Engearment got to attend the first Verde Ventures Media Trip in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, alongside a stacked crew of fellow journalists and content creators. It was a blast! We tested gear from Gregory, Astrol Designs, Thermarest, MSR, Royal Robbins, and Packtowel.

We met the following awesome media folks:

Engearment got to attend the first Verde Ventures Media Trip in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, alongside a stacked crew of fellow journalists and content creators. It was a blast!

We tested gear from Gregory, Astrol Designs, Thermarest, MSR, Royal Robbins, and Packtowel.

We met the following awesome media folks:

Paige Triola / Freelance Writer (Bicycling, The Guardian, RUN: by Outside, MSN) @adventures_of_paigetriola

Meg Carney / Freelance Writer (SFGate, Seattle PI) & Podcast Host of Outdoor Minimalist @megacarnage

Billy Brown / Freelance Writer (WIRED & GearJunkie) @the_billybrown

Sean Sewell / Owner & Director of Engearment @sean_sewell_mountain_man, @engearment

Sal Vaglica / Freelance Writer (Men’s Journal, The Strategist, The Guardian) @salvaglica

Melissa McGibbon / Freelance Writer (Business Insider, Matador Network, POWDER, Yardbarker, SnowBrains) @missmliss

Lennie Nelson / Creator @the_happihippi

Jeanine Romo / Creator @lewildexplorer

Alexandria Gallizioli / Creator @she.roams.wild

Jessica Butterfield / Creator @jessonthewildway

Rob Shearer / Photographer & Filmmaker @robshearerfilm

Matthew Connors / Director of Product Creation at Gregory Packs

Ashley Korenblat / Founder, Western Spirit, Public Land Solutions ashley@westernspirit.com

Mark Sevenoff / Founder, Western Spirit, Outerbike @therealsevy mark@westernspirit.com.

Hosted by Verde PR: Kristin Carpenter / Founder and CEO, Verde Brand Communications

Jenna Nabors / Account Manager, Verde Brand Communications

Becca Katz / Director, Verde Brand Communications

Alexa McRoberts / Director, Verde Brand Communications

We also cover gear reviews on new Arc'teryx Kopec 2 GTX shoes, Salomon Genesis Mid GTX, Travoca Rigel+ ECooler, and dozens more. Plus, we are days away from a new Engearment.com website (it is going to blow your mind!)

Some big news here at Engearment. Our most prolific writer, Erin Trail is branching off to create her own gear review company called Trail Dispatch. We are stoked for her and her next steps!

We had 46 meetings last week at OMA to learn about gear for Spring 2027 (hard to even think that far ahead LOL!) We met with all the companies you love. We have a few videos up on the Engearment YouTube channel from Kuat, EXPED, Smartwool, Merrell, Fjallraven, Peak Design, RTIC, Kelty, BOA, Teva, and more.

New gear from Nocs Provision (Zero Tube) Gregory (Terros 25 and Alpaca gear storage). Thermarest quilt, KUHL Escape tote.

I am going on a media trip to Idaho in a few weeks with a small group of other media folks to test gear from Gregory, MSR, Thermarest, and several other awesome outdoor gear companies. I am stoked!

The Engearment Team has been up to a lot this year, and I want to shine a light on new additions, fun coverage, reviews, and upcoming events!

Devan welcomes her son Luke to the world!

Nikita Bagg joins the team from Canada!

Ryan Humphries goes to Zion with Teva.

Erin Trail tackles the Ragnar race.

Andrew Piotrowski does the Boston Marathon!

Upcoming Outside Music Festival.

Secret Patagonia and KUHL projects.

Helly Hansen 3.5 layer WPB?!?

Benchmade new chef's knife.

EXPED Ultra Line