They’re American mountain men—reenactors of the fur trade that ... pilot a bullboat. Getting the gear right is its own challenge. “I tried to fit in,” says Burnett.

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Here, what it's like to be a gear tester for Mountain Hardwear. “Matt, see anything?” I yelled in his general direction. From the other side of a small grove of trees, he shouted back “just ...