There’s something about waking up in a tent. That first breath of cold morning air, the quiet that isn’t quite quiet, the way coffee tastes better when you’ve made it on a camp stove. Rewires your brain in ways a…
Hiking looks easy from the outside. You walk, mostly uphill, and then you walk back. Nothing complicated about it. But if that were actually true, search-and-rescue teams wouldn’t be pulling more people off mountains every year. The mistakes that get…
During our late 2025 test, I headed to Bulgaria’s Rila Mountains with the OutdoorAdept team to put the La Sportiva TX Guide through its paces. We spent four weeks testing both the women’s and men’s versions on the Seven Rila…
Most outdoor gear shops have over 15 filters just for outdoor footwear categories. About half are marketing distinctions, but the core types exist for a reason: wearing trail runners on scree is how you roll ankles, and leather boots in…
Updated for the 2026 Season To determine if the TX2 Evo is still the lightweight champion for 2026, we revisited our performance data from our Serbian expedition. We hauled these shoes to the limestone scrambles above Banjska Stena in Tara…
During our extensive winter testing in late 2025, I spent time using the Salewa Wildfire Gore-Tex 2 on Bulgaria’s Musala trail, a route that throws wet granite, scree fields, and technical scrambles at you, particularly once you’re above I haven’t…
In October 2025, my five-day loop through the Bucegi Mountains with the Scarpa Crux gave me more than enough time to form opinions. Some good, some worth mentioning. For context, I’ve been wearing Scarpa footwear for over a decade now.…
La Sportiva has been my go-to brand since 2017. Started with the Bushido trail runners – loved those things. Eventually made the jump to their TX line, and the TX3 became my main shoe for a solid two years. However,…
I spent three weeks putting the La Sportiva Boulder X through demanding tests on Piatra Craiului Ridge in Romania’s Carpathians. This narrow limestone ridge dishes out everything an approach shoe might face: exposed scrambles, technical traverses, and plenty of fourth-class…
