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Tested: Yakima Gatekeeper
If you have a ute and a bunch of mountain biking mates, Yakima’s GateKeeper will make you the most popular person out on the trails.
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Tested: SteriPEN Quantum Rapid Purification System
It is the most important thing to ‘get right’ when you’re out exploring remote areas: water purification. If there’s anything that can have a dramatic, and often dangerous, impact on your adventure it is drinking contaminated water. And really, it is a simple thing to avoid, provided your purification system works.
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Best new adventure gear
There was plenty of awesome outdoor gear released in 2019. Here are some of the standouts that’d make great additions to your gear shed.
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Tested: Fjallraven Keb 72
Fjallraven’s Keb 72 is a robust and comfortable backpack that is ideal for your next multi-day trekking adventure.
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Tested: Grove Bike Co R.A.D. Force LTD
The Grove Bike Co R.A.D is an Aussie designed gravel bike that is capable of everything from a day tour to that epic around-Oz adventure.
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Tested: The North Face Rolling Thunder 36
Head off for a week or so of adventure that entails more than one activity, with a few airport transfers thrown in, and you’ve got a slight dilemma on your hands in regards to how to carry all your gear.
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Tested: Osprey Syncro 20
For most mountain bikers, a hydration backpack should be as small as they can get away with; lugging any additional weight or bulk on a blast around your local trails can be a pain. But, when you want to go further and longer (think: overnight/weekend), you will need a pack that allows you to take extra gear without being too big and cumbersome.
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Tested: Norco Sight VLT 2
E-mountain bikes are here and in ever-growing numbers. The benefits of assisted pedaling were too much for Aus Geo ADVENTURE to resist, so we grabbed one of the latest e-MTBs to test: the Norco Sight VLT 2.
Gear Test
Tested: Kathmandu Mono Tent v2
There are few things better than hiking solo – especially if it’s an overnight escape; packing a few essentials into your pack – food, water, stove, sleeping gear – is the true definition of simplicity. Of course, besides all this gear, you also need a shelter. Ideally, this shelter must be light in weight but still robust enough to withstand those often-wild spring/summer/autumn storms we can cop on the east coast of Australia. Finding that combo of lightweight and tough construction, however, isn’t always easy.
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Tested: Pioneering pack for trailblazers
Gear up for multi-day treks with Mountain Designs’ lightweight Pioneer 70 Technical Hiking Pack designed for the more advanced trailblazer.