Now here's something useful to blend between the world of outdoors and the world of technology.
The paracable takes an Apple lightning connector, and wraps the cord in para-cable, and then connects the USB to the other end. This makes it ideal for the outdoor-enthusiast. While it was originally designed as a defensive mechanism against being chewed-to-shreds by the owner's kitten, it's a great cable for those of us who put our cables through multiple outdoor adventures.
While the Glacier Bandits have not tested these out quite yet, we look forward to ordering it once we are in possession of a device with lightning connectors. And unless my iPhone 4S meets with a catastrophic end, the earliest indication of the lighting connector will be with the new iPad expected to be released October 2013.
As of May 9, 2013, the price of the 3' cable is $27.95, and the site http://paracable.com/ states they plan to make the 6' version available soon.