Hope on the Wing

In a battle against extinction, a group of maverick biologists shows one of the world's rarest birds a new migratory route | Continue reading


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Hope on the Wing

In a battle against extinction, a group of maverick biologists shows one of the world's rarest birds a new migratory route | Continue reading


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Black Women and the Wilderness

Can a woman of color find peace in the outdoors? | Continue reading


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Black Women and the Wilderness

Can a woman of color find peace in the outdoors? | Continue reading


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Resources

AJ 12 • Resources Resources Issue 12 The Kinder Trespass Americans do not have the legal right to roam in their own country, as do the British, Norwegians, Swedes, and many other Europeans. What’s up with that, anyway? A must-read primer on access is the book This Land Is Our Lan … | Continue reading


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Stand Up and Do WHAT?

A competitor’s biography perfectly captures the insanity of racing 750 Inside Passage miles on a SUP | Continue reading


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Etymology: Glisse

The French have a different word for everything, including revolution | Continue reading


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Lions, Ticks, and Warthogs

There’s nothing like a DIY safari through Kenya for some family bonding time. | Continue reading


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A Beginner’s Guide to Gary Snyder

He was a fire lookout, trailbuilder, merchant seaman, and Zen monk—and perhaps the most important nature writer of the twentieth century. | Continue reading


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A Short Cultural Biography of the Campfire

An academic looks at the sparks that make the heart glow. | Continue reading


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Following Georgie

Into the Grand Canyon on the trail of the first female river guide. | Continue reading


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A Trail Through Time

Eight days on Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail. Three brothers—and everything that comes with that. | Continue reading


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Sleeping Soft While Sleeping Rough

A few months ago, I posted the above photo to my Instagram with the caption “we need not be pagans.” It got a surprisingly large amount of comments, including from Alaska woodworker and artist Zach LaPerrière, who said I should share my sleeping setup. Here goes. Most important—a … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 5 months ago

2026 Is the Year of Doing Hard Things

Happy New Year! If you’re a subscriber to AJ in print, you might have read my intro in the current issue about the nature of hard things. Last fall, when I first started thinking about making 2026 the Year of Doing Hard Things, I concocted a list of all the hard things I would at … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 7 months ago

How to Have the Perfect Week

Not long ago, I had an unremarkable and perfect week. There are weeks that stand in high relief—my son’s wedding week in May or the week I spent camping with my daughter in July—and then there are weeks that classify as normal or typical but come with the expression of exactly ho … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 7 months ago

Alaskan Legend Dick Griffith Passes Away at 98

By Roman Dial Dick Griffith, the grandfather of modern Alaskan adventure, died in his sleep last week. He was 98. By his 50s, a thick shock of white hair crowned Dick’s head. Many of us in our 20s hoped one day to be like him: Clint Eastwood in tennis shoes and a backpack. But by … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 8 months ago

How Jay Carson Went From Terrified Student to Executive Director of the Country’s Top Outdoor Survival School

In this conversation, Jay Carson, the executive director of the Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), shares his transformative journey from being a city dweller to embracing the wilderness. He discusses the profound impact of survival training on his life, emphasizing the impo … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 8 months ago

Ben Warner and the Ambitiously Optimist Film Festival

You can find all things Coast Film and Music Festival at ⁠coastfilmfestival.com. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 9 months ago

Shawnté Salabert’s Gear Abby Podcast Is Blowing Up

You will not be surprised to discover that Shawnté Salabert’s Gear Abby podcast can be heard wherever you hear podcasts. For more visual Salabert updates, head to @shawntesalabert. Get host Stephen Casimiro’s newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠desert-projects.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to our beautiful … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 9 months ago

Ben Warner and the Ambitiously Optimist Film Festival

You can find all things Coast Film and Music Festival at ⁠coastfilmfestival.com. Get host Stephen Casimiro’s newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠desert-projects.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to our beautiful printed quarterly, whose stories are only found in print, at ⁠⁠http://www.subscribetoaj.com⁠⁠ FOLLOW … | Continue reading


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Former Top Outside Editor Launches Public Lands Media Watchdog

First of its kind news bureau dedicated to covering the commons | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 10 months ago

