Working From Home

Want to Work in the Great Outdoors? You May Need Some New Gear

Wi-Fi range extenders, power banks—and don’t forget a fan.

Illustration by Oscar Bolton Green

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If there’s one pandemic culture shift to milk for all it’s worth, it’s working outside. Now that summer’s here, everyone wants to be in nature. “Recently, I was doing a business call with birds singing loudly,” says Marty Fahncke, president of Adventurist Inspired Marketing. “I muted my line when I wasn’t speaking, but the rest of the people on the call begged me to stay unmuted. The bird calls were adding a sense of peace and creativity to the conversation.”

Bird chatter notwithstanding, here are some do’s and don’ts before you take to the hills: