HeyJaredMichael Frank
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Giving Danner Boots a Second Life in Portland, Oregon - COOL HUNTING® (opens the original)
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At a bullpen within the Danner factory in Portland, Oregon, Miguel Mayoral moves deliberately. Danner calls this section of the factory, where Danner makes most of its boots for customers worldwide, The Nest. It’s a sort of skunkworks. The design team sketches future product ideas, then send these daydreams to The Nest. There, folks like Mayoral, who’s been with Danner for nearly 46 years, build sample boots by hand. This is like clay modeling in the car industry. The purpose, says Mayoral, is t
Z5IIC Camera (opens the original)
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The “C” in the new Nikon Z5IIC stands for “casual” and incorporates scene modes for the first time in any Nikon full-frame camera. Toggle the camera to a scene and the camera …
Magnetron Carabiner - COOL HUNTING® (opens the original)
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Most classic locking climbing carabiners have two innate design flaws. The gate closes against a hooked beak that tends to catch the rope. And, typically, you have to thread them shut, too. Black Diamond’s latest Magnetron is better. As its name suggests, it uses magnets both at the hookless nose and for the sliders on either side of the gate, and there’s no hook. Instead, the magnets instantly fasten the lock shut, requiring no secondary action. That saves you energy during a taxing climb. Anot
Black Diamond Wants to Kill the Monsters of Unsustainable Outdoor Gear - COOL HUNTING® (opens the original)
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Synthetic fleece is a remarkable material. A fleece blanket, jacket or socks provide warmth and are typically lightweight and reasonably breathable. And it’s durable, hydrophobic (so it won’t “sweat through”) and typically pretty affordable. There’s just a teensy issue: it’s often made directly from fossil fuels and the core polyester doesn’t biodegrade, but shreds into microplastics, polluting groundwater and the ocean. Microplastics have invaded the bloodstreams of every mammal species on Eart
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