FYI, I think we agree - I don’t think bringing a couple batteries along is a big deal. I wish they were as small as the RX100 batteries, but otherwise it doesn’t really bother me. I also find that the in-body charging is a great feature, though I REALLY wish you could charge AND shoot at the same time...having it…

Good honest overview. I’ll note (trying so hard not to be a Sony Fanboy) that having shot mirrorless for over 5 years, I don’t find the battery issue an issue at all. Maybe I’ve been desensitized, but for me:

Another great piece Chris. Your progression has tracked ours similarly in the last few years (Hikes->Colorado 14ers->Yosemite->Mt.Hood->Rainier->Grand Teton), and I love seeing the details and the views shared with a broad audience.

19mm lens (cropped down to square), F2.8, ISO 6400, shutter speed 25 seconds. That’s from memory, so there’s a chance it was 3200 ISO instead...

It was a great night with clear skies outside St. Louis, until I realized my photo spot was a bed of poison ivy...thank God for 24 hr Walgreens and Poison Ivy Scrub!!

Trail runners won’t take crampons. Unfortuantely. I wore my trailrunners halfway up to Muir earlier in July, but switched to mountaineering boots later in the climb when crampons were mandatory.

Mario - you gotta revise your article, it is factually incorrect in the leading lines:

Do you miss the a telephoto or wide angle option? I love 30mm for an everyday focal length, but for landscape/adventure I feel like I often want to be really wide or really tight...

Great post! However, it’s hard to see how the D810 would be described as the ultimate adventure camera...I think it is probably today’s ultimate camera (blend of features, IQ, price), but the adventure priorities of size/carry seem to knock it down a few big notches. Sony’s A7* lineup seem to be made for this in…

Mmmmmmm. Sort of an...oaky afterbirth.

Looks like a dixie cup, which I’m sure would do the same thing.

Another plug for pressure breathing preventatively, clearing out CO2 that has settled in your lungs even before you feel any symptoms. Plus, then you don’t have to pee ALL DAY LONG or have paresthesia like diomox (though I still carry diamox to deal with AMS symptoms if they occur).

I’m surprised this doesn’t mention pressure breathing in a discussion of AMS. Regular pressure breathing (forcefully exhaling through pursed lips) expels CO2 that settles in the lungs as you take shallower breaths with the higher altitude pressure differential with your lungs. Pressure breathing can “bring you back”…

But is it blue and black or white and gold?

Is this the first “What’s New Outside” roundup? Love it...I have like a dozen read-later tabs from this page. What’s the update schedule plan? Thanks for your work Wes & Team!

Burkhard in the house!

A couple questions:

Columbia-branded gear is also solidly on the everyday consumer side of the company’s product line (Mountain Hardwear, Sorel, Montrail, Prana)...I’ve tried multiple columbia pieces of gear, and every one of them gave up from poor quality when used in real outdoor situations (mostly poor stitching, zipper issues, glue…

+1 The google website still only sells versions of the original...

How does one conduct a double blind test when referring to electro-zapping your noggin?