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A Spicy Peanut Sauce You Can Use For Anything

Peanut butter is the glue of camping food, and here's an easy recipe to make it shine.

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Elegy for an Urban Mountain Shop—Los Angeles Is Losing the Beloved A16

Los Angeles is every bit an outdoor town and now it loses a legend.

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A Good Time to Buy Hiking and Backpacking Gear? Right Now

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A Celebration of Snow and Family—But Mostly Snow

'Tis the season.

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Dear Mountain Bike Community: You Don’t Know How Good You’ve Got It

What is it about mountain biking that makes it such a friendly place for newcomers?

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What You Need to Know About Your First Avalanche Course

Avie Level 1s are for everyone—from novices to experts—and you should take yours now.

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The 10 Best Backpacking Packs of 2019

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The Art of Wood Surfboard Building Meets the Art of Big-Wave Riding

Few pieces of outdoor equipment can match the beauty of a wood surfboard carved by hand.

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My Safe Space in a Polarized World is an Off-Road Truck Community Forum

Toyota truck forums, where everybody is welcome.

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Does Buying New Gear Get You Stoked? Or Bum You Out?

Buying new gear can be a motivator to get outside—or an expensive burden.

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10 Adventures to Put on Your Bucket List Now

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Walking Away From Our Phone Addiction

Moving away from digital addiction, one step at a time.

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Ride Along With the Indomitable Lael Wilcox on the Tour Divide

Lael Wilcox is your guide on the country's grandaddy of long-distance dirt cycling routes.

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The Tesla Cybertruck’s Bizarre Look Hides Some Very Cool Ideas

From a Mad Max future comes the Cybertruck—goofy look and name, but potentially gamechanging energy-saving build methods.

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Impossible To Roast a Turkey Outdoors, Eh?—We Say You Can’t Screw It Up

Have Thanksgiving outside? Why the heck not?

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Reuben Wu’s ‘Field of Infinity’ Makes Our World Otherworldly

Natural landscapes and artificial lighting create magic.

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A Polar Survival Nailbiter in Which No One Died—And It Wasn’t Shackleton

They salvaged all the liquor, a music box, and Bob the dog—and in living perhaps inspired Shackleton 34 years later.

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Burton Snowboards Founder Jake Burton Carpenter Passes Away From Cancer

We are sad to report that Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and an absolute legend in winter sports, passed away last night after a return of cancer. His death was announced this morning in a company-wide email sent by John Lacy, co-CEO. Burton was 65—he fought testicular cancer in 2011 and after […]

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The Art of the Redpoint

Bringing the Rotpunkt to the US is a slice of climbing history.

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Melting Glaciers and the Double-Edged Sword of Last Chance Tourism

As tourists scramble to view glaciers before they're gone, are they causing more harm than good?

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The 7 Best Backpacking Tents of 2019

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This Oregon Bikepacking Trip is the Essence of Accessible, DIY Adventure

A couple cheap bikes, a surfboard, tattered map, and a driving curiosity is all you need.

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Here’s How You Survive a 300-Foot Fall in the Cascades

Ryan Cairnes survived an unsurvivable fall—here's his story.

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The Greatest Fire Starter Ever Invented

Why would you scrape a stick when you can just flick your Bic?

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Adventure Journal Launches New Line of Pocket Notebooks

It's the first notebook brand dedicated to the outdoors, outdoor adventure, and the love of nature—and also the most sustainable.

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Surprising Study Shows E-Bikes Provide Same Exercise as Regular MTBs

Riding e-bikes juices the heart as much as a conventional mountain bike does, according to new study.

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No Equipment in Sport Can Match the Beauty of a Hand-Shaped Surfboard

After a century of modern surfing, the best boards are still carved by hand.

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Would You Support a “Backpack Tax” to Fund Public Lands?

Hunters and anglers pay a tax for public lands on their gear—why not backpackers and skiers?

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Are We Ready to Live With Bears in Urban Areas? Emotionally Ready?

The Bear Whisperer of Mammoth, California thinks we can learn a great deal from bears, and, in turn, learn to live with them.

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5 Epic Grand Canyon Backpacking Trips You Must Do

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Watch This Dude Make a Pair of Sandals By Hand, With Plants

DIY sandals, no metal tools required.

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Best of Yosemite, Part 1: Backpacking South of Tuolumne Meadows

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New Book Reveals Fascinating 1,000-Year-Old Origin of Chinese Surfing

Ever hear of the surfers charging river bore waves in China 1,000 years ago?

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Warm Potato Curry Is Perfect for Cold Fall and Winter Day Trips

Nourishing, warm, delicious, the three key elements of a perfect campsite meal when temps plummet.

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When a Whale Just Wants to Be Part of the Crowd

Just trying to be part of the pack, a whale gave this group of surfers quite a thrill.

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A Guide To Elegantly Cramming Every Last Piece of Gear Into Your Car

Do you even (car) Tetris, bro?

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The Crazy 1910 Attempt to Plant a Flag on Denali’s Roof—In Winter

None of them had climbed so high, let alone in winter. But the Alaskan frontier's pride was at stake.

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Review: Black Diamond Distance Wind Shell

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Off the Couch and From Reno to Mt. Whitney With Bikes and Skis

About as much fun as you can have while dirty, tired, and freezing.

