How to Get a Last-Minute, National Park Backcountry Permit

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Apple Cheddar Burgers Are Amazing Camp Grinds

A new take on classic grilling fare, these hamburgers bring together a variety of complementary flavors into a simple camp-friendly meal. First, the onions are caramelized using a small sauté pan. The key here is to keep the heat low and don’t rush them. The savory and slightly sweet flavor that develops as a result […]

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A 64-Year-Old Car and 87-Year-Old Man Equals One Heck of an Expedition

Tim Slessor will drive from Singapore to London in the same rig he used to drive the opposite direction back in 1955.

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Sarah Outen’s Five Years and 25,000 Miles, By Pedal, Foot, and Paddle

Sarah Outen will tell you she’s impulsive by nature. The British adventurer first heard about ocean rowing as a college student and celebrated her 24th birthday on the Indian Ocean, which she rowed alone because she couldn’t convince anyone to join her. Back home in the U.K., someone asked what she planned as an encore. […]

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Here is How You Plan a Bike Tour Through Rugged Patagonia

Sure, the weather looks bad, but doesn’t it also look kinda fun? Like, sufferfest fun?

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In Midst of Tourism Pressure and Red Tape, Iceland Suspends Whale Hunt

You may remember we ran a poll question about six months ago asking whether or not a planned increase in whaling would discourage you from visiting Iceland. Overwhelmingly, you responded that whaling would in fact cause you to rethink a trip to Iceland—60 percent said you didn’t want tourism dollars going to a country supporting […]

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Is Sustainably Minded Gear Important to You in Gear Coverage?

Osprey's coming-soon line of packs made with recycled and eco-conscious materials have us wondering whether reading about gear made with sustainability in mind is important to you, our readers.

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Check Out Bikepacking’s Really Big Guide to Public Land Use

Everything you've ever wanted to know about public land access, protection, maps, bikepacking routes, you name it.

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Why Sometimes Just Finding Silence is Enough

My wife and I have a six-week-old daughter at home. Fellow parents will laugh knowingly, but in the months before her birth we’d made bold plans to ensure we’d still camp most weekends and that I’d still fly fish and surf and ride mountain bikes just as much as I always have; we even hoped […]

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Pizza and Bikes Can Fix Anything

A charming doc about the two coolest bike riding, pizza slinging women in Fruita, Colorado.

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As Wealth Buys Up More of the West, a Battle Over Who Can Use the Land

Billionaires are buying up hundreds of thousands of acres in the West and dramatically reshapes the cultural landscape.

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Why Hiking Is Cool

Hiking kinda gets looked down on by more extreme adventure types. But that's not fair.

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Review: Black Diamond Helio Active Shell

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Get Drool-Worthy 360-Degree Views from this Fire Lookout Near Tahoe

I spent six whole months dreaming of the Calpine Fire Lookout, and I will likely spend the next six whole months wishing I was still there. Yeah—it was that good. When my friend Paulina first suggested booking a few nights in the 85-year-old wooden tower for a long weekend this spring, I jumped at the […]

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The BLM Has Released a Suite of Online Maps for Climbing on BLM Land

It is apparently Great Outdoors Month. The Department of the Interior proclaimed June as such back in 2004, during the George W. Bush administration. (Here at AJ, every month is Great Outdoors Month, of course.) This year, as part of GOM festivities, the BLM has released a series of online interactive maps that highlight climbing […]

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On This Oregon Trail, Foresters and Mountain Bikers Work Together

The timber industry has dominated the PNW for decades. As local economies change, forest uses have too. In Coos County, Oregon, mountain bikers have built a trail network called Whiskey Run in an area heavily harvested and controlled by timber interests. The two groups have since learned to coexist.

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Rafting: It’s Really Nice

You know Brendan Leonard, yes? Semi-Rad? Well, you may be familiar with Brendan, at least digitally, but you probably don’t know Kathy, his mom. Kathy went on her first whitewater rafting trip with OARS last year, through the Gates of Lodore, and Brendan filmed it. You know what? It was really nice.

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If You’re Going to Spend Hundreds on a Cooler, Get One With Wheels

Big, expensive coolers are heavy and if you're spending that much, why not get one with wheels?

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Dirty Kanza is a Survival Test First, a Bike Adventure Race Second

Gravel biking's toughest test is a self-supported adventure that often finds riders alone, hungry, wondering if they'll finish—that's when the fun starts.

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You Can Buy This Extremely Rare Porsche Camper Bus Thing

Almost literally one of a kind, this Porsche camper van is about the only way left to make a unique mark in #vanlife, and it's up for auction.

