75-Year-Old Former Bike Racer Finds Freedom, Peace in E-Bikes

A bike is a bike is a bike. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

The Calculated Badassery of Big-Wave Pioneer George Downing

Downing was the big-wave surfer's big-wave surfer. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

We Challenge You to Watch This And Not Go For a Run Afterward

This short film tells the story of a Black running crew in Virginia that is open to anyone and everyone to share the pain and the freedom of running. Somehow, it gets to the heart of why running can be so addicitve | Continue reading


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Just How Fat Are the Fat Bears?

Katmai National Park and Preserve’s famous bears from Fat Bear Week are helping provide some answers. | Continue reading


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Fishlake National Forest In the Fall Is Your Little Secret

Smack in the middle of Utah, Fishlake National Forest is almost a million and a half acres of varied topography, filled with lakes, aspen, canyons, and seemingly endless hiking and biking trails. It gets far less attention than the rest of Utah’s public lands, which makes it your … | Continue reading


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Bear Finds GoPro, Films Elaborate Selfie Video, Leaves For Hunter to Find

Bear | Continue reading


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Pilot or Passenger? Riding With RockShox’s Wild New ‘Flight Attendant’

RockShox unveils new smart squish system that turns any rider into a full-on suspension wizard. | Continue reading


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And Now, 3 Minutes of Serene Aerial Imagery of Our Dear Earth

From filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov comes this gorgeous, soothing drone work above climes from Norway to Russia. | Continue reading


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Drunk Dude Missing in Woods Mistakenly Joins His Own Search Party

The true seeker finds only themselves. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Please Don’t Pet the Wildlife

So many visitors to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks these days, and so many possibilities for clueless people to tangle with wildlife. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

‘It Has Become Beauty Again’ Is a Tale of the Healing Powers of Bikes

"It Has Become Beauty Again" is beautiful, indeed. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Book Review: The Mirage of a Town Without Cellphones

Near the town of Green Bank, a strange sign edges the two-lane road: “You Are Now Entering the West Virginia Radio Quiet Zone.” It’s not immediately apparent what those words mean, but they provide a clue to drivers whose phones have gone silent. The Quiet Zone means the law limi … | Continue reading


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Adventurer Jon Turk On The Myths We Love And Die For

Legendary adventurer on what makes us human, and preparing for the biggest expedition of all—death. | Continue reading


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The Wildlife Ecologist Who Bikes to—and During—Work

Now this is a fun commute. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Behold, I Have Returned from a Hike!

We posted a story awhile back that was an intro to a linked article in the SF Chronicle. For some reason, I’m guessing some kind of location-specific access, I was able to read the story even though I do not now, nor have I ever, subscribed to the SF Chronicle, but many of you we … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

The Brief Life and Unexplained Disappearance of Snowboarder Marco Siffredi

During the early summer of 1999 in Chamonix, France, if news of a big snowboard descent hit town, no one would have expected it to come from a 20-year-old kid w | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Celebrating the Traditional Craft of the Ice Harvest

When you wanted ice before easy refrigeration, well, there was only one way to get it. Where nature makes it. This doc celebrates polar explorer Will Steger as he tries to breathe life back into an ancient tradition. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Hey, Wait, Eagle Creek Will Not Die, After All

Eagle Creek has a new, independent owner. Travel bag fans, rejoice. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

36 Hours in Picture Perfect Pisgah

North Carolina's backcountry by way of super sweet bikes. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Farm to Summit Turns Unwanted Produce Into Very Much Wanted Camp Food

This fall, a farmer near Durango, Colorado called up Jane and Louise Barden with an unusual offer. “I’ve got a field full of broccoli that’s too big to sell to my regular markets,” he told them. “Do you want it?” 
 “We were like, okay, I guess that’s going to be our day,” said Ja … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Three Men Charged With Approaching Grizzly Bears In Alaska Park

You're not going to get away with this! Stop it! | Continue reading


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Drive Test: Rivian R1T Sets a New Standard for Pickups—Gas or Electric

All-electric truck drives like a sports car on road and handles anything you throw at it off road | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Simple, Elegant, Crowdfunded—The Digit Datum’s a Very Cool New Bike

