What the West Takes for Granted

It took moving east to appreciate the freedom of lots and lots of public lands.

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Satisfy Your Bike Sandals Lust With Shimano’s 25th Anniversary Clipless SPDs

If you love cycling sandals, Shimano has a treat for you.

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In California, A Push Grows to Turn Dead Trees into Biomass Energy

As dead and dying trees fuel wildfire season, many wonder if those trees could also fuel California's energy needs.

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Crossing Vermont By Gravel Road and Merciless Climbs

Brand spanking new gravel route across Vermont, anyone?

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5 Things to Know Before Buying Backpacking Gear

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Yosemite’s Head of Concessions Hits Golf Balls Into Meadow, Gets Canned

Aramark's operations boss at Yosemite Valley bogeys in very public fashion.

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Yes, Awesome Outdoorsy Parents Can Lead Kids to an Awesome, Outdoorsy Life

Dear all you parents and maybe someday parents out there: I am standing before you as indisputable proof that children become a product of what you expose them to and the passions you ignite in them. My parents instilled in my sister and me the value of the great outdoors at an early age. Time […]

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The Coal Miner Turned Surfing Photographer Who Captures Liquid Mountains

Ray Collins left a dark work in a coal minr for much brighter one, shooting pro surfers on a sponsor's dime.

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Ever Seen a Honda Fit Built Into a Kickass Overlander? You Have Now

Don’t know much about this guy other than that his name is Jeff, he bought a 2011 Honda Fit a couple years back, wrecked it, then figured, what the hell, let’s overland this bad boy. He knows his way around cars and loves getting out and having adventures, so he figured he’d put two and […]

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How (Not) To Properly Cache Food

Eat and drink like a king on your next backpacking trip with these simple tips.

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Moving Black Studies Outdoors Brings Nature’s Calm to the ‘Classroom’

In the middle of the city, a connection with the outdoors reminds that nature can begin to soothe many of society's ills.

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Immerse Yourself, Almost Literally, In the Everest Experience

Join a science expedition researching climate change at the highest point on the planet.

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Cycling’s Most Charming, Mustachioed Historian

Luciano Berruti: The cyclist as time traveler.

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A Trailside Tiramisu That’s Way Easier Than You Might Think

If you have 5 minutes and a few ounces of space in your backpack, you can have tiramisu for dessert anywhere your legs can carry you.

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Climber Renan Ozturk On the Mission to Crack Mountaineering’s Biggest Mystery

Could Irvine and Mallory have summitted Everest? And what happened to Irvine's body? We talked to Ozturk about his new project to find out.

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Special Offer: Join The Big Outside now For 30% Off

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Bikepacking Roots to Offer Adventure Grant to Aid Bikepackers of Color

Bikepacking's most dedicated non-profit to fund an aid program to help people from different backgrounds get way, way out there on bikes.

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I Am World’s Cutest Frog—Hear Me Roar! (Squeak)

Behold, the war cry that has conquered entire square inches of desert sand.

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Ocean Rower and Paralympian Angela Madsen Dies at Sea

Intrepid adventurer and inspiration to many, Madsen perished midway through her attempt to row across the Pacific.

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A Timeless Wilderness Love Letter Addressed to Congress, In Our Hour of Need

The late Wallace Stegner on why the idea of wilderness is just as important as any resources it can provide.

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The Best Guide to Backpacking the Zion Narrows

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Sleeping Alone in Your Car

Musings on the strange feelings you get when curled up in a car, alone, miles and miles from anywhere.

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Sequoia and Kings Canyon Strip All Mentions of Robert E. Lee From Parks

As the country wrestles with removing monuments to slave owners, one national park grapples with name changes of a popular attraction.

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Can Squirrels Outwit the World’s Most Epic Squirrel Obstacle Course?

Mark Rober is a one-man Myth Busters meets Bill Nye, using science and video to explore such elemental and existential questions such as What If All The Toilets Flushed at Once? and Does Farting Make You Weigh Less? Recently, stuck at home like the rest of us and bored out of his mind, he installed […]

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How You Can Tell How Warm a Down Jacket Is

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The Hauntingly Beautiful World of the Urchin Diver

Harvesting urchin is an adventure—selling them in a pandemic is a return to an age-old tradition.

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Dad’s First Sleeping Bag Puts Her Fancy Gear in a New Light

What, you didn't collect material from downed WW2 pilots to sew into a sleeping bag?

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Your Gear Closet Can Also Be Your ‘Office’ Furniture Solution

Your gear closet can also be your office furniture solution.

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The Best Backpacking Gear of 2020

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Patagonia, North Face, and REI Boycott Facebook Advertising Over Racial Injustice

Civil rights group called for a boycott and the outdoor industry quickly stepped up.