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So, What is Adventure, Anyway?

Is adventure an accomplishment? Or a state of mind?

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Even the Approach to Everest by Road is Magical

This incredible short puts you in the passenger's seat for a trip to the base of Everest.

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Check Out This Beer Can Backpacking Stove

More elegant than a cat food can stove, and you can actually consume the contents yourself.

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Extreme Hiking: America’s Best Hard Dayhikes

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The Best Guide to Backpacking the Zion Narrows

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Do You Say ‘Aye’ or ‘Nay’ to the Ayfraym Cabin-in-a-Box?

The new Ayfraym cabin can be ordered and built for $200k, or you can just buy the plans and build it yourself.

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A Spicy Peanut Sauce You Can Use For Anything

I know very few people who don’t rely on peanut butter as a staple ingredient in the outdoors, be it a spoonful in a bowl of morning oatmeal, a bunch slathered on bread for lunch sandwiches, a sauce for dinner, or just a spoonful when you need an instant energy boost. Unless you’re allergic to […]

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Finding a Balance When Your Spouse is Also Your Climbing Partner

I have a hard time considering myself a climber. What would it take for me to own that term? A specific grade? An unwavering passion? Feeling gutsier? I may never claim it as my own. I may always be someone who sometimes likes rock climbing. Is that my own insecurity about not being “good enough” […]

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Ok, Colorado, We Get It

After a few days in Denver for Outdoor Retailer, catching only glimpses of the Rockies off to the west, our minds wandering toward the unexplored possibilities there, this video both stings and inspires.

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Listen to the Song of World’s Rarest Whale, Recorded for First Time

There are only 30 Northeast Pacific right whales—for the first time you can listen to their lonely calls.

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An Appreciation for a Four-Legged Best Friend

Doogan lived in the moment, every moment, until the day he didn't. A beautiful, loving tribute to a dog we all wish we knew.

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The first woman to sail around the world was a cross-dressing botanist

It was a bold plan, if not a very creative one. Because she was a woman, Jeanne Baret was not permitted to sail on a French naval vessel. So the plan was she would dress as a man and present herself at the dock where Louis Antoine De Bougainville was preparing to embark on the […]

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Breaking the Ice Has Rarely Looked So Stunning

Surreal, beautiful, powerful, this short features two Russian icebreakers in the Arctic, busily busting routes into freezing ports in the Northern Sea.

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Bedrock Classic Sandals Are the Perfect Summer Camp Shoe

10,000 years of sandal wearing humans can't all be wrong.

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A Hybrid Toyota Land Cruiser is (Probably) Coming

Toyota's flagship and thirsty off-roader looks to join the electric revolution.

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Gear Review: Therm-a-Rest Hyperion 32F Sleeping Bag

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Used Gear Market Expands—Arc’teryx Will Buy Your Used Arc’teryx Stuff

Yet another big player in the gear market moves to lessen the impact of new gear production.

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AJ Summer Issue Is About to Drop, Get Yours Now

Adventure Journal 13 is almost ready to be shipped, here are 5 reasons why if you don't yet subscribe, this is the time.

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Court Throws the Book at BLM Over Fracking Chaco—But Will it Matter?

In an area with poor water resources, the BLM failed to consider water use in approving fracking in Chaco, potentially halting fracking operations moving closer to Chaco Canyon's tremendous cultural resources.

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Riding the Country’s Most Beautiful Road Before Cars Are Alllowed In

Glacier NP's Going to the Sun Road is as spectacular as they come; crowded as they come too. Unless you ride it just as it's being plowed.

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You’re Gonna Want a Cargo Bike

This is a clever, beautiful little film that pokes fun at bike culture while also celebrating it. Quirky, sure. But hoo boy, that bike. Looks like a fun tool.

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If a 10-Year-Old Can Climb El Cap…

When a 40-year-old man takes inspiration from a 10-year-old badass.

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If a 10-Year-Old Can Climb El Cap…

When a 40-year-old man takes inspiration from a 10-year-old badass.

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Caroline Gleich Wants to See More Women Reach the Top

A hashtag can't change the world, but inspiration can.

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Celebratory Social Media Tips off Rangers to Yellowstone Lion Poach

Late this winter, a trio of young hunters pursued a mountain lion chased by their hunting dogs. The lion crossed from Montana’s Gallatin National Forest into Yellowstone National Park, where the hunters, illegally, shot and killed the cat. Authorities wouldn’t have known about the poaching had the hunters not gleefully posted photos of the dead […]

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Big Scenery, No Crowds: 5 Top Backpacking Trips For Solitude

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People of Water

Water is the great connector. It connects peoples and cultures, and the mountains to the sea. This short film follows whitewater rafter Rob Prechtl as he and his crew connect their passion for river paddling to cultures that have paddled outrigger canoes in the ocean for centuries.

