Yes, We’d Like To Do the Absolute Minimum In This Dutch Minimalist A-Frame

Heather Scott is a woodworking furniture maker in England. When a friend with some space near the Cornwall coast asked her to design a cabin, she chose this Dutch minimalist A-frame shape. The modest dwelling, named the Drift Farm Triangle, is 27 meters square and 4 meters high. … | Continue reading


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Coronavirus Claims Some Backcountry Fishing Season Openers

For the past few weeks, Chris Leonard has fought against the one thing he loves most — fishing. The Mammoth Lakes resident has been one of the most outspoken Eastern Sierra fly fishing guides pushing for a delay to the season opener. It’s counterintuitive to his livelihood and jo … | Continue reading


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Swim With a Humpback Family in Maui the Easy Way

If you've ever wanted to swim with humpbacks in tropical bliss, this is about as close as you're likely to get. | Continue reading


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Celia Hunter First Dreamt of Flying Over Alaska—Then She Went to Work Saving It

She flew bush planes, she built one of Alaska's first backcountry huts, and then she worked tirelessly to protect the state's wilderness. | Continue reading


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I’ve Lived In Studio Apartments Less Roomy Than This Truck Bed Camper

Even a full-sized house might be a downgrade from this truck-based cabin. | Continue reading


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Meet the Fishpeople

Crinkly eyes and salty smiles abound in this tale of living as a fishperson. | Continue reading


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Our Editor and Proud Dad’s Favorite Baby Hiking Gear

The best child carrier, some backup options, and essential gear for having fun with the littlest ones. | Continue reading


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Hey, It’s John Muir’s Birthday, So Here Are 20 of His Most Inspiring Quotes

Nature's bearded philosopher was also the king of stoke. Here are few of his wise words to get you fired up. | Continue reading


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Mountain Bikes Cost a Fortune—So Here’s How to Buy a Good Used One

Saving hundreds or thousands by buying used is smart—as long as you pay attention to these key areas. | Continue reading


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Pro Tips on Physical Distancing From the Nonhuman World

Animals have physical distancing down to an (evolutionary) science. | Continue reading


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What’s the First Adventure-y Thing You’ll Do After the Shutdown Ends?

Surely, you've begun fantasizing about life after the shutdown. | Continue reading


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From Transit to Trash, Here’s How to Shrink Your Adventure Footprint

Cero Waste Cindy is obsessed with sustainable living—we could learn a thing or two from her. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

The Magic of Wooden Boat Building, Floating, and Childhood in Montana

Jason Cajune lives in Livingston, Montana, and builds wooden drift boats. With the Missouri flowing not far from home, Cajune and his kids set out for a float trip through the American Prairie Reserve and the Missouri Breaks. Languid, contemplative, and free, the way all good flo … | Continue reading


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Why We Must Get Inside The Mind of the Forest

A forest is an interwoven community of billions of organisms; the only way to serve them is to listen. | Continue reading


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Alaska Is Wilderness Poetry Made Manifest

"The Problem of the Wilderness" by Robert Marshall is a lovely accompaniment to this breathtaking cinematography. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Oh, Just a 94-Year-Old Still Climbing His Favorite Route in the Swiss Alps

Marcel Remy is 94 and, quite frankly, he's a bit baffled at youngsters these days, like, you know, 80-year-olds, who have stopped having adventures. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Tom Blake Taught Us What It Meant To Be a Surfer

Tom Blake set the tone for surfing as an all-consuming lifestyle; a surf bum, a dirtbag before those were things. | Continue reading


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The Global Shutdown Offers a Tantalizing Glimpse of a Cleaner Climate

Emissions are down—way down—these days offering a climactic look at what might be. | Continue reading


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Yosemite Without People Is Like Something From a Dream

With the people away, Yosemite returns to its most natural state. | Continue reading


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If You’re Still Going Out for Recreation, Here Are Tips for Keeping Safe

How to clean your gear and what to do when runners come barreling toward you huffing and puffing. | Continue reading


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Meet the Women Firefighters Protecting Our Forests

Fighting fires and doubts, in America's backcounty hot zones. | Continue reading


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National Park Staff Memo Warns of ‘Disease and Death’ As Parks Stay Open

NPS employees are critical of the chaotic, patchwork, and foot-dragging approach by leadership in face of pandemic | Continue reading


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Iceland’s Highlands Are a Terrible Place for Dams—And Awesome One For a Trek