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Adventure Journal Boycotts Facebook in Support of #Stophateforprofit

Adventure Journal will no longer advertise on Facebook or Instagram after six of the largest civil rights organizations called for a boycott on the social media giant. “We have been continually disappointed and stunned by Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to protecting white supremacy, voter suppression and outright lies on Facebook. As corporations take a stand against […]

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Conservation Could Create Jobs Boost In a Post-Pandemic World That Needs Them

Research shows that funding conservation and outdoor recreation is one way to help Americans get back on their feet.

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Grade-School Ken Burns Asks: Did Mallory and Irvine Summit Everest?

This is surely the best mountaineering documentary ever made by a 12-year-old kid.

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The Best Short Backpacking Trip in Grand Teton National Park

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Matthew Henson Was The Best Polar Explorer You’ve Never Heard Of

Peary's righthand man in the race to the North Pole was audacious, competent, and "indispensable."

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To Build a Cleaner, Sustainable Future, We Need to Change Our Banks

Jeremy Jones, snowboard savant, founder of Protect Our Winters, has some very smart words about how to put our money where our mouths are.

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Sawtooth Jewels: Backpacking to Alice, Hell Roaring, and Imogene Lakes

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Gosh, Surfing Can Be Beautiful

A glassy day, one of the world's best surfers, and a beautiful song make for a smile-causing escape.

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Alaskan Bus Made Famous By ‘Into the Wild’ Is Removed

The bus Christopher McCandless lived and died in, and which attracted hikers, sometimes perilously, has been removed from the Alaskan bush.

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Review: Mystery Ranch Sphinx 60 Backpack

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(Still) Our Favorite Freestanding Tent for Three-Season Versatility

The Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 just might be the gold standard for rock solid freestanding backpacking shelters.

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Parks Visitors Are Choosing Limited Access Over Freedom to Roam During Pandemic

More national park visitors favor limiting guest access as a means of safety during the pandemic, according to new study.

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These Are the Brothers of Climbing

The crag welcomes all.

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Don’t Be Afraid of Inexpensive Fly-Fishing Gear

A sub-$60 reel can catch just as many trout as a $500 reel .

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A Conversation With Textured Waves on Black and Brown Women Surfing

There are long-overdue changes coming to the lineup.

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In Huge Public Lands Win, Senate Approves The Great American Outdoors Act

The House and the President are expected to quickly approve the bill, sending an injection of hundreds of millions of dollars into public lands.

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Bravo, Santa Cruz, For This Thrilling Mini-Bike Film

Santa Cruz's new 5010 is so fun it inspired the most fun bike film of the year.

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White House Eliminates Protections for Vast Ocean Monument—Experts React

Removing protections in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument will hurt a crucial ecosystem and isn't likely to help struggling fishing communities.

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The Best Backpacking Gear for the John Muir Trail

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Summer Is a Good Time for Bedrock Cairn Pro II Sandals

Cause they're pretty much the perfect adventure sandal

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Riding Glacier NP’s Going-to-the-Sun Road Before Cars Are Allowed 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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The Stillness of the Wild Opens Us to the Wildest of Possibilities

Poet Helen Mort revels that nothing lubricates a stuck mind like the wilderness.

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Supreme Court Gives Go-Ahead to Pipeline Crossing Below Appalachian Trail

In a 7-2 decision, SCOTUS rules the USFS has right to allow pipeline below the NPS-managed Appalachian Trail.

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Meet Charlie Russell: The Man Who Talked With Bears

One of the world's foremost experts on bear behavior was taught everything he knew by the bears themselves.

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Chill Way Out With This Soothing Ode to Camp Cooking and Float Trips

30 minutes of soothing campground and river paddling footage will cure what ails ya.

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The Top 5 Tips For Better Ultralight Backpacking

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Please, Get Your Cold Feet Off of Me—A Double Sleeping Bag Primer

Six strategies to stay comfortable–and in love–when attempting to rock the double sleeping bag.

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The Biggest Public Lands Bill in a Generation Is About to Become Law

The Senate votes soon on the Great American Outdoors Act, the most significant public lands legislation in a generation. Or two.

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Cold Water Swimming Can Work Miracles

The cure for what ails ya might be a little wild swimming.

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Nick Gabaldon Surfed Against Southern California’s Tide of Segregation

The first black surfer at Malibu didn't let segregation keep him from surfing the waves he dreamed of.

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This Is How We Should Re-Open the Outdoors

For the millions of Americans who consider ourselves “outdoorsy,” many of us thought we were well prepared for social distancing. (In fact, we used to be considered social distancing experts.) All we need to stay happy is a water bottle, a backpack and miles of trail to explore. However, COVID-19 has led to a reawakening […]

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There’s Public Lands Fightin’ To Do—New Doc Swan Dives Right Into the Action

There are so many things going on in the world right now, but the fight for public lands goes on.

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Yellowstone’s Most Famous and One of Its Oldest Griz Emerges From Hibernation a Mother

Good news from the bear front.

