Audubon Photo Contest Reminds of the Beauty of Birds

The shadowed north side of the rocks known as Los Islotes in the Sea of Cortez near La Paz, Mexico, are home to the southernmost population of California sea li | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Gregory Launches First Plus-Size Backpack Line

The line includes 21 models, from large-capacity backpacking to daypacks to hydration. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

France Rejects Ebike Ad Because It Creates ‘Anxiety’ About Cars

France has a self-regulating industry organization that approves all advertisements before they appear, called the Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de l | Continue reading


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Trump to Gut Critically Important Environmental Law

Just over 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon signed the landmark National Environmental Policy Act, now known as a bedrock environmental law, but today the T | Continue reading


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This A-Frame Near Yosemite for Sale But Bring Big Bucks

Well, we can dream. This amazing A-frame is located an hour from Yosemite National Park about 14 miles from Bass Lake (which team AJ has frequented with team AJ | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Yeti Cycles Dropping ‘Tribe’ From Its Terminology and Marketing

Colorado-based Yeti Cycles will no longer use the word "tribe" in its marketing and branding, the company announced this week. The move comes in response to a | Continue reading


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A Case for Giving the River a Year Off

River trips though the Grand Canyon are way down during the pandemic. One river guide wonders if that isn't a good thing. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Taking Ella Up the Wall

It's 4 a.m. and I'm wide awake, coming round with a start in a hot motel in Mariposa, my first thought being "She did it!" Ella, my 13-year-old daughter, | Continue reading


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Surfing Should Always Be This Smooth

https://vimeo.com/433245115 Devon Howard is a throwback to when bigger boards, slicked back hair, and muscle cars were en vogue. A cool cat. His surfing is e | Continue reading


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How Three Random Words Just Might Save Your Life

No matter where you are in the world, a new service called What3Words has assigned a three-word code that contain your exact GPS coordinates. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

These Dream Build Videos Are Like Bike ASMR

The most soothing bike mechanic videos you'll ever see and maybe fall asleep to. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Arizona Trail Closed for Border Wall Construction Within Coronado Nat Monument

The Arizona Scenic Trail, commonly just called the Arizona Trail, is a jewel of the Southwest. 800 miles of trail ribboning through desert and mountain, from the border of Mexico through the Sonoran Desert, and across the Grand Canyon. As the Arizona Trail Association says, it’s … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

We Love These Affordable, No-Frills Binoculars For Birding and Trail Spotting

Looking for good, entry-level binocs? Boom. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Surfing Grew Way Too Serious—Thank Goodness for the Soft Top Revolution

Surfers around the world are remembering that, oh, yeah, this is supposed to be unserious fun. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Climbing Star Adrian Ballinger Answers All Your 8k-Meter Peak Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkamAbuuwio&feature=emb_logo Adrian Ballinger knows his way around the world's highest peaks, having spent a ton of time on | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Endangered California Condors Return to Sequoia NP, First Time in 50 Years

Once at the brink of extinction, California condors are returning to their historic mountain habitats. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

15-Year-Old Paddles Halfway Across Canada to Summer Job at Canoe Outfitter

When Zev Heuer’s high school went online in mid-March due to COVID-19, the 15-year-old from Canmore, Alberta, realized that if he finished his coursework quickly enough he could pull off his dream trip—a 1,300-mile canoe journey to his summer job at Churchill River Canoe Outfitte … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Walrus, Bears, and Salmon, Oh My—Meet Alaska’s Izembek Lagoon

Roads? The Izembek doesn't need roads. | Continue reading


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Tallest Climbing Wall in the World Now Scales a Copenhagen Office Building

Do a little energy plant business, climb a massive 80-meter wall, all in the same place. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

The Sacred and the San Juan River

Meet a Diné woman whose connection with the San Juan River runs as deep as the river itself. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Marin Pine Mountain 2 Review—Classic Steel Adventure Rig Gets a 29er Refresh

Marin updates its steel bikepacking workhorse. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Okay, Fine, Here’s a Little Peek at the New Ford Bronco

Ford's new Bronco teaser shows the new rigs actually off-roading. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Marmots and Mice Might Try to Eat Your Car’s Tasty Wires While Camping

Rodents tried to eat my engine while camping—learn from his $4,500 misfortune. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Bear Sits Next to Guy

There was a guy. T | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Appalachian Trail Pipeline and Dakota Access Pipeline Projects Halted

Huge news for the environmental movement as two controversial pipelines projects are stopped. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Can America’s Parks and Preserves Bring Together a Divided Country?

A search of common ground reveals support across political spectrum for wilderness and access to nature. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Adventure Cat, Like You, Is Also Thrilled It’s Summer

Mountain climbing, swimming, trail running (pouncing), all while purring. Let’s see you try that. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Memo From Forest Service Boss Demands More Oil, Logging, Mining On Public Lands

Sped up environment regs to be the order of the day at the USFS. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

This Camping Season, Make Sure Your Firewood Is Artisanal Firewood

You don’t drink just any coffee in the morning at camp. You drink third wave, fair trade, hand-harvested peaberry beans. Your camp shirt is organic wool, harvested from sheep that also drink high-end coffee. So why is your firewood shrink-wrapped mysto wood you bought at a gas st … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Smoked, Yes, Smoked, Cinnamon Rolls

It's impossible to resist cinnamon rolls of the smoked, campsite variety. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Portable Kayak Battle Pits $120 Inflatable Vs $1,200 Collapsible: Who Ya Got?

I had a gear storage problem. Although I’m primarily a cyclist and hiker, I do enjoy dipping a paddle in the water from time to time and wanted a kayak of my | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Climber, Guide, and Educator Paul Petzoldt Kicked Ass and Founded NOLS

From climbing the Grand Teton in cowboy boots to forming NOLS, this man lived large and taught many. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

The Kokopelli Trail in 3 Days? Pshh, I’ll Do It in One, Says Lachlan Morton

We’re not normally all that interested in FKTs around here at AJ, but this video is so cool, we’ll mamk | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

The Tricky Path of Regulating Adventure Risks

Last winter’s tragedy that claimed the lives of five French tourists and their Québec guide in the icy waters of Lac Saint-Jean during a snowmobile safari shook people on both sides of the Atlantic. It also rattled the tourism industry in Québec. The Québec government had already … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Here’s How to Repair a Busted Tent Pole the Easy Way

If in busting out your tent, you bust a tent pole, we have you covered. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Meet the Mad Scientist Building Surfboards From Garbage

One man's trash is another man's surfboard. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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

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


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

What the West Takes for Granted

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


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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

Jonathan Kusel owns three pickups and a 45-foot truck for hauling woodchip bins. He operates a woodchip yard and a 35-kilowatt biomass plant that burns dead trees, and he runs a crew marking trees for loggers working in national forests. Those are a lot of blue-collar credentials … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Crossing Vermont By Gravel Road and Merciless Climbs

Brand spanking new gravel route across Vermont, anyone? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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

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


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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 | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

The Coal Miner Turned Surfing Photographer Who Captures Liquid Mountains

Ray Collins spent most of his working life as a coal miner deep underground near Bulli, Australia, until he blew out his knee and could no longer perform at the same intense physical level. He used his workman’s comp to buy a camera and water housing and turned to the ocean he kn … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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' | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

How (Not) To Properly Cache Food

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


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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

Until I moved my classes outdoors, I didn’t realize how much dealing with societal challenges was slowly breaking so many of us down. Racism has deep, long-lasting implications on social, emotional, and physical health. Unless you’ve experienced it many times, you wouldn’t really … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

Immerse Yourself, Almost Literally, In the Everest Experience

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


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago

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. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 3 years ago