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A coat should keep you warm. Boots should make a statement. Underwear should simply stay silent. We all know from experience (care of bad pairs that cause dreaded elastic lines and un-pickable wedgies) that our underwear is the one item in our closet that we just shouldn’t have to think about when we wear it. The best pairs are the ones that are comfortable, stay put, don’t show, and feel barely there. That said, with so many options out there to choose from, it can be hard to know which ones will actually do as they promise and become mainstays...

A coat should keep you warm. Boots should make a statement. Underwear should simply stay silent. We all know from experience (care of bad pairs that cause dreaded elastic lines and un-pickable wedgies) that our underwear is the one item in our closet that we just shouldn’t have to think about when we wear it. The best pairs are the ones that are comfortable, stay put, don’t show, and feel barely there. That said, with so many options out there to choose from, it can be hard to know which ones will actually do as they promise and become mainstays...

Think back to your favorite movies, cartoons and books as a child. Did you have a list of beloved characters that you needed in every toy possible? Maybe it was a zany animal, a cuddly creature or a lifelike friend. Now, imagine them all coming to life. That’s exactly what Kip, a shy girl living in a boisterous city, finds herself encountering in The Odds. A graphic novel written and illustrated by bestselling children’s author Matt Stanton, The Odds follows protagonist Kip and her eventful journey of meeting ten fictional characters in the real world. As the first installment of...

Here’s where detective work pays off, as we begin to trace more frequent reuses and modifications of old material (sometimes from the same studios holding the original copyrights, sometimes not) among the steady output of aerial cartoons produced during the early 1930’s. While there continues to be variety in the manner in which planes traveled up or down, some animators found ways of back-tracking to previous ideas for reuse (in at least two instances discussed at length below, of necessity to save a project that would otherwise have been scrapped). Hop aboard for another overview to elevate the mind and...

Welcome to What You Missed, our daily digest of breaking news and topical perspectives from across the outdoor world. You can also get this news delivered to your email inbox six days a week by signing up for the What You Missed newsletter.  Nepali climber Gelje Sherpa, 29, is proceeding with a wintertime ascent of 26,864-foot Cho Oyu, which straddles the China-Nepal border. While most expeditions on the mountain start in Tibet, Gelje will attempt to scale it without crossing into Chinese territory by following a more challenging route on the southeastern Nepalese face. The mountaineer hopes that this route will...