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Shake Up Your Social With Milkshake, Our Instagram Website Maker

“Link in bio” is a commonly used phrase on Instagram, but the challenge for many entrepreneurs and influencers is that “you can only link once”. That’s why Envato’s co-founder Cyan Ta’eed and her team are looking to shake things up with a new app to help you up your Insta game.

While other Instagram linking tools do exist, the Milkshake app enables you to build an Instagram website on your mobile device for free. This site, made up of ‘cards’, is not only stylish and sophisticated—with multiple ‘looks’ to choose from—it’s the source of truth for the modern, multi-faceted entrepreneur. You can include links to your latest work, as well as a bio and much, much more.

Say More. Share More. Sell More

Milkshake’s mission is to help people, predominantly women, to build their personal brands online. Targeted at “movers, shakers, creators, and game changers”, the platform acts as an extension of your Instagram brand, where you can say more, share more, and sell more.

Madeleine Rochecouste, Product Marketing Specialist for Milkshake, said, “We want to empower Instagrammers to promote everything they have going on, and we believe Milkshake is an easy and personal way to do that. Women have so many dreams and aspirations that Instagram is helping them to achieve by providing an audience. We want to help them further establish their brand on Instagram or turn their ideas, hobbies and ambitions into a business by commercializing their social presence.”

Milkshake can be a launchpad to your existing website, podcast, blog, or ecommerce store. It’s a simple solution to promote all you have to offer on Instagram. You can use your Insta website to introduce yourself, share links to your content, products, and work, share your top picks, must do’s and must-haves and, importantly, launch your latest business venture to your followers.

Made for Mobile

The Milkshake team worked with local Australian influencers to develop the app. They invited potential users in early to test prototypes and establish a need within the Instagram community. The result? A mobile app that offers a seamless experience from your Instagram bio.

Milkshake Insta websites are designed to look super slick inside Instagram’s mobile web browser. Madeleine explains, “We wanted Milkshake to complement Instagram. To keep your followers on the platform and engaged with your content. We also wanted to make the experience of making an Insta website as easy as posting content on Instagram.” With the functionality to swipe between cards that’s similar to Instagram Stories, followers won’t feel as if they’ve left Instagram when they’re consuming content on your site. The experience is beautiful and consistent, and it feels native to Instagram as the app is made for mobile and is very visual.

You can make and update your Insta website on the go, wherever you are, with the Milkshake app. It’s ideal for time-poor entrepreneurs or those with limited design and technical capabilities.

Insta-Worthy

Speaking of design, each ‘look’ is what Madeleine describes as “Insta-worthy”. She said, “We found that typical website builders were quite dry. The landing pages, colors, fonts, etc. are mostly aligned to a tech aesthetic. We saw a gap for a product that makes building and interacting with a website fun. Fun, easy, beautiful is what we live by. And the fact that everything can be done on your phone is a big bonus as it enables anyone to get involved at any time.” As one of Milkshake’s user testers told the team, “’If I can’t do it on my phone it won’t get done.”

Making a Milkshake shouldn’t be daunting. If you want to update the look you’ve chosen, you can quickly shake it up whenever you want. Content is structured in the same way across looks, so you don’t have to update your copy, images or links when you change your Insta website design. For each card, from the About card to the Links card, there are multiple looks to choose from, with more added all the time, so you won’t get bored of your Milkshake in a hurry!

The Milkshake Brand

The brand itself is also a feast for the eyes, thanks to Brand Designer, Sophie Dunn. Sophie was thrilled to join Cyan, Madeleine and the Milkshake team as she saw an opportunity to “create a fun, youthful brand.” She describes Milkshake as “a brand that is built on the characteristics of our audience: fun, bold, confident, and gutsy”.

Anyone who has been following Milkshake on Instagram and subscribed to the brand’s School of Instagram program would have to agree that it’s packed full of personality. So we’re thrilled that it’s now live and launched in the app store. Be one of the first to use Milkshake, now.

Find out more at milkshake.app and download Milkshake for free!

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A Survival Guide For the Outdoors Lover Who’s a New Parent

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A Practical Guide to Lightweight and Ultralight Backpacking

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In This Yukon Bar, a Cocktail is Garnished With a Frostbitten Toe

When a British adventurer lost toes to frostbite in the Yukon, he sent them to this bar for their "Sourtoe Cocktail."

