When Robert and Samantha Garlow moved from Buffalo, New York, to Yakima, Washington, they decided that rather than choose a standard permanent dwelling, they wanted something mobile. But not a van. Not an RV either. A small, simple, and sturdy home designed for full-time living, not a vehicle that can be lived in comfortably for […]
Once the heart of America’s Gold Rush frontier towns, only a handful of genuine saloons are left standing. During a road trip across the States, Shoshi Parks finds much more than just beer and liquor inside them—she finds a window to the country’s past. The wind is howling when I park my car on Leadville, […]
I walked into a Subaru dealership this past weekend, the first time in my life I’d ever set foot in one. In retrospect, it’s hard to believe I hadn’t been in one before. As I drove up in my dusty Tacoma with a mountain bike strapped to a hitch rack and surfboards in the bed, […]
If you’re familiar with REI’s Adventure Projects, their digital empire of outdoor activity data, providing trail maps and beta for mountain biking, hiking, running, skiing, you name it, it’s time to make room for one more. REI’s new Camping Project just came online, an all-things campsite service for discovering and booking campground spaces. Camping Project […]
Gary Paulsen’s book Hatchet, about a kid who survives an airplane crash deep in the woods and has to survive on his own in the wilderness deeply affected thousands of adolescents when the book was published in 1987. Kids everywhere would think about Brian, Hatchet’s quick-witted protagonist, as they set out for backcountry hikes, wondering […]
Author, food lover, and traveler Jen Sotolongo is a whiz at whipping up vegan recipes that can be made just as easily at a campsite as in a fully stocked kitchen. She recently spent a few years bike touring Europe and South America with her partner, building recipes along the way. Like this one for […]
With jobs still scarce in Athens, cheap forms of escapism are all the rage. That’s where the madness of The Rotten Race comes in. Alex King dons his best fancy dress and enters the world of this surreal annual motorcycle bonanza. A low and throaty grumble of motorbike engines is reverberating around the winding Ottoman-era […]
It seems like one after another, awesome outdoor movies keep getting pumped out. And along comes the Women’s Adventure Film Tour, nine—as of now—inspiring films from the worlds of climbing, surfing, cycling, skiing, snowboarding, adventure photography, and on and on. The tour kicked off in Sydney, Australia, last year, and has been all over the […]
The USGS just released its latest volcanic threat assessment report (amateur volcanologists may read here)—a pretty interesting read, actually—which describes the threat level of the 160 active volcanoes in the US. Roughly 20 percent of those active volcanoes are in national parks or national monuments, and each active volcano area gets a matter-of-fact rating: very […]
Since publishing his iconic desert paean Desert Solitaire in 1968, Edward Abbey has been lionized in the wilderness community as a champion of wild places, eloquent curmudgeon, and pioneering monkey-wrencher. His potent influence continues to course through the modern conservation movement, inspiring activists with its signature surliness. And rightly so. But 50 years after that […]