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The Hopper 12 cooler may be the perfect day-trip companion.

Tanner Bowden is a staff writer at Gear Patrol covering all things outdoors and fitness. He is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School and a former wilderness educator. He lives in Brooklyn but will always identify as a Vermonter.

The Hopper 12 cooler may be the perfect day-trip companion.


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