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Gränsfors Bruks American Felling Axe

Gränsfors Bruks are to felling trees as Bugatti is to speed. Their axes are powerful, rakish beasts, and in the right hands: unstoppable. Properly maintained, they can be passed on from father to son, mother to daughter, or bud to bud jr. Brb, ordering one now.
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Mountain Backpacker Medical Kit

Avoid a Revenant-style death 🐻 and protect your bud from whatever challenges Mother Nature throws their way. Adventure Medical Kits are to first aid as Ossetra caviar are to fish eggs, and the Mountain Backpacker edition has everything you and a friend need to survive a four-day foray in the wilderness. Safety first!

Kelty Grand Mesa Tent

You're 4 hours into a placid hike with your bud when it hits you: neither of you wants to leave the majestic beauty of the great outdoors for another 24-hours. Fear of the office grips your heart, but you came prepared.

You whip out this rugged and compact tent from Kelty, assembling it in minutes. The only thing left to worry about is the 😴 layout: head-to-head or head-to-toe? 🤔

Crushable Solar Lantern from Goal Zero

No one's saying we're afraid of the dark. Definitely not. But say, theoretically, we were to get "sensibly anxious" at night while camping. Lucky for us, this crushable solar lantern would be easy to pack in our bag next to the stuffed bear and copy of Goodnight Moon. Did you hear that? 👻