Ombraz’s Armless Sunnies Have New Styles

Zero arms, lots of comfort. | Continue reading


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SUV Nearly Obliterated by Yellowstone Rockfall

Disaster narrowly averted. | Continue reading


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An Ode to My Chacos

When a pair of shoes is a lot more than just a pair of shoes. Sound familiar? | Continue reading


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Mountain Bikers: Wanna Guess Which Injuries You’re Most Likely to Suffer?

Learn from the broken collarbones of others. | Continue reading


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Yellowstone Closed as Roads, Bridges Destroyed by Flooding

Big rains and lots of melting snow equal disaster in Yellowstone. | Continue reading


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Swiss Tourism Ad Is Simply the Best Commercial You’ll See

It's an ad for Switzerland, but really it's an ad for life. | Continue reading


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You Can Now Watch ‘The Alpinist’ Online, For Free

Terrific mountaineering film, no sub required. | Continue reading


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The Mongol Rally Is Our Favorite Crappy Car-Based Adventure on the Planet

Like vanlife, but in a 30-year old Toyota Corolla. | Continue reading


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Elevated: Climbing While Deaf

Sonya Wilson has created a climbing community for deaf climbers, just like her, increasing communication, openness, and friendship on the crag and in the parking lots. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Meet the Canoe-Racing Texans Tackling The Arctic’s Toughest Passage

All this weekend and into next week, West Hansen and Jeff Wueste will be paddling their two-man canoe from central Texas to the Gulf of Mexico in a 260-mile nonstop test of grit and endurance known as the Texas Water Safari. Hansen has finished the race 21 times before. He knows … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

827 Miles of Desert Riding in 26 Minutes

Lael Wilcox's magic ride. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Yosemite Falls Rainbow to Really Knock Your Socks Off

Rainbow of the gods. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Meet the Amateur Geologist Who Put the Arch in Arches National Park

Back in the 1970s, rangers knew of only 95 or so of Arches National Park's many thousands of sandstone arches. Then along came Reuben Scolnick and the arch hunters. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Eerie Beauty of Nordic Skating

Now this is the way to travel. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

3-Year-Old Found Safe After Two Nights Alone in Montana Woods

A happy ending for a lost toddler. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Fight Over Wolves Pits Facts Against Feelings in Wisconsin

The state’s wolf population is determined by political volleying, with each side of the debate seeking easy answers. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Badlands National Park? More Like Goodlands

More Than Just Parks is back with a short film celebrating Badlands National Park, the pride of South Dakota. 244,000 acres of strange rock formations, endless grasslands, and the rumbling hoofbeats of bison. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Summer Issue of Adventure Journal is a Doozy of Stoke and Happiness

And you can get one for yourself. It's easy! | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Gear Review: Front Runner Outfitters Slimline II Roof Rack

If you're shopping for a low-profile, full-length rack, we found the one. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Glimpse at the Sweet, Simple Life of a New Zealand Hut Warden

This short film looks at one of the most enviable outdoor jobs out there. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Ukko, God of Sky and Thunder

Ukko is the Finnish god of thunder and the wide open sky. Ukko is a moody, SOB, huh? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Marin Mountain Bike Group Vying For More Trail Access (Good Luck)

The birthplace of mountain biking is also a no-ride zone. Local groups hope to change that. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Why Cooking Outside and Over Flame Tastes Better

Nothing on earth tastes better than food cooked over open fire—but why? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Vertical Magic of the Cliffs of Verdon

Sport climbing started here. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The BLM Wants to Unlock Access to Public Lands Surrounded by Private Land

On the heels of announcing the agency’s access initiative, new BLM director talks about vision for managing wildlife, recreation and energy development in Wyoming. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Oslo’s Fuglemyrhytta Cabin is Tough to Pronounce, Easy to Fall in Love With

Norway knocks another trekker's cabin out of the park with this stylish respite outside Oslo. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Is VR Climbing and Bug-Eating Our Dystopian Outdoor Rec Future?

We freakin' hope not. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Wanna Know How Bike Brands Decide How to Spec A New Bike?

Get insider's knowledge into why a bike gets the parts it gets. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Climber Vera Komarkova and the First Women’s Summit of Annapurna

Vera Komarkova was a badass climber when she wasn't being a badass ecologist. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

What’s the Most Epic 48 Hour-Adventure You Can Have in America?

It's a big, big country, so what are the biggest weekend epics? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Knowing When to Turn Back

Witnessing first-hand the trouble that pushing past the point of no return can cause. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Cold-Weather Brand Beringia Also Makes Our Fave Surf Trunks

Surf, hike, swim, run, lounge—they're kinda the perfect shorts. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Ever Seen a Deer Cyclone?

Like a murmuration, but with gigantic elk instead of swallows. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Mysterious Forest, Millions of Years Old, Discovered in Chinese Sinkhole

Wonders still exist. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Summer Issue of Adventure Journal is a Doozy of Stoke and Happiness

And you can get one for yourself. It's easy! | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Bison, Back Where They Belong

Bison on Montana's National Bison Range are back where they belong, managed at last by Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Ed Abbey Reads From ‘Desert Solitaire’

Not sure how, but we didn’t realize until this weekend how much video there is out there of ole’ Ed Abbey on the internet. Yellowed films of the man ambling around the Utah desert, his cantankerous humor a bit dated, sure, but his r | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Think It’s Impossible to Find Solitude in National Parks? Think Again.

Even in the most crowded national parks, peace, quiet, and solitude can be found—here's how. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Bringing Architecture to Scenic Viewpoints

The Forest Stair and Aurland Lookout, Norway, makes you look at the view in a new way. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Cooler People Know About Whitewater, Too

I approached this review with a fair bit of skepticism. Any book whose title includes “Yeti Presents” deserves a dose of scrutiny, even if the subject it is presenting — Whitewater — is a topic of boundless potential and great personal interest. Also, I should disclose that this … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Alex Honnold on Fatherhood and His Very Real Fear of Death

Dad's mag pens great profile on everyone's fave El Cap free soloist. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay

Sixty-nine years ago this week, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to officially summit Everest. To mark their achievement, we’re republishing this piece about Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. – Ed. On May 29, 1953, at 6:30 in the morning, Sherpa Tenzing … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Sharp View of the Cycle of Life on Greenland’s Mirror Wall

Leo Houlding leads a first ascent on the remote wall just after the birth of his daughter. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Surf Photographer Clark Little Is Not Afraid of Being Pounded Into a Paste

My decidedly non-scientific take is the forces of a powerful ocean wave breaking in shallow water are similar to a tornado or a hurricane—incredible force and violence swirling around a still, safe, even quiet zone. At least that’s how it feels inside the tube. Especially one tha … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Very Serious, Sandal-Wearing Review of an Old Huffy Granite

Hey, Huffy Granite, can it or can't it... | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Swimming in a Flash Flood

This story begins several years ago with a flash flood in the desert of northwest New Mexico. It was a large summer flood from over the horizon, the sky hot and blue. Dark chocolate water overtopped crumbling banks of sand and mud, filling a broad and formerly steep-walled wash. … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

VW Bought Rights to ‘Scout’ Name, Is Reviving Brand With Electric Off-Roader

The 70s are back—and this time they're electric. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Fisherman Elder and a Pro Skater Go Foraging, Fishing, and Chilling

Chris Yates is a legendary British angler, writer, philosopher of nature. An incredible character who values being part of nature above everything—except tea. Tea is paramount. Heitor Da Silva is a Brazilian/Norwegian pro skater with, apparently, a soft spot for elderly British m … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago