Junko Taibei, the First Woman to Climb Everest and the Seven Summits

The Japanese mountaineer stood just 4'9", but her accomplishments were larger than life.

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“Should We Turn Around?”—The Fine Line Between Foolishness and Bravery

Where precisely that line lies is difficult to say and does not really matter. We know that there is a line.

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There Can Be Beauty in Quitting—A Tour Divide Love Story

In quitting the Tour Divide, the author learns what she really loves about long-distance cycling, a lesson applicable to anyone who pushes their limits.

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Meet the Guru of Snowbird

Dave. His name is Dave.

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Tribal Leaders Respond to the Idea of an Indigenous Interior Secretary

Representation is important, and so are policy decisions impacting tribes on the ground.

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From Oregon to Patagonia By Bike and By Hope

Nothing that thousands of miles in a bike saddle won't cure.

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The Weird, Wonderful World of ‘Desert Oracle’ Is a Podcast We Like

The voice of the desert is calling.

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Climber Dougal Haston Was the Mick Jagger of the Mountains

The hard-climbing, hard-drinking Scotsman redefined Himalayan alpinism and notched first ascents throughout Europe and Asia.

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Packin’ and Ridin’ the NorCal Coast Means Lots of Fog and Climbing and Fun

Coffee too, of course. Please don't forget the coffee.

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The Mystery of Deceased Hiker ‘Mostly Harmless’ Is At Long Last Solved

Editor’s note: In Adventure Journal 17, summer 2020, we published a story called “The Ghost in the Tent,” by journalist Jason Nark, who had been trying to decipher the mystery of a man known only by his trail name, Mostly Harmless, whose emaciated body was found in a tent by day hikers in Florida. Harmless […]

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Bluebird, the Backcountry-Only Ski Resort, Opens in Colorado

No chairlifts, means a resort that really makes ya earn those turns.

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A Brief History of S’mores, America’s Favorite Campfire Snack

Yeah, you love 'em, but what do you really know about s'mores?

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You’ve Heard of Forest Bathing but How About Forest Bach-ing?

And a standing ovation from the trees.

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If You’re Gonna Brew Cowboy Coffee, Learn From Cowboy Kent

Cowboy coffee from cowboy master.

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Muir Way Brings Maps to Vibrant Life

Want a mind-blowing 3D-rendered relief map of your fave national park? Check these folks out.

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The $5 Garage Sale Bike Adventure

In the days before smartphones and social media, an epic journey from not knowing to slightly less not knowing. Could it happen today?

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Sewing Bike Bags With Grandma’s Sewing Machine

Grandma would be proud.

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PrimaLoft’s PURE Is a Breakthrough in Sustainable Performance

Totally new manufacturing process results in huge reduction in carbon emissions.

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Thieves Take Off With Treasure Trove of Unique Bikes From Specialized HQ

Brazen daylight raid leaves Specialized flummoxed.

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Ski Towns and the Ski Bums Who Staff Them, Ponder The Strangest Season

Ski resorts are open, but with restaurants closed, and tourism way down, the pandemic might dramatically reshape ski towns we've known and loved.

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With the Alps As Your Backyard, a Burly Hut Trip Is a Mellow Overnighter

Planning a hut trip? No? You will be after this.

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A Firetruck Turned Cabin Makes the Cozy Portable

I'm in a truck, I'm in a cabin, I'm in a truck that's a cabin.

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The DMOS Snow and Sand Shovel Is Tough, Efficient, Ideal For Overlanding

The ideal collapsible snow shovel to toss in the car or an expedition pack.

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How To Not Die In the Woods

The most fun to read survival skills book you can buy.

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A 16mm Celluloid Injection of Teton Summer Into Your Chilled Winter Bones

Winter is just starting, but we can appreciate that and long for summer at the same time.

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Have it Your Way With the Benchmade Bugout, a Great Little Customizable EDC

Slim, light, tough. The three keys of an EDC blade.

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Deb Haaland, Native American and New Mexico Rep, May Head Biden’s Interior

If chosen, Haaland would be first Native American to serve in a presidential cabinet.

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Ernie Blake, Resort Pioneer, Didn’t Care Taos Was Too Steep For Beginners

From WW2 intelligence officer Ernest Hermann Bloch, to Ernie Blake, Taos legend.

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Yes, Please

A little note from Shimano about the infectious everything of gravel riding.

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Doctor’s Orders: Sleep Your Way to Better Fitness

Sleep training for adults.

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European National Parks Are Buckling Under the Strain of So Many New Visitors

It's not just in the U.S. that pandemic-fueled nature tourism is skyrocketing.

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Gu’s New Almond Butter Boon Is the Perfect Food Food

There are four flavors and every one of them is addictive.

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A Plea for a Public Lands Refuge

Flying over and hiking through ANWR inspires hearty defense of one of the world's public lands jewels.

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What It Takes to Make a First Descent of a Major Couloir

It’s no knock on ski films that they often make major lines look like cakewalks—risky cakewalks, but cakewalks nonetheless. In fact, dropping a spicy narrow, unskied line is more akin to tackling an alpine route: doing your beta, waiting for conditions, etc. And that’s how a group of veteran Swedish skier-mountaineers approached a couloir they […]

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The Floating, Detailed, Minimal Art of Toba Khedoori

Caught our eye and might delight yours, too.

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Oh Screen, I Wish I Knew How To Quit You

Does the compulsion to capture, record, and share detract from our outdoor experiences?

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The Gripping, Sweaty Palms, Tingly ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ Highlining Epic

No rope, no parachute, and nothing but a few thousand feet of air between you and the Norwegian terra firms.

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Eddie Bauer’s 1000 Fill Jacket Gives MH’s Ghost Whisperer Run For Its Money

If you want a super light, super warm jacket that will fit into any space in your pack, Eddie Bauer just might make the best.

