Winter is coming. The peasants say it will be the longest winter in known time. Dismiss their folk superstitions and prognostications at your peril, for the fact remains: Winter is coming, and you must get your outdoor jollies while ye may.

The whiffle and crack of golf club against ball will be heard no more once the great snows come. Campfires and hikes to alpine meadows will be but the tales of old women -- half-recalled memories of a happier, sunnier time.

They say that, when winter comes, exercise will be banished from the land. Joggers will huff into benumbed fists. Cyclists will wrap themselves in layer after layer of spandex, hibernating until the Great Thaw. Those Crossfit people will stop dragging weights outside their gym like idiots. It will be a dark time.

So go forth! Sieze this weather while it lasts, and outfit yourself with totally acceptable gear from this Woot Off. You might want to grab a few wolf pelts and cords of wood while you're at it (sold elsewhere, maybe).

Hope to see you alive on the other side, friend.

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