The Mythical Forrest Fenn Treasure, Hidden in the Rockies, Has Been Found

For a decade, hundreds of thousands of people have combed the deserts and mountains of the southwest, looking for a treasure of unknown value, hidden by an art collector named Forrest Fenn. Some left jobs and families behind in their quest; a few died during the search. The quest … | Continue reading


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Here’s How to Buy a Wetsuit in 2020

It's winter, the water is cold, you need a new wetsuit — but which one? | Continue reading


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Remembering One of the Grandest Failures in American Alpinism

In 1978 a team of four American climbers attempted the impossible—their failure to reach the summit is also a watershed moment in alpinism. | Continue reading


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Here’s a “Camp” Recipe for Ya — Jane Austen’s Spruce Tip Beer

Jane Austen could write a book, and brew one heck of a spruce tree beer. | Continue reading


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These Orgs Could Use Your Help to Bring More Diversity to the Outdoors

Meet—and—help some of the groups working to bring the outdoors to people from more diverse backgrounds. | Continue reading


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A Peek at AJ’s Summer Issue (and How to Get Your Free Notebooks and Sticker)

It's so full of good stuff. How about a camp recipe for French toast baked in a Dutch oven? Or the first black woman to stand on the North and South poles? Or mountain biking as (literally) therapy? Or a cultural biography of 'Freedom of the Hills'? It's only in AJ and only in pr … | Continue reading


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Rugged, Remote, Amazing, This Is Growing Up on Australia’s West Coast

Imogen Caldwell is what’s known as a paid free surfer. She doesn’t really compete, but companies pay her to travel the world and surf. Or at least they did before the pandemic. Her story, though, is unique. She grew up not in Southern California, or Hawaii, typical hotbeds of you … | Continue reading


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Book Review: The Wild Salmon Chronicles

Langdon Cook's fantastic new book "Upstream" traces wild salmon through a human-engineered landscape | Continue reading


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Black Cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor Broke All Kinds of Barriers

In the face of rampant racism, this world champion maintained his dignity and just kept winning. | Continue reading


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65-Year-Old Ultrarunner Errol “The Rocket” Jones Is a Philosopher of Pain

When running, the pleasure comes only after the pain. | Continue reading


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Please Enjoy This Good News About Mountain Lion Cubs

Southern California’s Santa Monica mountains harbor a small population of mountain lions. The population is so small, it suffers from a lack of genetic diversity, which would eventually render the cats extinct if new genetic material wasn’t added to the gene pool. But this week, … | Continue reading


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Radioactive Waste May Be Dumped Near Bears Ears—Public Comments Requested

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe warns of groundwater contamination from Bears Ears area uranium mill—Utah seeks your comment. | Continue reading


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Kids From All Kinds of Neighborhoods Need National Parks

Yosemite park ranger Sheldon Johnson is a terrific spokesman for the park and a big advocate in bringing people to the parks who don’t normally have the opportunity to visit the nation’s most spectacularly beautiful wild places. In this short film from the Nature Conservancy, he … | Continue reading


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#Blackbirdersweek Gives the Mic to the Outdoor Community’s Unheard Voices

Sheridan Alford’s love of bird-watching stems from a simple fact: “Anybody can do it.” Old or young, through expensive binoculars or with the naked eye (or ear), in a bucolic park or from a city window, anyone can connect to the avian world around them. Alford, a graduate student … | Continue reading


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10 Ways to Stay Dry When Camping and Hiking

Yes, it's possible to be comfortable in a place that gets 22 feet of rain a year. Here's how. | Continue reading


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Check Out This Archival Footage of Hilary and Norgay’s Return From Everest

Norgay: "I am basically always happy and good as usual." What a legend. | Continue reading


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Meet Akuna, the Vet Who Hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to Treat PTSD

We've reported quite a bit recently on studies that show, more of them all the time it seems, that being in wilderness, especially being active in nature, can | Continue reading


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This Is the Awesome Story of How Plants Conquered the Planet

Those trees and plants aren't just backdrops when we're outside—they're highly evolved conquerers. | Continue reading


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Yosemite’s Re-Opening Plan Will Mean a Much Less Crowded Park

Summer visits to Yosemite are not a thing one just does on a whim. Traffic entering the park backs up quickly, each day, sometimes requiring hours inching along in a car to get in. Lodging books well in advance, backpacking permits too. Once you’re in the valley, it’s a bustling … | Continue reading


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Travel Will Come Back, You Know

Travel will come back, you know. And it will be more beautiful than ever. | Continue reading


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Here’s an A-Frame, Sorta, That You Can Tow

Tiny homes on wheels have been a thing for quite some time now (don’t call them mobile homes), but this A-Frame on a trailer (don’t call it a trailer home, either) is a very cool aesthetically unique entry into the genre. Designed by Melbourne, Australia’s Studio Edwards, the cab … | Continue reading


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Do You Really Need Mountain Bike Liner Shorts? Yes, Yes You Do—These

Sure, you could use bibs or nothing at all, but why would you, when there are these awesome liner short options. | Continue reading