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Here’s How to Store Your (Hopefully Clean) Tent for the Winter

Roll it up or air it out? Wash with soap or not? Here are tent cleaning tips from the experts.

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The Best Gloves For Winter 2019

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This Hilarious Animated Short About A SAR Gone, Uh, Wrong, Is Oscar-Worthy

This is not how you'd want a SAR operation to go if you needed rescue, but it's a lot of fun to watch

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The Power of ‘Blitz,’ a 1987 Westy, Kept This Couple Together

Is there anything Westys can't do?

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5 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Topo Maps

Topography of Mars? There's a map for that.

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National Parks May Save $6 Trillion in Mental Health Costs Worldwide

New study suggests national parks are far more economically valuable than we thought.

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The NTSB Wants Mandatory Helmet Laws, But What About Bad Driving?

New government agency report encourages mandatory helmet laws while ignoring the role of drivers in fatal collisions with cyclists.

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That Time Jimmy Carter Sent a Hairball Rapid

In 1974, then Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter went on a whitewater canoe trip that changed him deeply.

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Yellowstone to Add Wifi in Move That May Spread to More Nat Parks—Yea or Nay?

AccessParks, a broadband company that specializes in bringing the internet to remote places, wants to bring wifi to more areas in more national parks. They already perform this service for US military bases and now they’ve set their sights on greatly expanding wifi service in Yellowstone National Park. AccessParks, along with concessionaire Xanterra Parks & […]

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Suffering From Mental Health Issues? Try Running Very Far in Wild Places

Jacqui Bell was mentally exhausted—until she turned to ultramarathons.

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Who’s Up For a Swim in Some of the Biggest Waves on Earth?

Must-see footage of a man tackling ferocious surf with only a pair of swimfins and an ocean of courage.

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A Wonderful Obsession: Backpacking the Teton Crest Trail

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New Proposal Would Tax Gear and Legalized Weed to Fund Public Lands

The Center for Western Priority gets creative in Congressional proposal for a new conservation fund.

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This Finnish Cabin Complex is Off-Grid and Self-Sustaining

And beautiful and comfort and compact and when is it ready for us to visit?

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How Rosalie Edge Became the Firebrand Conscience of American Conservation

Edge used her considerable wealth to help save entire ecosystems and shake up the conservation movement.

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Surviving on M&Ms and Friendship—A Climber’s Story

Climber Marcus Garcia climbs in a deeply moving tribute to his climbing mentor who died in a fall.

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The Best Camping Coffee Maker May be Hiding in Your Pantry

Via, Schmia--Bialetti Moka Express is the lightest and most practical way to have espresso on the trail.

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Dairy-Free Trailside Dutch Oven Apple Crisp Goodness

The cool weather camp dish you really want.

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Backcountry.com Addresses Critics In Open Letter: ‘We Made a Mistake’

Backcountry CEO addresses the trademark controversy and vows to learn and do better.

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A Wild Falcon and Its Equally Wild Falconer

One man's journey to becoming an established falconer.

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More People Have Been to Space Than Accomplished This Hiking Feat

Will "Akuna" Robinson is one of few hikers—and the first African American—to hike the Triple Crown.

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Pentagon Moves To Expand Weapons Testing In Nevada’s Desert Wildlife Refuge

The Air Force needs a buffer zone to test bigger bombs—in a wildlife refuge?

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When Life Got Too Stale, This Family Hit the Open Road For a Life Outside

A family of four hit the road from Maine to Argentina. It will take as long as it takes.

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The Best Ultralight Backpacks of 2019

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Road Trip Camping With Toddler? Uhhh…

An extended journey brings stoke, doubt, guilt, uncertainty...you know, the basic set of parenting traps.

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The Future of Adventure Journal and Why You’re So Important to It

AJ doesn't happen without you—it's that simple.

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Cake’s Ösa Is an E-Bike on Steroids and a Compelling Two-Wheeled Overlander

How about a rugged, off-road e-bike with a range of over 60 miles that can also charge your camp gear?

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Reunions of the Heart on Idaho’s Middle Fork Salmon River

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Ingrid Backstrom on Blending Motherhood With a Lifelong Skiing Addiction

Skiing and motherhood work quite well together, actually.

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Backcountry.com Sues Dozens of Businesses For Using Term ‘Backcountry’

A flurry of lawsuits from behemoth online retailer Backcountry.com raises the question—Who owns the term "backcountry"?

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How the Scary, No-Fall World of ‘Highball’ Bouldering Draws Nervy Climbers

How one climber went from "I don't want to do big walls" to "gimme the scariest bouldering walls you got."

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A Last Blast of Summer Distilled Into One Charming Super-8 Paddling Film

Warm water, paddling, plenty of hijinks—crap, is summer really over?

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New Zealand’s Best, Uncomplicated Hut Trek: The Kepler Track

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Scars Are Beautiful When They Tell Stories of Our Adventures Past

For the author, a jagged scar on her leg reminds of river adventures and family.

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A Micro Cabin Built on a Micro Budget

A tiny cabin on wheels for $2,300.

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Who Says Crocs Aren’t Climbing Shoes?

Sometimes to climb the extraordinary line, you need extraordinary footwear.

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