When Kalen Caughey was a high school student and avid skier at Steamboat Mountain School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, he encountered a mechanical problem that many an extreme athlete has faced before: his coffee kept spilling. In search of a healthy and convenient alternative, he and his father—a biochemist at Rocky Mountain Labs in Hamilton, Montana—spent several years researching energy-boosting ingredients for before developing the …
While your cast iron skillet can cook just about everything when camping, it won’t be much help in toasting the bread for your breakfast sandwich. This is where the 200-year-old pioneer folding toaster comes in. Packable and light, the old-school tool will toast your buns to perfection with minimal effort asked. And it’s made in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
With roots in developing navigation tools going all the way back to 1984, Boulder, CO-based Brunton has applied its sensible and utility-driven approach to design toward creating tools for the modern-day adventurer. Whether seeking solace in the wilderness or setting up the perfect photograph, portable power is a contemporary essential. While urban smartphone addicts have it made, those looking to Instagram and charge up to …