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Toasted Pineapple Pound Cake is an Easy Summer Dessert

Dirty Gourmet is three women—Aimee Trudeau, Emily Nielson, and Mai-Yan Kwan—who came together after a bike tour across Canada. They put together a big variety of camp meals, many of which can be found in their cookbook of the same name, with lots of different cultural and taste influences. This recipe, from Aimee, for a […]

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Why We Love the Humble, Indispensable Windshirt

There's not a lot to them, but windshirts punch way above their weight.

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Only a Surfer Knows the Feeling

This short film comes awfully close to perfectly capturing the mundane wonder of life as a surfer.

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Al Faussett Never Met a 100-Foot Falls He Wouldn’t Run in a Dugout Log

He plunged down any thundering mass of whitewater he could find, all in early 20th-century handmade boats.

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Sunscreen Prevents Cancer, Right? Well, It’s Complicated

Using sunscreen makes sense, but data on just how effective it is, in what forms, and for which people, is more sparse than we’ve been led to believe.

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When Deforestation Struck, This Couple Planted Their Own Forest

Twenty years and two million trees later, their work has flowered beautifully.

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The Best Short Backpacking Trip in Grand Teton National Park

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Climbing Wrong Peak and Improvising Rafts Make for Great Bikepack Trip

Nine days of British Columbia riding and climbing and suffering never looked so good.

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Check Out This Massive 30,000-Year-Old Siberian Wolf Head

Extremely rare and massive Pleistocene wolf head has been unearthed and it looks like it died just this week.

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The Disturbing Bro-ification of Outdoor Recreation

Like gentrification, the elitism of outdoor sports is pushing out the common participant.

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When Nature Calls at 12,000 Feet, These Are the Outhouses You Want

Colorado’s Long’s Peak is a, relatively speaking, accessible 14er. As such, it gets quite a bit of traffic. Quite a bit of human waste too, as you’d imagine. So, the National Park Service teamed with the University of Colorado, Denver’s Colorado Building Workshop to design outhouses that work more efficiently, to keep rangers from constantly […]

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Ask Me: Should I Go Backpacking Solo?

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Solving Cycling’s Body Problem With Bike Clothes That Fit More People

Jenn Kriske loved cycling but did not love trying to fit into the common sizes and cuts of traditional cycling clothes. So, she started her own label, Machines for Freedom. It’s geared toward not only providing women with more sizing options and a variety of styles of cycling apparel but also hopes to inspire more […]

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Meet the Bicycle That Pushes Back the Horizon

The Specialized Diverge is the perfect blend of speed and comfort to ride anywhere, any time.

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Running in Circles—Why Our GPS Devices Can Betray Us

Our unshakeable faith in maps — digital or otherwise — has its roots in the cartographic revolution.

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Can a Merino Wool Surfboard Address This Surfer’s Enviro Hypocrisy?

Global surfboard giant Firewire, part-owned by King Kelly Slater, is one of the most eco-conscious board builders on earth. Every board they make is certified by the non-profit Sustainable Surf, a group that lays out a blueprint for environmentally-friendlier surfboards. Firewire is on the forefront of using post-consumer foams in smart ways and replacing the […]

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Gear Review: Gossamer Gear LT5 Trekking Poles

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The Great Eclipse As Viewed From the Tetons

If you were anywhere near the path of totality during 2017’s solar eclipse you likely won’t forget the strange, haunting light cast as the sun slipped behind the moon. A grey, sepia-tinged hue descended over everything, shadow bands waving and blurred, stars visible during the day. This film captures some of that magic. Best viewed […]

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Check Out Islamabad’s Ramadan-Embracing Night Climbers

During Ramadan, many Islamabad residents sit up all night in cafes. These climbers though, have a more adventurous evening in mind.

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Learning the Importance of Being Idle While Living in a Cozy ’76 Westy

Meet the couple that's spent the past seven years traveling in an ancient Westy, learning valuable lessons about having no plans.

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Will Nepal Really Limit Everest Permits When There’s Money at Stake?

With the arrival of summer monsoons, Nepal’s climbing season has come to a close––and not a day too soon. On May 27, Colorado-based climber Chris Kulish became the 11th and final fatality on Mount Everest with an additional 10 climbers succumbing to falls and the elements on Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Annapurna, and Choy Oyo. It […]

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Meet the Holiest Runner in the Faroe Islands

Sverri Steinholm is a pastor—a running pastor. In this short, Steinholm explains, and shows, how trail running helps ground and center the deeply spiritual man. It also shows off the rugged and beautiful landscape of the Faroes.