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Sure, You know About Peak Bagging, Now Get to Know ‘Munro’ Bagging

What's behind the sudden Scottish rush to climb every 'munro' in sight? | Continue reading


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A Diver and His 25-Year Friendship With a Fish Is 3 Minutes of Joy We All Need

A nearly three-decades-long friendship between man and fish. | Continue reading


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These Clever Sunglasses Have No Arms, Are Ideal for Travel, and We Love ‘Em

It's a simple idea, really. Eliminate the arms on a pair of shades and you solve three problems. One, wearing sunglasses for a long time, especially beneath an | Continue reading


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‘Photo: Milner’—Meet the Bike Photographer Who’s Been Stoking You Out Since ’93

Adventure photography ain't all fun and games. Sometimes there's bike riding too. | Continue reading


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Nothing Will Keep Paraplegic Grandma Angela Madsen from Rowing to Hawaii

"Being paraplegic doesn't motivate me to do it. It just doesn't stop me from doing it." | Continue reading


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Think Environmental Writing Isn’t Badass? Consider Rachel Carson

It doesn't get a whole lot more badass than changing the world with the stroke of a pen. | Continue reading


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A Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Stars

Being able to call out the constellations overhead gives you instant camping cred. | Continue reading


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A Grand Reminder of All That Is Grand in the Grand Canyon

You ever get tired of awe-inspiring videos of the Grand Canyon? Nah, we don't either. | Continue reading


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A Visitor Was Injured by a Bison Two Days Into Yellowstone NP’s Opening

That didn’t take very long. Yellowstone began opening sections of the park to visitors, mostly road-based visitors, back on May 18. On May 20, the first incident involving a person getting far too close to wildlife and paying the price, was registered. It’s made very clear by par … | Continue reading


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Does Nature Have Value Beyond What it Provides Humans?

A philosophical argument that recognizing nature for nature's sake—not how nature benefits humanity—should underpin conservation. | Continue reading


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Should the Appalachian Trail Be Closed During the Pandemic?

Most thruhikers have left the trail, leaving businesses that cater to them wondering how they'll survive. | Continue reading


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A Flash Flood Cautionary Tale: “I’m a Moron and I Might Get Us All Killed”

Flooding in canyon country is never, ever something to mess with. | Continue reading


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A Creamy Lemon Pesto Pasta For Those Ultralight Backcountry Meals

Like the ramen you might normally make backpacking, but so, so much better. | Continue reading


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The Quest For The Perfect Road Trip Playlist

As parts of the country begin re-opening, with many national parks allowing vehicular traffic again, we thought it an excellent time for this guide to picking t | Continue reading


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The Future of Salmon Is Also the Future of Humanity

Each winter, coho salmon wriggle and swim their way up from Tomales Bay into creeks draining Mount Tamalpais in West Marin county, California, and it still seem | Continue reading


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An Ode to Wooden Boat Building—and Sailing

Ben Harris is a woodworker and sailor based in Cornwall, UK, a lovely seaside town with a history of sailing, and a thriving surf scene too. Harris has a deep affinity for wood, yes, but also the connection of sailing a boat you not only made with your own hands, but also from ti … | Continue reading


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Poppa Neutrino Floated Through a Wild Life on Jazz and a Raft Made of Trash

The first thing you should know about Poppa Neutrino is that he once sailed from Maine to Ireland on a raft he built out of trash. This is, by itself, a remarkable achievement. At the time he completed the voyage, in 1998, only one other person had sailed a raft across the Atlant … | Continue reading


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A Climber’s Life in the Sandstone Cathedrals of Utah

Now this is how you dirtbag. | Continue reading


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Which National Parks Are Open? Here’s an Updating List

With parks re-opening around the country this week, you, like us, likely have questions. Which parks are open? Will they be well-staffed? Will visitor services be available? Frustratingly for travelers, many parks are opening in phases, some are not opening at all, some will be w … | Continue reading


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A Life Lesson in Mountain Biking: To Descend, You Must First Climb

A timeless lesson that's far bigger than bikes. | Continue reading


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Anatomy of a Flash Flood

After a series of deaths in the desert, a writer considers his own close calls in canyons. | Continue reading


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We Tip Our Caps to the National Park Service’s New Social Distancing Posters

Yellowstone National Park re-opened this week. So did Grand Teton and Grand Canyon National Parks, along with a dozen or so others. The National Park Service decided the moment called for the creation of a special set of posters, which, are kind of awesome. Agree or disagree abou … | Continue reading


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Meet the Most Adorable, Er, We Mean, Toughest, Adventure Rig in Japan

Micro truck, macro coolness. | Continue reading


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Watch This Surreal Night Sky Imagery and Then Head For Nearest Dark Sky Park

Few things more beautiful than desert landscapes lit up with starlight. | Continue reading


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Some Ski Resorts Re-Opening For Last-Minute Spring Runs

Ski resorts court pass holders with limited operations, with an industry keeping a wary eye. | Continue reading


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What’s the Longest You’ve Kept a Pair of Hiking Boots?

Do you consider hiking boots a loving partner? Or a disposable tool? | Continue reading


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