Stephen Regenold

Stephen Regenold--a world-traveling adventurer/journalist with a home base in Minneapolis--is The Gear Junkie. Regenold is a skier, climber, cyclist, orienteer, adventure racer, father, husband, dog owner, karaoke aficionado and all-around thrill-seeker. Elaborate equipment tests over the past two years took Regenold to corners as far afield as Ucluelet, British Colombia; Moab, Utah; Kyoto, Japan; North Dakota; Germany's Zugspitze; San Luis Obispo, California (twice!); the summit of Mount Rainier; Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario; and the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia (to name a few). Regenold still manages to spend time with his wife, his baby daughter and a 90-pound Weimaraner named Rodney.

Regenold has been active in outdoors journalism (and all the corresponding sports and adventures that go with the gig) for several years. He was the founding editor of Vertical Jones magazine, a climbing publication (1997 to 2001). In addition to the weekly Gear Junkie newspaper column, he now writes on outdoors gear and adventure travel for publications including New York Times, Forbes Traveler, Los Angeles Times and Popular Science magazine.

Regenold tests gear to death and gives honest positive and negative reviews--no regurgitated press releases here.