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		<title>The Hone Zone: Confessions of a Training Junkie</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2012/01/the-hone-zone-confessions-of-a-training-geek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the debauchery of the holidays over, you might feel that it’s time to repent and start training. A month of over-consumption and inactivity has left you feeling lost. Having strayed from the path, you look to the web for guidance. The Google leads to many websites, books, magazines, and blogs offering recipes for success. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destiny Manifested Part II: Gear for Peak Bagging</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/09/destiny-manifested-part-ii-gear-for-peak-bagging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conditions encountered on your average summer or autumn peak-bagging outing can vary considerably: one minute you are blasted by the sun, the next minute it&#8217;s hailing or even snowing. Relatively long walks or exposed scrambles mean that you want to bring just enough to deal with precipitation and temperature swings but not so much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destiny Manifested: Peak-Bagging Colorado’s 14ers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fourteeners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain climbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the universe seems to conspire against you. My best efforts to have meaningful (or any) progress climbing this spring and summer have been consistently shat upon by the cosmos. After six months of setbacks, I was hardly surprised when my wife/climbing partner hurt her wrist a week before our planned road trip. Accepting that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Gear Reviews: Oban 14-Year Scotch</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/08/alaska-gear-reviews-oban-14yr-scotch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gear reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpine climbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since this will be the last gear review from my Alaska trip, I figured I should end with the one item that we got the most use out of. Some trips are cold, and good down jackets are really key. Other climbing trips have lots of steep ice and mixed terrain where the choice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Gear Reviews: Primus Profile Duo Campground Stove</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/alaska-gear-reviews-primus-profile-duo-campground-stove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My partner and I had an obscene amount of gear when we got off the plane and set foot on the glacier in Alaska. Among our several duffel bags, skis, and backpacks was a Primus Profile Duo Campground Stove and 10 large propane canisters. The rest of base camp must have thought we were nuts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip Essentials</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/roadtripessential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The road trip is a time-honored American rite of passage. In fact, failing to embark on at least one road trip per summer basically means that you hate apple pie, fireworks, and babies.  We recently embarked on a kickass weekend road trip and wanted to share our firsthand experience and a few time-tested tips on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Skiing: Enabling Healthy Addiction</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/summer-skiing-enabling-healthy-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Miesbauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something wrong with me. I can&#8217;t stop skiing. Mother Nature isn&#8217;t helping, either. Sure, it&#8217;s July, but there&#8217;s enough snow leftover from our super-snowy Wasatch spring to ski dozens of legendary lines. Although it&#8217;s seen as an anomaly for most, summer skiers like Elias Littenberg and I only see it as an opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOC Approves Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle for the 2014 Sochi Games</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/ioc-approves-ski-and-snowboard-slopestyle-for-the-2014-sochi-games/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/ioc-approves-ski-and-snowboard-slopestyle-for-the-2014-sochi-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Miesbauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the peasants rejoice &#8230; well, not everyone is overflowing with stoke about the IOC&#8217;s July 4th decision to include ski and snowboard (men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s) slopestyle in the games. With more rules for competing skiers and riders, many feel that this decision puts a box around their sport. If that&#8217;s true, then that box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Gear Reviews: Petzl Sarken Crampons</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/alaska-gear-reviews-petzl-sarken-crampons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alpine climbing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crampons are one of the most important pieces of gear you take with you on an alpine trip. They literally have an impact on every step you take and must handle every type of terrain with ease. Unlike ice-specific crampons that only need to climb ice well, a pair of alpine crampons must climb ice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Gear Reviews: Black Diamond Mega Light Shelter</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/alaska-gear-reviews-black-diamond-mega-light-shelter/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/07/alaska-gear-reviews-black-diamond-mega-light-shelter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gear reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpine climbing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most gear is tested by actually using it. You climb with your tools, wear your boots, carry gear with your pack, and so on. Then, after using that gear you form an opinion based on your experience, and you can then speak with an informed opinion on the good and bad properties of that gear. [...]]]></description>
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