Four Light Packable Down Jackets

Cold weather options that don’t sacrifice warmth for weight and portability

Big, bulky down jackets are reassuringly hefty in the harshest winter weather. But they all have one critical design flaw: It’s less less likely that you would bring such a jacket along on a camping or climbing expedition if it doesn’t fit in your backpack—and the warmest jacket in the world can’t help it’s left behind. Light, packable down jackets can function as both an …

U-Lock Holster

Handmade by Montreal-based industrial designer Jesse Herbert, the vegetable-tanned leather U-Lock Holster keeps the cumbersome-but-necessary U-Lock neatly tied to the back of your bike while you ride carefree to your next destination.

California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties

Yvon Chouinard takes a scenic look at a decade of youthful adventure through imagery and essays

Some 60 years ago the Golden State saw a golden era for surfing and climbing. Offering a spot-on retrospective look at the period of innovation spanning from 1948 to late 1958, newly published “California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties” is full of epic imagery and insightful words by the likes of Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, climbing pioneer Steve Roper and Steve Pezman, founder of …