From The Trail
Trekking poles are pretty obviously used to assist while hiking, walking or even running. They help with balance when wading through streams, reduce pressure on the knees when carrying a heavy pack, or just increase the support you give to...
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Our local play and testing ground here at Cnoc Outdoors is the Columbia River Gorge: we can hit the first trailhead 20 minutes out of Portland and enjoy some amazing hikes. One of my favorite ones is sort of a...
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Buying new gear is great – it is exciting, there is an underlying promise of better adventures and it often becomes an obsession; but with the new movement that encourages repairing old gear, the question becomes: when should you retire...
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Most hikers (and, well, most of the other regular humans we know) suffer from some sort of knee problems: either after 10 km of hiking, after 30 miles or just when going downhill with a heavy pack. I am no...
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Now that the hiking season is just around the corner, getting fit and staying fit are paramount for an enjoyable and injury free season. If you are like me and find that you can't really do full-time training outdoors, or...
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