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Outlier is coming out with a waxed cotton hat that’s made for year-round riding, provided, of course, that you don’t live somewhere too cold and don’t mind not wearing a helmet to catch your brains during crashes. The Outlier Waxed Cotton Cap sells for about $60, though the designers say it’ll last for ages, form to your skull, and darken with age. Plus, I’d point out that you’re supposed to replace your helmet after every crash, while with a waxed hat those crashes only add to the character of the garment.

Sixty-two miles into a 700-mile death march to the North Pole with a useless GPS and spinning compass, the Catlin Arctic Survey team looked to a pair of lacy undies tied to a ski pole to check the wind and get their north-bound bearings.

It begs the question: Why didn’t they pack better? Or hell, why didn’t they just fly a plane to the North Pole instead of walking? The team is measuring the ice’s thickness, and they haven’t been able to use a compass since they’re parked on top of magnetic north, nor do GPS units work well since they rely on batteries which don’t do well in the cold. The underwear was donated by a supporter of the expedition (i.e. stolen off some random girl’s dorm room floor) and will be sold in a Japanese vending machine after the team returns.

via Gizmodo

Employees at the South Pole Research Station won’t be able to stand six months of darkness (nor their colleague’s repeated references to the movie Predator vs. Alien) without easy access to mind-altering beverages. And if there’s one thing egghead scientists need help with it must be accessorizing their houndstooth hats-otherwise why would Outdoor Research affix their brand to this stylish bowler? The crushable OR hat comes with a bottle opener stuck in the band and will be out this fall.

I thought the first ‘green’ wading boots would have been made with recycled pool table felt soles. Instead Simms has come up with this new rubber sole that’s designed so you don’t transport mud snails and didymo among different watersheds and destroy fish populations. It’s a bit odd that over-manufactured rubber is coming back to save us while everyone else is selling shirts made from old (organic) drapes or bamboo that died naturally. The Simms Streamtread boots sell for between $130 and $220.

Specialized came out with one of these folding locks about 10 years ago, but it disappeared pretty quickly after someone figured out that you could break it by using a center punch to knock out a joint. Now Abus locks is back with this Bordo Granit X-Plus folding lock and claiming it offers the same level of protection as a decent U-lock. Abus even put up this video of someone trying to break it with a bolt cutter, which is likely to win a German Emmy. The lock sells for about $90.

via GetOutdoors