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Equipment, Supplies and Gifts for Adventure Travel

Bringing the right equipment or supplies can make any adventure travel trip easier and a lot more pleasant. Some of these choices also make great gifts for friends and family who are leaving for adventurous trips.
eBags Sells Luggage, Handbags, Laptop Bags, Backpacks & Travel Accessories
eBags. You can find all types of luggage, handbags, laptop bags, backpacks, travel accessories and more at Ebags. Look for items with the pink ribbon, because year-round 10 percent of the retail price goes to breast cancer research.
Versatile Fleece Jacket in Eddie Bauer's First Ascent Line
Eddie Bauer's First Ascent line has the versatile, award-wining Point Success jacket, great over a base layer, but can be slid in as a middle layer on cold days.
Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 - Best Travel Purse Ever
The Pacsafe Metrosafe 200 is, quite simply, the best travel purse I've used during my years of exploring the world. The anti-theft features give me a sense of security on busy city streets. The bag's inner pockets keep my passport, credit cards and iPhone secure, but I can quickly reach everything else I've packed into various pockets.
Wonder Rotunda - An Educational Theme Park Game
Wonder Rotunda, a virtual educational theme park, is a fun, easy way to explore the world with your kids. And, it’s just as easy for a child ages 7- 12 to explore this make-believe world by him/herself.
Camelbak Better Bottle Is BPA-Free and Spill-Proof
The Camelbak Better Bottle is BPA-free and has the Camelbak patented Big Bite Valve, When the bite valve is up, you just bite slightly and sip it as if you were drinking from a straw. No need to tip it to drink and it’s spill-proof. You can unscrew the top and it’s wide enough to add ice.
Kuru Women’s Light Hiking Shoes
Kuru's Chicane light hiking shoes are as comfortable as bedroom slippers, and collapsible so you can easily store them in a backpack. No matter how hard I tried to mess them up by kicking wet, grungy tennis balls for my dog while in muddy woods and on trails, I couldn't.
TravelRest Travel Pillow Keeps Head Supported During Airline Flights
TravelRest has literally stretched the concept of an inflatable travel pillow, with its patented ergonomic shape. We found the uniquely shaped TravelRest travel pillow much more comfortable than the comparably priced, conventional pillows we've used during long airline flights and car trips.
Turn Your Digital Photos Into Travel Postcards at HazelMail.com
Would you like to turn those digital images of your adventures into personalized travel postcards? It's easy to do at HazelMail, where you can add addresses and postage online, then print them out and toss them in the mail, whether traveling or at home.
Make a Photo Album With Smile Books
Create permanent memories in a personalized photo album with SmileBooks.
Keep Computers In Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Cases and Backpacks
Tired of pulling your laptop and other electronic gear out of your carry-on bag or backpack? TSA won’t make you take your laptop out of these checkpoint friendly bags and backpacks.
Pacsafe Anti-theft Purses and Travel Gear Keep Your Valuables Safe
If you want to keep anything from your passport and camera to huge backpacks safe, Pacsafe has the anti-theft travel gear for you.
Great Guidebook: Ultimate Adventures, a Rough Guide to Adventure Travel
[i]Ultimate Adventures - a Rough Guide to Adventure Travel [/i] - is a "must get" guidebook for adventurous travelers seeking some of the coolest outdoor experiences on this planet. It's outlines "uncommon adventures for the common man" and tells you how to arrange to do them.
Magellan’s is a One-Stop Shop for Travel Supplies, Gear and Clothing
Travel junkies visit Magellan’s often to see what’s new in gear, accessories, clothing and supplies.
Riding the Hulahula and Other Extraordinary Adventures for Seasoned Travelers
You'll enjoy reading the first-person adventures by seasoned travelers in "Riding the Hulahula to the Arctic Ocean - a Guide to 50 Extraordinary Adventures." The book, put out by the National Geographic Society, lists top-rated adventure travel trips for travelers 40 and older. If you're in that age group, there's a trip here for you.
You Won't Smell Like Liniment When Using ALCiS Pain Reliever to Soothe Muscles
ALCiS Pain Reliever offers temporary relief from sore muscles - and you won't smell like menthol or camphor.
Banjees Wrist Wallet Keeps Credit Cards and a Key Close
Banjees Wrist Wallet are the ticket when you want to take a credit card, a room key and a bit cash with you, whether walking in strange city, sitting on the beach or jogging.
Personalized Travel Guides & Maps at Rand McNally
You can get maps routing your upcoming travel, personalized travel guides, GPS units and a lot more on Rand McNally’s website.
Lonely Planet Travel Books Are Bibles of Travel Tips and Advice
Lonely Planet travel books include guidebooks for destinations worldwide, language guides, digital guides, audio guides, and travel books filled with advice, photography and personal travel stories.
