The Radavist

In her review of the Hyperlite Mountain Gear Splash Bivy, Hailey Moore writes about why she prefers bivies over tents and offers her assessment of this featherweight dyneema bikepacking, or backpacking, sleeping kit companion.

Weighing in at 5.5 oz for the regular and a scant 6.29 oz for the long, the all-new Hyperlite Mountain Gear Splash Bivy is a minimal bivy, perfect for summer bike camping and lightweight sub-24-hour overnighter trips…

Do you recall the video Going Without Knowing we posted a few weeks back? Well, Hyperlite Mountain Gear just posted a follow-up interview with artist Geoff McFetridge on their blog and I think you all will find it interesting:

What parallels can you draw between your artistic style and how you travel and engage in your preferred pastimes outside?

I think I get pretty deep into things. Deep and fringe-y. I first raced my bike as cyclocross, and I became more engaged with skiing when I learned to telemark. I didn’t get interested in fishing until I saw Tenkara. I don’t run road races, only trail runs. You can see a pattern here. I am not embarrassed to go directly into the deepest (trendiest?) zone of the margin—the single-speed of EVERYTHING.

Read more at Hyperlite!

Hyperlite Mountain Gear wants to outfit your future ventures with this massive giveaway:

The chassis off this giveaway is the ever-capable, long-hauler Salsa Blackborow Fat Bike. For shelter, you can win a UltaMid 2 Pyramid Tent System and then Inflate your Alpacka Caribou Packraft and explore that lake you’re on with a Aqua-Bound Manta Ray Hybrid Paddle. Then pack everything into the 4400 Porter.

Head to Hyperlite Mountain Gear to sign up for this giveaway. All you’ve got to do is enter your email.

Fanny packs have become staples in our riding garb over here at the Radavist. Why ride with a full pack if you can fit your essentials in a small pouch you wear on your hips? Hyperlite Mountain Gear – known for their ultralight, ultra-durable backpacking goods – just announced their Versa Fanny Pack. Read up on it more below.