, hips, or ...
Buying a Tent: How to Choose
Buying a tent can be confusing. There are a ton of options out there—double-wall and single-wall, 3-season or 4-season, packaged ...
10 Tips for Staying Warm while Sleeping Outside
Being cold and unable to sleep can quickly ruin an otherwise fun camping, climbing, or backpacking trip. After hundreds of ...
Pooping in the Woods: The 9 D’s of Defecation
Anyone who has spent a good amount of time pursuing outdoor adventures knows the feeling. It starts with some pressure ...
LNT 101: Don’t Be An Outdoor Asshole
Are you breaking the LNT Principles and being an outdoor asshole? Nobody wants to be an asshole, especially towards Mother ...
How to Become a Trad Climber: A Beginner’s Guide
You hear them a mile away, gear jangling on their harnesses. Next, you see them—covered in dirt and blood, hands ...
How to choose a climbing rope
TL;DR: For most climbers a UIAA-certified dynamic climbing rope from 9.4-10.2mm in diameter and 60-70m in length will meet all ...
Common Anchor Mistakes: Ways to Fail at Redundancy
Redundancy. It’s the “R” in every climbing anchor acronym from SERENE to ERNEST. Everyone who builds climbing anchors is at ...
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