Derek Hynd might be the most self-actualized human being on the planet. He could be 60 by now, must be, in fact, but I wouldn’t be surprised if even Hynd doesn’t know his own age. Can’Australian by birth, South African by choice, he lives to surf one wave and one wave alone: J-Ba … | Continue reading
Melville's "banished and unconquerable Cain of his race” have returned to an old foraging ground in astonishing numbers. | Continue reading
Cumbersome? Yep. Practical? Oh, heck yes. | Continue reading
Hot pizza, cold snow, a match made in aprés heaven. | Continue reading
It's a great idea to visit America's Best Idea. | Continue reading
A new video released by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox argues the big, semi-annual trade show called Outdoor Retailer should come back to Salt Lake City. This is despite | Continue reading
It's not the 4x4, it's the tires. | Continue reading
One of the Southwest's string of jewels. | Continue reading
Getting freaked out after an accident, or even anticipating one, can take a serious toll. | Continue reading
Of all the, let’s say, experimental outdoor clothes I wear, including a pair of hiking boots with uppers made from Dyneema that look more appropriate for Mars than our planet, none have received more remarks from randoms, mostly compliments, than my Patagonia UltraAlpine Down Cre … | Continue reading
Girl, and canoe, power. | Continue reading
Think most of the "off-roaders" you see never actually go off the road? You might be right. | Continue reading
His efforts in Arctic minimalism were truly badass, his lessons learned not so much. | Continue reading
Scary moment for hiker and cat. | Continue reading
The new standard—or should be—for adventurous crossover drivers. | Continue reading
In the not too distant future, a viewer will sit and watch ski movies, w | Continue reading
Whatever you think of free-range parenting, it's hard to argue with the success of the small but growing Waldkindergarten movement. | Continue reading
A father returns to one his grandest ski adventures, this time with his daughter by his side. | Continue reading
What are the odds? | Continue reading
Vandals destroyed rock art that may be 8,500 years old. | Continue reading
For decades, desert lovers and environmentalists have dreamt about removing Glen Canyon Dam, called “America’s most regrettable environmental mistake,” by environmentalist David Brower, to restore the canyon flooded by Lake Powell to the former glory Ed Abbey said was “a portion … | Continue reading
Filson, the dog, has a real nose for science. | Continue reading
Southeastern Utah is a sacred place. For the Indigenous peoples who’ve called it home for millennia, and for desert rats, obsessed with the stark beauty and isolation. A bikepacking trip in the fall through that red and orange paradise is the setting for this trailer. | Continue reading
One hundred and ten years ago this month, an extraordinary drama was playing out at the bottom of the world. In December, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had | Continue reading
If you’ve ever been tempted to spend a whole day drawing surreal lines in the snow, you’ | Continue reading
Big range, big power, blah blah blah—look at how huge the bed is. | Continue reading
A life built around adventure has massive tradeoffs—but we wouldn't have it any other way. | Continue reading
The once mighty San Joaquin river is now mostly dust and sand in part | Continue reading
Guiding community breathes big sigh of relief. | Continue reading
The actress's first love was the wilderness. | Continue reading
Cody Townsend’s video series, The Fifty, is massive in scope, but still grounded in low-fi basics. Not much overly fancy production here, just a few adventurous souls (Dan Corn, Nick Russell, and cameraman Bjarne Salen join Townsend here) testing themselves on the Yukon’s Mt. St. … | Continue reading
You might want to review these for a friend—yeah, for a friend. | Continue reading
There's a reason the calming bliss after stressful exercise is similar to that after toking up. | Continue reading
The Joshua Tree is informally endangered. We can make it legally endangered to help protect it. | Continue reading
The Nakiska Ski Resort, near Calgary, is the home turf of Gary the Cat. Gary’s owner, James Eastham, picked him up from an adoption agency with a busted hip. Gary, hip and all, was pretty adventurous, so James figured, naturally, he’d cart Gary around on the slopes on his shoulde … | Continue reading
Finding pleasure, inspiration, and motivation in the mindset of a beginner makes it all better. | Continue reading
The inheritor of a fabulous fortune, Louise Boyd could have spent her days as a genteel California socialite—instead, she became a celebrated Arctic explorer. | Continue reading
We’re off this week, spending time with our (growing) families. That in mind, we’ll be posting some of our fave stories once a day for the rest of the year. | Continue reading
We’re off this week, spending time with our (growing) families. That in mind, we’ll be posting some of our fave stories once a day for the rest of the year. | Continue reading
Drill sergeant-level authority has kept these guys' incredible trip series going for 14 years. | Continue reading
Bask in the shine. | Continue reading
One of the year's best nature films is also one of the most important. | Continue reading
We all like to think that we're on the leading edge of what is cool, new, and now. But just like fashion, our taste in sports are cyclical, too, and not many | Continue reading
It's not winter everywhere, you know. | Continue reading
As we scramble to finish shopping this week, we think back to this essay from Brendan Leonard, and remember the best gifts often don't show up on wish lists. - | Continue reading
As I write this, I’m wearing ArchiTec’s Aysen hoodie, but this is no big surprise, as I wear the Aysen hoodie four to five days a week and have since I got it in fall 2020. I don’t think I’ve ever as an adult worn a single piece of clothing as often as the Aysen […] | Continue reading