Spot Satellite Messenger Doubles as Personal Tracker and Alert 911
The revolutionary SPOT Satellite Messenger lets you keep in touch in touch with friends and family, alert 911 when there's an emergency, and act as a personal tracker -- whether you're in the back country, snowbound on a highway in a blizzard, adrift in a boat or caught in a dangerous situation.
Smartwool Hiking, Ski and Walking Socks
Skiers have been using Smartwool socks for years (because the company was started by a former ski instructor) and now hikers, mountain bikers and other active sports enthusiasts are opting for them, too. The colorful lifestyle socks are hit in the city scene.
Hide Passport and Money In PacSafe Travel Safe in Hotel Rooms
PacSafe's TravelSafe is a handy item if you're staying in a hotel room
PacSafe's Theft-Proof Travel Camera Straps Keeps Cameras & Binoculars Secure
PacSafe's theft-proof travel camera straps keep cameras and binoculars safe from 'slash-and-grab' thieves. The company has a neck strap for cameras and shoulder straps for laptops and other bags.
Adventure Travel -- Holiday Gifts for Adventurous Travelers
Check out this selection of holiday gifts for adventure travelers, which ranges from fat-wallet presents, such as a LuxuryLink.com gift certificate, to the mid-priced Solio Hybrid1000 charger for your electronic gadgets, and inexpensive stocking stuffers such as Smartwool's colorful Adrenaline socks.
Where to Find Travel Gear, Supplies and Accessories
When you are looking for useful, innovative or cool travel gear, supplies and accessories, these companies offer the best choices.
Adventure Travel - Record Travel Memories in Globetrotter's LogBook
Travelers who want a quick way to record memories while on a trip will like the Globetrotter's LogBook.
Father's Day Gifts for Adventurous - and Other - Travelers
Looking for a great Father's Day gift for your dad, husband or a favorite significant other? We've got you covered in choices from pricey to inexpensive.
Secure PacSafe citysafe 100 travel purse
PacSafe offers secure and light travel purses in several sizes ranging from the smaller citysafe 100 model to the spacious metrosafe 300 shoulder bag. The shoulder straps and purse bottoms are slashproof and clips attached to zippers keep thieves from sliding hands inside the purse.
Mountain Hardware's Ski/Snowboard Insulated Stretch Piste Pants Are Wonderful
Mountain Hardware's women's insulated stretch piste pants pass every test for skiers and snowboarders who want comfort, warmth and functionality.
Travel Gear - pacsafe Stashsafe Secure Hip Pack
The anti-theft features on the pacsafe Stashsafe 100 makes this hip pack great travel gear. It has wire-reinforced, slash-proof front and bottom panels, lockable zippers and several pockets to keep your stuff organized.
Adventure Travel -- Adventure Travel Gifts
Here’s a selection of adventure travel gifts for yourself, or your favorite adventuresome traveler. The choices rang from inexpensive pens that write underwater and in extreme cold; to mid-priced gifts like a sports utility wagon to ferry your toddlers while hiking; to once-in-a-lifetime gifts, such as heli-skiing, bull-riding school, biking from Paris to London or playing golf in China.
Adventure Travel Gifts Under $75
Are you looking for entertaining or useful gifts for your friends who enjoy adventure travel? Here's an array of gifts, that range from $20 to $75, which adventure travelers will want to take along on their next vacation.
Adventure Travel Gifts Under $200
Are you looking for special gifts for your favorite adventure traveler and willing to spend up to $200? Here's a selection of gifts ranging roughly from $75 to $200, which adventuresome travelers (and you) will want to take along on the next vacation.
Luxury Gifts for Adventure Travelers
When your wallet is flush and you're looking for luxury adventure travel holiday gifts for a spouse or special friends, why not give them something truly outrageous. How about a watch with a GPS, a heli-ski run, a golf trip to China, a Burton Audex jacket with a sleeve panel to change iPod music or answer a cell phone, or a day driving a Ferrari 430?
Smith Turbo Fan Goggles Clear the Fog
Ever have your goggles fog while skiing down a mogul run and you can no longer see the slope, or have them go white in a powder storm? Smith’s Turbo Fan Prodigy, Phenom and Knowledge OTG goggles are a blessing for people who love snowsports and sweat a lot, but even more so for people who wear glasses that constantly fog.
Travel Gear - Digital Cameras Record Permanent Memories
Use a digital camera to take pictures during your vacation and you'll always have instant memories in your photo album. What type of digital camera do you want?
Suunto X9i Multifunction GPS Watch
The Suunto X9i is a multifunction GPS watch for hi-tech gadget lovers who are avid outdoorsmen, hikers and multi-sport enthusiasts who play in the wilderness. It interfaces with mapping software worldwide, shows your current speed and distance, has an altimeter and thermometer, plus lots more.
Travel Gear -- Inka Pen
This tiny pen works just about anywhere, including hanging from the side of a cliff, underwater or in a snowstorm.
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