As Adventure Journal reports in its spring 2020 issue, Iceland’s Highland Plateau is the source of its glacial rivers and pristine water, but hydropower companies have plans to dam every one of the major watercourses. This year, Iceland voters are scheduled to consider creating a … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Here’s a Flipthrough of Adventure Journal’s Spring Issue

Chris Burkard's Iceland, the joys of mud season (yes, joys), the obsessed Scotsman climbing Ireland's sea stacks, and more. | Continue reading


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Where The Wild Things Go: Book Charts World’s Greatest Animal Perambulations

Maps, routes, and charts of the world's greatest animal migrations? Yes, please. | Continue reading


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Navigating Ledges of Death in the Dolomites on Two Wheels and a Prayer

These trails are so narrow most hikers clip in to fixed cables. This rider figured he'd just bomb down them on a bike. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

The Message of a Little Bird in a Tree Outside My Window

It turns out that the bird that’s been waking me up at dawn every morning for the past four weeks is a house wren. For a long time, I thought that one of the trees that line the street behind our house had learned to chirp; no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t see … | Continue reading


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Roald Amundsen Was First to the South Pole, But it Was a Consolation Prize

When the North Pole was reached before he got there, Amundsen simply decided to be the first to reach both poles. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Ever Wonder What It Costs to Run a Media Website?

We're pulling back the curtain on AJ operations so you can see how it all works—and why you're so important to us. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Now’s the Time to Perfect Camp Meals, Like This Dutch Oven Chicken Marbella

This base camp dish is extraordinarily tasty and nowhere near as complicated as you might think. | Continue reading


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Take a Trip Through the Headspace of a Climber Struggling With Doubt

We all have those nagging voices in the back of our heads. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

REI CEO Forgoes Salary, Brand Furloughs Staff In Belt-Tightening

REI's new plan reveals the economic pain inflicted on the outdoor industry by the pandemic. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

What Robinson Crusoe’s DIY Adventure Can Teach Us About Self-Isolation

Sure, it was just a novel. But Crusoe's passage from terrified castaway to self-sufficient adventurer can teach us plenty. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Iceland, a Piano, and 5 Minutes of Beauty We All Need Right Now

Iceland's stunning coastline rendered in F Major is perfect. | Continue reading


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Please Enjoy These 19 Outrageous Warranty Claims

"This shirt and backpack ripped when I was stabbed," etc. | Continue reading


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Rejoice, for Patagonia’s Classic Film ‘Mountain of Storms’ Is Free, Right Here

Rejoice, for Patagonia's classic film, "Mountain of Storms" can be viewed here to ease your quarantine boredom. | Continue reading


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Chasing Ghosts Via Motorcycle In the San Juans

Exploring Colorado's ghost towns by way of motorcycle sounds great right now. | Continue reading


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This Custom-Fit Air Mattress Is a Brilliant Car-Based Sleep System

The Luno Life is the best in-car mattress this editor has used—as long as it fits your vehicle that is. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

She Returned to the Grid and Found a Strange New World in a Pandemic

Weeks of paddling with no outside world contact gave way to a world forever changed. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

This Home Ski Mountaineering Vid Might Be Adventure Short of the Year

What to do when you wanna climb and ski but you're stuck at home? Well, have you considered climbing and skiing? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

This Cabin Lets You Close Off Or Allow In the Outside World at Your Pleasure

Sometimes you feel like being a shut-in, and this PNW cabin can help. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Remember the Rule Allowing E-Bikes in Nat Parks? You Get to Weigh In Soon

NPS finally decides to make rule allowing e-bikes into national parks official and they want public input. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

We Can Learn Much About the Art of Hunkering Down From Polar Explorers

It may seem counterintuitive, but the greatest adventurers can teach us all about patience. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Exploring the Meaning of Public Lands, One 150-Mile Run at a Time

A former urban runner gets deep into the backcountry to explore why we must fight for public lands. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Trade Show Canceled Due to Coronavirus

Although expected, the move will have a big impact on the outdoor industry. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Prometheus’ Big Mistake

What is it about a good campfire that brings out the best and worst in us? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Need a Break? This Awesome Surf Film Festival Is Streaming, Free

In these isolating times, we can still come together to hoot and spill beer at a virtual surf film festival. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 4 years ago

Wilfred Thesiger, First Foreigner to Cross Arabia’s Emptiest Deserts

Thesiger was the last of the Great English explorers, lunching in a dinner jacket in London, quite at home among the marshes of pre-oil Southern Iraq. | Continue reading


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