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Sherpas Are Gunning For a K2 Summit in Winter—Alpinism’s Last Great First

K2 has never been climbed in winter, but the challengers are massing.

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Soaring Over the Southwest

Simply stunning.

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At Zion National Park, a Convertible A-Frame

Plenty of what you need, nothing you don't.

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Best Bikepacking Multi-Tools From the Folks Who Know Best

You never know the tool you'll need until you need it.

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Mercedes-Benz to Make Electric Sprinter Van—And It’s Coming to the US

Delivery is set for 2023, but with Rivians and electric Ford Transits, it might have catching up to do.

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The Trail To Kazbegi Is Long And Rad And Kinda Terrifying

Kicking ass in the Caucasus.

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Is Interior Department Blocking Public Lands Funding Out of Retribution?

After cheering the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act, which secured permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), New Mexico wildlife and conservation advocates were shocked to learn every single project proposed to the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) for LWCF funds was rejected. The LWCF, created by Congress in 1965 […]

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Skiing, Snowboarding, and Surfing In the Wake of Fukushima

The power of stoke can help rebuild.

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Rise in Shark Encounters Reminds Surfers of Unique, Terrifying Risk

Bottom line: Safety not guaranteed.

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Want to Know What It Takes to Climb Everest? Our Free Webinar Tells All

Learn from guide Willie Benegas, who’s stood on the iconic summit 13 times.

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Tides: A Sandy Cycling Ode That’s Also a Gritty Metaphor

Oof, that's not easy.

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Mount Everest Is Now Higher—Officially Speaking, Anyway

Tear up the old record books.

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We Need a Guidebook for Camping Etiquette

Why does camping courtesy seem so hard to get right?

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‘Girls Can’t Surf’ Highlights—In Neon Hue—When Women Surfers Took Charge

"They were all such dumbass chauvinistic pigs!"

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Biden Can Rollback Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks—But He Should Go Further

Biden's environmental policy must begin with undoing Trump's damage, but then push for more protections for wild places.

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Meet Jack Stuef, the Guy Who Found Forrest Fenn’s Treasure

He wanted to remain anonymous, until a lawsuit forced his hand.

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Watch the Origin of the Snowboard With ‘Made in the Mitten’

It's a billion-dollar industry now, but it once was a bunch pf people just trying to have a little silly fun in Michigan.

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Enjoy Your Own PNW Winter Wonderland From the Klickitat Treehouse

A treehouse for grownups. And kids, really.

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That Kit You Waned to Convert Your Bike Into an E-Snowmobile Is Here Now

Your bike doesn't have to sit idle all snowy winter long.

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How to Get the Most From Gaia’s Incredible GPS App

Gaia's such a powerful tool—here's how to maximize its potential.

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Let’s Hear it For Chairlifts

Skiers reflect on their favorite lifts, and the anticipation they bring.

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Field Guide to Smells

In “Nose Dive,” Harold McGee offers a sensory guide to the many odors, often unnoticed, that swirl around us.

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Field Guide to Smells

In “Nose Dive,” Harold McGee offers a sensory guide to the many odors, often unnoticed, that swirl around us.

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Third Obelisk Discovered in California, But It’s Quickly Removed

The extraterrestrials are one step ahead of the vigilantes, but not by much. Just yesterday, a triangular metal sculpture was discovered on public land near Atascadero, California, similar to the structures that were placed anonymously in Utah’s canyonlands and near a town in Romania. And as with the other two, it was removed post haste, […]

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“Eddie Would Go” Is About So Much More Than Sending It

Big wave surfer and guardian of the North Shore of Oahu, Eddie Aikau was the embodiment of aloha.

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This Flexible, Hidden Body Armor Could Save Your Bacon

About a month ago, caught in a surprise rainstorm on my gravel bike, I undertook an unscheduled test of the breaking angle of my 42mm tires. In short, though I thought I shed enough speed to bank a lefthanded turn on pavement safely, I had in fact not, and I landed on my left hip […]

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These Falls Can Really Play

The rhythm (of nature) is gonna get you.

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The Drop Bar Fat Bike Raises the Question: What’re You Looking At?

Yeah, the Bearclaw TOWMAK has fat tires and drop bars, what of it?

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AJ Winter Issue Is About to Drop

Hello, everyone! Adventure has been my escape and refuge over the last six months and I’m guessing it’s been that way for you. Adventure Journal, too, is a refuge, even for those of us creating it, and that’s one reason why you won’t see references to covid in our winter issue. This issue, with a […]

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Lotteries Now Open For Some of Nation’s Most Coveted Rivers and Waterways

Toss your hat in the ring to paddle through some of the most beautiful country on earth.

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‘Sistine Chapel’ of Prehistoric Rock Art Discovered in Colombia

Eight miles of cliff walls covered in prehistoric paintings 12,500 years old shock archaeologists.

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Riding Mexico’s Biggest Surf on a Board Made From a Succulent

A 60-something surfer and craftsman believes in the power of succulents.

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Making Friends With the Very Mountains Themselves

In which the author finds companionship and sociability with otherwise inanimate forces of nature.

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Monolith Disappears in Utah, Another Appears in Romania, Whoops, It’s Gone Too

The Leave No Trace movement extends to unidentified desert monoliths.

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Turn Your 2WD Into a Badass Overland Vehicle

Overlanding in a 2WD? All part of the adventure.

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Surfline, Surfing’s Biggest Media Platform, Drops Into Massive Pile of Cash

Deep-pocketed venture capital firm banks on niche audiences paying for the media that sustains their stoke.

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Giving Refugees a Home on Skis

Meet the Boise refugee ski club.

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