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Cal Brennan

Senior Gear Editor

18 seasons of backcountry testing across the Rockies and Alaska Range

Cal runs Wild10's gear program. He has spent eighteen seasons guiding and testing in the Wind Rivers, the Bob Marshall, and the Alaska Range, and he writes the shelter, sleep, and pack coverage. He judges gear on what survives a full season of use, not what looks good on a spec sheet.

36 published stories on Wild10.

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How Wild10 editors work

Wild10 rankings are written by named editors who use this category in the field. We buy or borrow gear, use it across a full season where we can, and read the specs critically where we can't. Nobody pays for placement, brands do not see rankings before publication, and affiliate links never change the order of a list.

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