Gear Review: iKamper Skycamp DLX Mini

ADVENTURE JOURNAL SUBSCRIBE SHOP NEWSLETTER BLOG Your cart is currently empty! Search May 2, 2025 • Blog Gear Review: iKamper Skycamp DLX Mini GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF ANALOG ADVENTURE JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION $60.00 Four issues, free shipping, evergreen content… View product detail … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Could Trump Sell Your Public Lands? Absolutely

Well, they warned us. For more than 50 years, since the 1970s, conservatives have been trying to steal Americans’ most precious resources, our shared ownership in what are called federal lands but really are public lands, lands owned by you and me. Beginning with the so-called Sa … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Now Is The Time for Us…

Look, there’s no way to find a silver lining in the recent developments in this land of ours. The dumpster fire burning in DC is affecting the real world, most recently in the firing of thousands of people who keep public lands accessible. As AJ contributor and wildfire expert Am … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Outside Owner Lays Off Large Percentage of Magazine Staff

The parent company of Outside magazine has laid off 20 members of the magazine’s editorial and business staffs, leaving doubt about the ongoing viability of the publication in print and online. The news came in a companywide email last Thursday from CEO Robin Thurston announcing … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

This Is the DuffelTote You’re Looking For

Over the last year, I have become quite enamored with the 30-liter NEMO Equipment Double Haul, which is a duffel when you want it to be a duffel and a tote when you want it to be a tote. NEMO calls this two-fer design revolutionary; that’s a stretch, but it certainly is a clever … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Even My Tiny Alaskan Town Is Suffering From the Housing Crisis

Can't have mountain towns without housing for regular folks. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

‘A Bavarian Full Time-Action-Camper Story’

Now this is how you ski bum. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Motorola Defy Is Promising New Satellite Messenger Device—And It’s Cheap

Communication in the backcountry gets easier and easier. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Malia Knows the Adventure Itch Must Be Scratched

Warm your winter-chilled bones. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

The Art of Apprehensive Adventuring

When to push past those voices urging you to wait. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

33 Seconds of Pronghorn Majesty—and Cuteness

Voyeurism, of the most pure kind. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Hannes Keller Showed the World Humans Could Reach the Ocean’s Black Depths

He was the first to dive to 1,000 feet, but the dive was a tragic one. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Unboxing Museum Bikes Is ASMR for Bike Nuts

Unboxing a legend. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Do You Have the ‘Fear of Nature’?

It’s called “biophobia,” a disconnection from nature that’s reducing our collective will to preserve species and habitats. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Bedrock Sandals Are Already the Best—Now They’re Making Clogs Too

Schist kickers, rejoice! The Bedrock Mountain Clogs are here. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

An Ode to the Commute (By Bike)

A little too cold? Legs are sore? Not excuses Christian Bagg will be making. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Turn Down the Lights and Embrace the Dark

How light pollution is upending the natural world. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Underappreciated Badass Davo Karnicar Skied Everest’s Impossible Line

Remembering Slovenia's underground legend, the first climber to make a full ski descent down Everest. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Our Fave Adventure Hardtail (Steel Too!) Is Back

Steel is real, and this one isn't real expensive, either. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

You Didn’t Forget How Gorgeous Yosemite Is, Did You?

Still breaking hearts, even after all these eons. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

The Mountain Bike Trail Crew Heroes of…Los Angeles?

Mountain bikes and the country's best tacos, all in the same geographic zone? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

A Review of Questionable Utility: My Adventure Toddler

There are many models out there to choose from, here's how this one stacks up. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Fatbiking Alaska’s Spencer Glacier—While It’s Still Here

Brrrr, but also, weeeeee! | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Backcountry Adventurers Know They’re Taking Chances

No matter how cautious you and other skiers try to be, there's no predicting who might get caught. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Let’s Revisit the Happiest Dude in Human History and His Cheese Doodles

Yeah, this is a decade old. But while listening to old Radiolab episodes it popped into our awareness again and gosh, it’s like you can’t watch it enough. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Flipping the Switch, Beating Big Bro

When a sibling rivalry only goes so far. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago