Stephen Regenold is founder and editor of GearJunkie.com. As a journalist and a former writer for the New York Times, Regenold created “The Gear Junkie” in 2002 as a nationally-syndicated ...

Outside reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the First Ascent Sandstone Jacket. ... It didn’t soak through on a 40-minute run in light rain, ...

Eddie Bauer’s newest line of guide-worthy gear bears the name First Ascent, and it first hit shelves in 2009. If your intuition tells you “Eddie Bauer doesn’t make guide gear”, you’re both right and ...

Case in point, the First Ascent BC MicroTherm sold out in three weeks this year. The jacket takes the joy of an 800-fill, cozy-but-not-hot down shirt and adds a waterproof breathable two-layer ...