OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
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By Cameron Burgess
CHOSEN CONTENT:
Top Shelf Epi. 021: Camp Shelf
REVIEW BY CAMERON BURGESS:
Top Shelf is a weekly show (off-season) about technology and gear, produced by The Verge and hosted by David Pierce. In Episode 21, entitled Camp Shelf, they travel to the great outdoors with a smorgasbord of gadgets from tents-to-sporks-to-camp stoves that charge your phone. Here’s a full list of what David and company discussed and tested during the trip:
- Tents
- POP-UP Tent easy to set up tent $169
- REI Quarter Dome simple pole T2 plus tent $319
- Cave Tent pump-up tent $730
- Sleeping Bags
- REI Flash light summer sleeping bag $259
- Mountain Trails Standard winter sleeping bag $24
- Cooking
- Titanium sporks
- Biolite Camp Stove self-sustaining cooker with USB ports $129
- Wearable Gear
- Garmin Fenix GPS capable watch $400
- Petzl NAO Headlamp auto-adjusting headlamp $175
- Cameras
- Sony RX100 pocket camera with uber nice photo quality $750
- Miscellaneous
- Soundcast Melody Speaker 360° bluetooth speaker $449
- REI Compass plain jane normal not-so-formal compass $13
- Garmin Oregon dedicated GPS navigator $550
I’m not traditionally an outdoors person, but Camp Shelf showed me how I could bring my favorite gadgets along while still enjoying nature. In fact, I was able to convince my family into planning an outdoor-focused trip this summer. I have to admit, I’m quite excited for it partly because I’ll be able to use some of the knowledge I gained while watching this episode of Top Shelf.
The Verge did a great job of highlighting lots of interesting and novel products in a relatively small amount of time. But I do wonder how it would be possible for anyone to realistically utilize this much camping equipment on one trip, as sometimes it seemed like overkill. In conclusion, I would love for David to do another Camp Shelf come this summer in Season 2 of Top Shelf.
STAR SCORE:
5
NELSON ‘14, SEMESTER 2
By Cameron Burgess
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