Top T-Shirts for the Outdoors
I thought it was about time for a T-shirt post — as I write this in late May the sun is out, the air is warm, so it's time to throw your fleeces into storage and break out the short-sleeve T-shirts. Here's a selection of tees to look great whatever your sport, be it running, camping, climbing, hiking or just chilling out.
Logo T-shirts
An obvious starting point is a logo T-shirt. You can't go wrong with a logo tee from your favourite brand.
The North Face Woodcut T-shirt was available in Cosmic Blue or Coffee Brown with the North Face logo appearing over a woodcut-style background.
The Rab Stacked Logo T-shirt contained the Rab logo stacked up — from a distance it almost looked blurred or somehow 3D, and it was available in Grey, Blue and Green.
The Mammut T-shirt showed everyone's favourite woolly mammoth on the front centre with the brand name Mammut across the shoulders on the reverse, available in Black, Red, Dark Blue and Light Blue.
The Salomon T-shirt carried the phrase "Mountain Sports Progression Born in the French Alps" — a clean design available in Blue or Dark Orange.
The Mountain Equipment Free Spirit T-shirt looked like a standard logo tee at first glance, but on closer inspection there was a climber hanging from the base of the mountain logo, clipped into the Q and M of "Equipment". This yellow tee was worth a second look.
The Jack Wolfskin Echo T-shirt showed the classic Jack Wolfskin name with the paw-print logo repeated in an echo three times across the front, available in Blue, Green and Granite.
The Bear Grylls 74 T-shirt from Craghoppers carried the words "Bear Grylls" and "74" across the front — 74 representing the year of his birth — and was available in Blue, Grey and Khaki.
Graphic T-shirts
Sometimes the best type of T-shirt contains a design that you aspire to — a climber up a mountain, a long road ahead, and more.
The Mountain Equipment Shivling T-shirt celebrated Doug Scott's 1983 first ascent of the East Pillar of Shivling Mountain in the Himalayas.
The Jack Wolfskin Roped T-shirt showed the outline of two climbers roped together ascending a mountain, available in Blue or Black.
The Evolution Peter Storm T-shirt was a walker's twist on the classic evolution image, showing man's evolution from ape and caveman through to backpacker.
Sayings and slogan T-shirts
Of course, let's not forget T-shirts that contain inspirational slogans or perhaps just a funny saying.
The Dome Tent T-shirt from The North Face carried a picture of their popular dome tent with the saying "Home Sweet Dome".
What are your favourites?
If you have a favourite T-shirt that we haven't included, leave a comment with a link and we'll try and add it in.