We like simple. Simple is good. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Former Interior Secretary Babbitt: Chaco Canyon National Park Is Under Siege

Former Interior Secretary Babbitt says business interests are dangerously circling Chaco Canyon. | Continue reading


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The Marmot Society Origin Story

The Marmot Society is a very real organization; a group of ecologists and tree lovers dedicated to studying and preserving the world’s most magnificent trees. But how th | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Antlers As Disquieting Omen

What if moose, mighty and massive, went the way of bison and other once-abundant species? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Running the Fells

Fell is a term for “hill” in parts of northern England. Shepherds would challenge each other to run up and down fells, and a tradition was born. In this film, American runner Rickey Gates heads to England to run the fells and discover the joy in an old tradition. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

General Sherman, Other Giant Sequoias, Threatened by Fire, Saved for Now

A sigh of relief for tree lovers everywhere. | Continue reading


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Keeping the Important Places

Preserving the irreplaceable. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Fat Bear Junior Is A Show-Stealing Opener for Fat Bear Week

As your calendar no doubt shows, Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week begins next week. That’s when we, as the bear-loving community, will commune online, look at many pictures of the thickest boys and girls roaming Katmai, and vote for the tubbiest of them all. But this year, Ka … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

The Pioneer Climber Who Led in Tennis Shoes

Glen Dawson's first ascents in Sierra Nevada paved the way to modern climbing. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Happy 100th to Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin

One of the most beloved rangers in the National Park Service hits centennial milestone. | Continue reading


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The Great Escape From Everything (Except a Severed Colon)

From one end of Great Britain to the other, by any means necessary. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Yay or Nay to This Fabric-Sided, Biodiesel-Electric Hybrid Off-Road Truck?

Uh, hmm. I don’t know that I’ve ever been in a ragtop convertible and thought: sure wish this whole car was fabric. I have however been driving on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere before and wished my vehicle had no walls. Perhaps canvas exterior is close to that? Anyway, a B … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Wooden Handlebars? Yep, Wooden Handlebars. Meet the “Gump”

Bamboo is useful for all sorts of stuff. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Our Favorite Women’s Bike Gear for All Rides and All Bodies

When Jennifer Kriske started Machines for Freedom in 2014, she had no experience in the bike industry. She worked in restaurant design in Los Angeles, and she’d begun riding to relieve stress. She quickly came to love the places her bike took her, and the escape it offered. What … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

What’s the Best Thing About Fall?

A little bit of summer, just a taste of winter—is fall the best season for adventure? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Lobsterwoman Gone Viral Is 101-Year-Old Seagoing Badass

When the true story is way better than the silly memes. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Golden Hours: Using Bikes and Photography to Meet Cancer On His Terms

A chemotherapy supplement, in the form of bikes and beautiful photos. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

A Tour de France, With 10-Month-Old Baby Girl

Did we mention the pastries? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

A Hiker Was Lost For 5 Days—Then a Bartender Named Destiny Saved His Life

SAR couldn't find the man, but Destiny could. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Next Time You’re in Colorado, Stay in This Amazing ‘Hut’

Bonnie Belle Cabin offers the comforts of home in the quiet grace of the mountains. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

The Sweetest Joy of Things Like Sitting Outside

Sure, adventuring is great. But have you tried simply sitting outside? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Old Man Mountain Has Really New and Really Good Universal Bike Rack

Burly new rack from one of the best in the biz. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Your Fate Hurtles Down at You

A masterful animation from a masterful short story. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Chad Kālepa Baybayan, Teacher and Master Navigator

When Chad Kālepa Baybayan was a teenager growing up on Maui, scientists believed the first Hawaiians had reached the islands by accident—hapless fishermen or wayward voyagers blown off course in a storm. The notion that ancient Polynesians could have populated an ocean so vast as … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

100 Peaks In 50 Days

Jason Hardrath is an Oregon schoolteacher and an enthusiastic Fastest Known Time (FKT) participant. His passion for fitness began in middle school, where he set the audacious goal of achieving a sub-6 minute mile, and carried him into his mid-twenties as a runner, triathlete, and … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago

Hawgin’ the Chilcotins

The best kind of adventure. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 2 years ago