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Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Contributing Gear Writer

hiking in hiking pants in Hawaii

The Best Hiking Pants of 2025

34 min read Jun 9, 2025

hiking to the crag with a travel backpack

The Best Travel Backpacks

33 min read Jan 14, 2025

A hiking backpack helps us get to beautiful waterfalls

Your Trail-Ready Companion: The Best Hiking Daypacks

28 min read Jan 13, 2025

man kayaking in a sun shirt

Protect Your Skin: The Best Sun Shirts

29 min read Jan 3, 2025

two side by side photos of Trammell Evans

Authorities Are Searching for a Missing Backpacker in Joshua Tree National Park

2 min read May 9, 2023

paramedics gather around a man with a sharkbite (left); the bite wounds (right)

Surfer Mauled by Shark at Jeffreys Bay Ahead of Championship Tour Stop

2 min read May 4, 2023

David Lesh, Notorious Troller of Outdoor World, Arrested Again

David Lesh, Notorious Troller of Outdoor World, Arrested Again

2 min read Apr 26, 2023

jeremy nobis in the 1990s

Former Freeskiing Star and Olympian Jeremy Nobis Found Dead Inside Utah Jail Cell

2 min read Apr 20, 2023

missing sailors

3 Americans and Their Sailboat Have Vanished Between Mazatlan and San Diego

2 min read Apr 18, 2023

florida man approaching a beached shark with a hammer

Man Who Allegedly Beat Protected Shark Species With a Hammer Arrested

2 min read Apr 17, 2023

a snowboarder pushes along like a skateboarder

This Snowboard Binding System Rotates to Let You Push Like a Skater

4 min read Apr 12, 2023

sargassum seaweed covers a beach

Seaweed Blob Off East Coast Is Now Record-Breaking in Size

3 min read Apr 6, 2023

sea otters floating on ocean surface

Scary, Rare Parasite Is Killing Sea Otters; Could It Spread to Humans?

2 min read Mar 28, 2023

Student Designs Mushroom Surfboard, Aims at Mainstream Production

Student Designs Mushroom Surfboard, Aims at Mainstream Production

4 min read Mar 27, 2023

a bull shark swims with schools of fish

Australia Shark Safety Nets Can’t Catch Bull Sharks

4 min read Mar 24, 2023

a plastic rock discovered at a Trinidade beach

Scientists Find ‘Plastic Rocks’ on Remote Turtle Refuge

2 min read Mar 16, 2023

Man Left Dead Fish at 'Goonies' House, Then Had to Be Rescued After Capsizing Stolen Yacht

Man Left Dead Fish at ‘Goonies’ House, Then Had to Be Rescued After Capsizing Stolen Yacht

4 min read Feb 6, 2023

ironskinn shark bite resistant swim gear

Shark Bite-Resistant Swim Gear Under Testing In…Oklahoma

3 min read Jan 10, 2023

Bomb Cyclone Kills Two in California as Rain Keeps Falling

Bomb Cyclone Kills Two in California as Rain Keeps Falling

5 min read Jan 5, 2023