“Left for dead” are three words you don’t ever want to be associated with your name. Same goes for “mauled by grizzly,” or “crawled 200 miles.” In 1823, fur trapper Hugh Glass tried all three phrases on for size. Glass, prior to experiencing the above horrors, was hired as a trapper by the Rocky Mountain […]

Back in Adventure Journal 07 we recommended the book Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei. It’s a collection of stories written by Tabei, the first woman to summit Mt. Everest and to climb all Seven Summits, among a bushel of other mountaineering feats. Tabei was a hero in Japan, an inspiration to […]

If you’re part of a couple expecting your first kid, the C-word that usually strikes the most terror in your heart is “college,” but for a pair of French surfers in the midst of a major build, it was “cabin.” The couple, who lived in Paris, contacted JAVA Architecture to design and build a second […]

Hoodwinked into cycling across the Netherlands, indifferent cyclist Kati Auld quickly realized how a bicycle changes the experience of travel. Here are some facts about bicycles: It is fun to go fast, on wheels; it is terrible to push a bike up a hill; falling off a bike tends to hurt a lot. If you […]

If you’re a fan of the Sawyer Squeeze water filter system—and if you ever used it, you almost certainly are a fan—you’re in for a treat. Sawyer has recently announced their new Micro Squeeze filter system. At only two ounces it’s a full ounce lighter and is much smaller in the hand than the Sawyer […]

You don’t always need to be fleeing a frustrating and confining 9-5 to embrace the wanderlust wonders of the camper van. You can also be a young adventurer with a mobile job, an eye for scenery, and a burning urge for travel. Like Jordan Tarver here. He’s a writer and a photographer who just happens […]

Hey, guys. Steve Casimiro here. I’m kind of a dork about dropping a new issue of Adventure Journal—I feel very much like a proud parent. The thing is, I don’t think we have all that much to do with the success or failure of each issue—”we” being Joni, who designs the book, me, and a […]

We’ll admit that we’re not exactly video game connoisseurs here at AJ, so it’s not entirely surprising that it escaped our attention that there’s a video game based on Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. Until now. This is mindblowing. An entire video game with nary a shootout, alien invasion, zombie horde, or magic-spewing dragon? All built […]

While investigating the rise in malnutrition among young women in Southeast Asia, journalist Corinne Redfern has been fed some of the best food of her life. So what’s going on? The rough, steep track is scarred with cracks and crannies from the season’s heavy rain, and our small scooter’s tires are sliding wildly over the […]

It’s like the Ikon or Epic Passes, but for joining environmental causes. See the full post >