Category: Adventure
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Women’s Winter Jacket Review
I research and choose the best women’s jackets on the market, create and execute a detailed test plan, photograph the process, and write up the results. GearLab purchases all of the gear they test, so I’m able to report test results without conflicting interests. GearLab updates all of its reviews…
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Hiking Pants Review
I research the best women’s hiking pants on the market, GearLab orders them, and then I wear them everywhere I go, running them through repeatable tests and photographing them along the way. Read the full review at GearLab.com. Published by GearLab | Updated biannually
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Camping Axe Review
Before testing these axes on every piece of wood I see for weeks on end, I research the field to find the best options available on the market. Then GearLab orders them, and I implement a rigorous testing plan and photograph the process before writing up a review. Read the…
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Surfing Chicama, Peru – The Longest Left
Published by Wave Tribe | September 12, 2019 The version posted on Wave Tribe is attributed to Derek Dodds. This is the original version I submitted. [Credit – Mikey Wier. Caption – Waist high waves at El Point are hard to hate.] Chicama, The Longest Left Chicama is known as…
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GearLab Mountain Bike Review Program
I lead a team to create GearLab’s first mountain bike review in September of 2016 and launched its mountain bike review program with the most scientific and objective testing process known at the time. I continued leading the program until April 2018, when I became a senior managing editor. During…
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Big Time Rush
Grab the kids and the kayak for a fun weekend float or a wild whitewater ride. Published by Salt Lake City Weekly | June 5, 2014 By L. Clark Tate There’s a reason early explorers scoured the West for river passages: access. The middle-of-nowhere places that a river can take you…
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Winter Outdoor Recreation Guide 2014-15
Project for Salt Lake City Weekly | 2014 Winter Outdoor Recreation Guide 2014-15 No winter is like the last one, even beyond the snow factor: Resorts grow and change, and as jobs, families and interests shift, our recreation routines get shaken up. But there’s no reason to fear change—embrace it,…
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Wind on the Water
Los Gatos Magazine | Summer Guide 2015 by L. Clark Tate Tasting the good life, fast, on Chardonnay II Maybe it’s been awhile since you’ve seen the earth fall away to blue, much less ventured out on salty waters. But the ocean is just over the hill. If you think sailing…
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Winter Outdoor Recreation Guide 2014-15
Salt Lake City Weekly | 2015 By Joe Beatty and L. Clark Tate No winter is like the last one, even beyond the snow factor: Resorts grow and change, and as jobs, families and interests shift, our recreation routines get shaken up. But there’s no reason to fear change—embrace it, with the help…
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Gone Fishing
When it comes to scoring a big haul, ice is nice Salt Lake City Weekly | November 12, 2014 By L. Clark Tate Over your usual wintertime fun, or just a fiendish fisher in need of a fix? So what if the riverbanks are snow-drifted and the lakes frozen—go fishing. According…
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