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How to Get One of America’s Best Backcountry Campsites

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Explore the Dictionary of Winds—From the Abroholos to the Willy Willy

Who knew a listing of some of the world's winds could be so poetic.

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Eight Climbers Dead on Indian Himalaya’s Nanda Devi

The climbers were attempting to acclimatize on a nearby peak when an avalanche struck.

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El Jefe, One of America’s Last Jaguars, Has Inspired a Heck of a Race

The Ruta Del Jefe is a 125-mile bike adventure inspired by El Jefe, one of the last wild jaguars in the US.

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In Praise of Journeys on Water

Awfully hard to beat floating down a big river in a cheap canoe, campfire waiting at sunset.

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The Sandstone Wonders of Arizona

This is Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, ostensibly part of Arizona, but also, maybe Mars? Incredible footage of an incredible place.

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Feds to Greatly Expand Hunting and Fishing in Refuges, Invite Comment

Interior Department wants to open 1.4 million acres of wildlife refuges to hunting and fishing—public comment period is open.

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Bacon, Cheddar, and Eggs Grits For the Backpacking Fuel Win

Close your eyes and imagine you’re finishing the first day of a backpacking trip and you’ve just put down 12 miles of high elevation hiking with a load of 35 pounds on your back. It’s been a slog of a day. Gorgeous, but a slog. There was that dicey river crossing you fell to your […]

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Wrestling With Your Conscience When Picking an Overlanding Vehicle

For most of my life, I held onto the attitude toward cars that I learned from my father: buy them only when necessary, fix them as needed, hold onto them as long as you can, and don’t expect them to be fun. Cars weren’t something you did or had as a hobby, and switching them […]

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Review: The Best Camping Chair, the Helinox Sunset Chair

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The Tall Bikes Tour

The view's better from up there–the Zenga Bros message of creativity and fun gets tested on the oddest bikepacking gig ever.

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The All-New Land Rover Defender Has Been Unveiled

Land Rover is on the verge of releasing their brand new Defender, the flagship of off-road flagships, into the wild. So, here is one, out there in the wild.

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Meet the Twin Brothers Who Paddleboarded From Alaska to Mexico—By Hand

Ryan and Casey Higginbotham paddled 2,600 miles through the Pacific, all with their bare hands.

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‘Swimrunning’ Ties Two Island-Hopping Swimmers Together and it’s Wild

Helen Wikmar and Emma Wanberg are Swedish swimrunners. In 2018, they completed the Ötillö World Championship race, a punishing 75km route set among the Stockholm archipelago in the Baltic Sea. Teams compete in pairs, tethered together by rope. Here, Helen and Emma tell their story of how they pushed themselves to the limits and supported […]

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Actually, Bears and Bikes Can Co-Exist in Montana

On Monday we published a column arguing that mountain bikes may pose a unique challenge for safeguarding the habitat of grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, “Griz Expert Says Mountain Bikes Are a Threat To Montana’s Bears.” David Tucker, a volunteer with the Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association, gave us permission to print this essay […]

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The Baja of Your Dreams

Italian surfer Alessandro Ponzanelli gets down and dirty in Baja’s elegant point surf. Summer surf gets no finer.

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This Stoic Woman Has Lived Off The Grid For Nearly 80 Years

Margaret Gallagher has lived her entire 77 years off-grid and wouldn't change a thing. "The landscape shaped my identity; this house embodies who I am."

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Poll: What’s the Most Lost You’ve Been?

It's confession time.

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Canoeing Through Labrador in Search of…Everything

This is one heck of a trailer. A 15-minute peak into a film called “Big Land.” It’s a journey by four friends into Labrador, in pursuit of brook trout and the experience of floating down a great river. If this trailer is anything to go by, “Big Land” should be a wonderful film.

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In Biking Adventures, Sometimes the Hard Part is Actually the Fun Part

All too often I’m accused of painting a slightly-too-rosy picture of the trips I’ve done. People tell me that I underestimate the amount of hike-a-bike or other foot slogging when bikes were supposed to be ridden. They tell me I under exaggerate times and distances. They accuse me of doing these things deliberately, in an […]

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A Climber’s Meditations on Risk and Death on the Mountain

I’m lucky to be alive. I just as easily could not be. I used to climb with little regard for the risk or consequences. In my mind, two things were true. 1. There were certain climbs (and other experiences) that were worth dying for. 2. I was experienced and mature enough to have any idea […]

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Gear Review: Black Diamond Spot325 Headlamp

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