There are days when a backpack feels like too much, but pockets alone won’t cut it. That’s where Osprey’s Tempest 6 (women’s) and Talon 6 (men’s) hip packs come in. Built for fast, light missions on the trail, these high-capacity fanny packs suit hikers, runners, and mountain bikers who value comfort, balance, and hydration on the move. During months of testing on steep Teton climbs, dusty Colorado singletrack, and long alpine approaches, they proved that a well-designed hip pack can fully replace a small daypack. The Tempest and Talon 6 carry what you need for hours on the trail and…

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while campaigning in the nation’s electoral process. I don’t follow the country’s politics that much, but it seems the assassin wanted Abe dead because of his reportedly close ties with the Unification Church, which the killer says bankrupted his family due to his mother’s membership. It seems a bad reason for anyone to kill a former prime minister to me. But someone did and did for just that reason, and the killer did so despite the nation’s super strict gun control laws.These are, of course, the same…

All of the trip reports I was reading told me I was foolish for bringing a down sleeping bag to Gates of the Arctic National Park. The entire park is a bog — good luck. Not to mention our intention to paddle down two rivers during the trip, packing away all of our insulation inside our boats for the ride. If I were a betting man, I’d have bet on my soggy demise, too. But hedge your bets, and you get away with it every once in a while. I stacked the deck in my favor this July by bringing…

Decades before Tom Clancy wrote “The Hunt for Red October,” an Italian naval officer pulled off a stunt that could have come straight from a Cold War spy novel — he stole a submarine to spark a war.On Oct. 3-4, 1914, Lt. Angelo Belloni seized control of submarine F-43 at the Muggiano shipyards near La Spezia, Italy. The coastal submarine, originally built for the Russian Navy and designated to become the Svyatoi Georgjy, never made it to its intended customer.Belloni convinced about 15 sailors under his command that they were embarking on a secret mission. They believed him. His actual…

This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm, posing a catastrophic threat to Jamaica. The storm’s slow movement threatens to dump up to 40 inches of rain, causing severe flooding and landslides. Mandatory evacuations are underway in Jamaica, and the island’s international airports have closed. The storm has already caused fatalities and significant damage in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Forecasters warn Melissa could be the most powerful hurricane to directly strike Jamaica in recorded history. The Caribbean is confronting a meteorological nightmare as Hurricane Melissa, now a…

Preparing for a long-term crisis isn’t just about having food and water. It’s about building a foundation of practical tools and supplies that will help you endure job loss, inflation, supply chain breakdowns, and widespread shortages.If money becomes worthless, if banks shut down, or if stores go empty, you’ll need more than just a full pantry and survival gear. You’ll need a well-thought-out stockpile. The list below combines essential survival supplies with high-value barter items. These are the things you’ll want on hand at all times if you hope to thrive when the modern systems fail.Want to save this post…

It took a meeting with HR to figure it out. But I’m now carrying Benchmade’s newest old-school knife, the Successor, in a unique fashion. It took a pair of slightly tight pants to finally push me over the top. After a few weeks of carrying the very pretty Benchmade Successor inside a handsome sheath in my front pocket, I just couldn’t figure out how to add my keys, phone, and wallet to the mix without maxing out the storage space. I handed it to GearJunkie’s HR manager and asked her, “How would you carry this?” In an instant, she had…

What is the difference between an openly carried firearm and one that’s carried in a concealed manner? The short answer is which side of one’s clothing the gun is on. That’s literally it, and in a state like Florida, it didn’t even have to be that. Florida Carry used to use these sock-like things to slap over their gun that was otherwise carried openly. It didn’t really hide anything, you just couldn’t see the firearm specifically. That was acceptable under the law, which just illustrated how stupid it was.Now, though, Florida has open carry, so…

Sally Roberts did not intend to lose. Faced with a chance to make the U.S. Olympic team for women’s wrestling and clinch a spot in the 2008 Summer Olympics, Roberts battled valiantly, but eventually bowed out, falling to her opponent in a best two-out-of-three falls match. What to do?Roberts was lost. She didn’t know what to do next. She had prepared for this moment for several years, grunting through early-morning workouts and pressure-packed bouts at national and world competitions. Roberts decided she needed another challenge. A shift in her life to pull her out of her funk. She signed up for the…

This week, river watchers and tribal elders are quietly celebrating what was once thought improbable: Chinook salmon are making their way upstream in the Klamath River Basin for the first time in over a century. After four dams were removed, the fish have reached tributaries in the upper Klamath Basin, marking a major ecological milestone. The Return of Salmon In late September, biologists observed a Chinook ascending a fish ladder at Keno Dam in Oregon’s section of the Klamath system. A few weeks later, presence of the fish was confirmed even further upstream in tributaries such as the Sprague River…

The Ad Council is one of those things that most of us have probably heard of, but few think all that much about. We know about it mostly from the fact that their name is on numerous spots during commercial breaks, talking about all kinds of things, but not selling any products. It’s fine. Public service announcements are a thing, after all, and while I don’t like private entities being required to air them, some of them hit some important points.But I really don’t like our tax dollars going into pushing an anti-gun agenda, which…

The right to defend yourself is guaranteed. Protecting your freedom afterward isn’t. Discover how USCCA Members are backed with resources, training, and trusted legal protection. Click here to get started today. Colion Noir breaks it down in the video. Daylight Crime, Zero Fear In broad daylight on a busy West Hollywood street, a man jumped out of a black sedan with a gun, targeting a passerby’s Rolex. It was supposed to be a quick score but the target turned out to be a retired professional fighter. Within seconds, the would-be victim disarmed the attacker and pinned him to the ground until…