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Here’s Pretty Much Everything You Need In an Off-Road Recovery Kit

It's not if, but when, so make that when a lot more bearable.

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Finding Peace in a Dog Named Axe and the Lazy Cast of a Dry Fly

When a veteran with PTSD needed help, he found it in a canine companion and the slow current of a stream.

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Review: Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 Backpacking Tent

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The Surprising Science of Walking and What it Means For Your Hike

There seems to be a direct connection between the speed of walking and the speed of thinking and observation.

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An Adventure Dad’s Manifesto For Unprecedented Times

How an adventurous life paves the way for easier parenthood.

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Review: Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer 2 Down Hoody

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State’s New All-Road Bike Costs Less Than a Thousand Bucks

State Bicycles has been around for a few years now, mainly making very inexpensive single-speed urban bikes. They’re now moving into the decidedly non-urban bike territory with a new steel all-road (gravel) rig. Total cost, with either 700c or 650b wheels is a remarkably low $799. Or, you can buy complete with both sizes of […]

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8 Must-Learn Lessons For an Epic Bikepacking Trip in Slovenia (Or Anywhere)

Don't go bikepacking without learning them.

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An Adventure Photographer Shares What Racism Looks and Feels Like

Among other insults, vanlifing while black is suspicious to some.

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The Mythical Forrest Fenn Treasure, Hidden in the Rockies, Has Been Found

Hundreds of thousands have searched, some have died, but finally Forrest Fenn's treasure was uncovered (allegedly).

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Here’s How to Buy a Wetsuit in 2020

It's winter, the water is cold, you need a new wetsuit — but which one?

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

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Remembering One of the Grandest Failures in American Alpinism

In 1978 a team of four American climbers attempted the impossible—their failure to reach the summit is also a watershed moment in alpinism.

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Book Review: The Wild Salmon Chronicles

Langdon Cook's fantastic new book "Upstream" traces wild salmon through a human-engineered landscape

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Here’s a “Camp” Recipe for Ya — Jane Austen’s Spruce Tip Beer

Jane Austen could write a book, and brew one heck of a spruce tree beer.

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These Orgs Could Use Your Help to Bring More Diversity to the Outdoors

Meet—and—help some of the groups working to bring the outdoors to people from more diverse backgrounds.

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A Peek at AJ’s Summer Issue (and How to Get Your Free Notebooks and Sticker)

It's so full of good stuff. How about a camp recipe for French toast baked in a Dutch oven? Or the first black woman to stand on the North and South poles? Or mountain biking as (literally) therapy? Or a cultural biography of 'Freedom of the Hills'? It's only in AJ and only in print.

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Rugged, Remote, Amazing, This Is Growing Up on Australia’s West Coast

When you grow up in impossibly remote Western Australia, you have an earned toughness and appreciation for the wild.

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Black Cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor Broke All Kinds of Barriers

In the face of rampant racism, this world champion maintained his dignity and just kept winning.

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65-Year-Old Ultrarunner Errol “The Rocket” Jones Is a Philosopher of Pain

When running, the pleasure comes only after the pain.

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Please Enjoy This Good News About Mountain Lion Cubs

Genetic diversity—and extreme cuteness—are a welcome arrival to California's most isolated mountain lion population.

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Radioactive Waste May Be Dumped Near Bears Ears—Public Comments Requested

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe warns of groundwater contamination from Bears Ears area uranium mill—Utah seeks your comment.

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Kids From All Kinds of Neighborhoods Need National Parks

Kids from urban neighborhoods benefit tremendously from visiting our national parks—here's why.

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The Best Hikes and Backpacking Trips in Idaho’s Sawtooths

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10 Ways to Stay Dry When Camping and Hiking

Yes, it's possible to be comfortable in a place that gets 22 feet of rain a year. Here's how.

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#Blackbirdersweek Gives the Mic to the Outdoor Community’s Unheard Voices

Birders hope that connection with nature will help soothe personal and cultural tensions.

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Check Out This Archival Footage of Hilary and Norgay’s Return From Everest

Norgay: "I am basically always happy and good as usual." What a legend.

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Meet Akuna, the Vet Who Hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to Treat PTSD

We’ve reported quite a bit recently on studies that show, more of them all the time it seems, that being in wilderness, especially being active in nature, can act as a healing salve for mental and physical ailments. For some people, thru-hikes over incredibly long distances become life-changing experiences, a kind of resetting and refreshing […]

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This Is the Awesome Story of How Plants Conquered the Planet

Those trees and plants aren't just backdrops when we're outside—they're highly evolved conquerers.

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Yosemite’s Re-Opening Plan Will Mean a Much Less Crowded Park

Social distancing rules will mean the least crowded park in decades.

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Travel Will Come Back, You Know

And it will be more exciting, renewing, and beautiful than ever.

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12 Expert Tips for Finding Solitude When Backpacking

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