Stephen Regenold -- a world-traveling adventurer/journalist with a home base in Minneapolis, Minnesota -- is The Gear Junkie. Regenold is a skier, climber, cyclist, orienteer, adventure racer, father, husband, dog owner, karaoke aficionado and all-around thrill-seeker. Expeditions and elaborate equipment tests over the past three years took Regenold to corners as far afield as Ucluelet, British Colombia; Moab, Utah; Kyoto, Japan; North Dakota; Germany's highest peak, the Zugspitze; sunny San Luis Obispo, Calif. (twice!); the summit of Mt. Rainier; Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario; Quintana Roo, Mexico; and the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia (to name a few). Regenold still manages to spend time with his wife, Tara, their new baby boy, Charles, 2-year-old daughter, Gwen, and a 90-pound Weimaraner named Rodney. (read less)

Stephen Regenold -- a world-traveling adventurer/journalist with a home base in Minneapolis, Minnesota -- is The Gear Junkie. Regenold is a skier, climber, cyclist, orienteer, adventure racer, father, husband, dog owner, karaoke aficionado and all-around thrill-seeker. Expeditions and elaborate equipment tests over the past three years took Regenold to corners as far afield as Ucluelet, British Colombia; Moab, Utah; Kyoto, Japan; North Dakota; Germany's highest peak, the Zugspitze; sunny San Lui... (read more)