Finding adventure thirty minutes at a time. See the full post >

Despite promises monuments held no significant energy resources, it turns out that they do. See the full post >

Forces of nature and construction schedules can affect your bicycle travel plans. Here are a few issues we know about as of March 2018 on the TransAmerica Trail, Northern Tier, Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, Lewis & Clark Trail, and Pacific Coast bicycle routes. See the full post >

Outdoor industry braces for big cost increases after new tariffs on Chinese imports. See the full post >

The climbing legend was said to have ‘the head of a 70-year old, body of a 25-year old, and the attitude of an 11-year-old.’ See the full post >

With the spotlight on this unsung corner of the Netherlands, it’s time for this European Capital of Culture for 2018 to show off. And it’s doing so with a powerful theme: Celebrating the diverse community that makes this Dutch city what it is. In many ways, Leeuwarden is a typical Dutch city. The hub of […]

If you took pop culture as gospel, you’d think the only people who take on any pioneering exploits were posh, hairy, white men. But plenty of badass women have grabbed adventure by the horns over the centuries too. There are two definitions for the term ‘pioneer’ in the modern Oxford English Dictionary. The first description […]

Determined not to have their dreams defined by their conservative government, a new generation of Iranians are hitchhiking and couchsurfing their way to freedom. Even if, for now at least, that freedom can only be found in private. The air in this tiny bar is thick with smoke. Ershad picks up a fluorescent marker and […]

The travel industry is, like many others, historically male-dominated. But thanks to the peerless talent and determination of a new generation of female photographers, that’s all beginning to change. As far as sought-after job titles go, “professional travel photographer” is certainly up there. But for every dream job, there’s a long road of hard work […]

More than 23 years after a huge volcanic eruption left this island nation all but abandoned, Montserrat is ever-so-gradually finding its feet as one of the Caribbean’s most appealing destinations. It was Scriber who first mentioned the Goat Water. The ornithologist and I were walking up through a forest of banyan, fiddlewood and Spanish oak […]