“These chemicals aren’t good for anybody, not the people making the tents and not for the end user either,” says Mountain Hardwear president. See the full post >

Mike Doyle was a 60s surf champion and entrepreneur who lived a surfer’s dream life until the very end. See the full post >

I’m grateful that Dierdre Wolownick can’t see me squirming on the other end of the line as she nonchalantly lists the gut-churning details of a surgeon’s recent work on her beleaguered feet: “He had to saw bones in, like, four different places. And he had to insert a rod at one of my toes that […]

You can feel the sunburn forming inside your nostrils. Despite regular applications of sunscreen, your nose keeps running, wiping away any hope of a blister-free tomorrow. You silently curse yourself for forgetting a critical piece of gear: a buff. It’s high-noon on a sunny September day and you’ve been hiking for 3 hours. You reached […]

Gaia is already my favorite GPS app, one so good I haven’t owned a standalone GPS device in years. I’ve got a phone with me anyway for photos, the app works beautifully and reliably when tracking my location and plotting routes and the phone’s screen is so superior to that of a typical GPS unit […]

George Mallory’s body was found on Everest, 20 years ago today, on the anniversary of the first American to summit the mountain. See the full post >

To keep skiers safe from serious avalanche danger, ski patrollers have long turned to old Howitzer cannons, artillery pieces used in World War II to bombard enemy positions. Now they set off small, relatively controlled avalanches. Here’s a little insight into the team at Mammoth Mountain, California, and how they use these death-dealing cannons for […]

New study shows many drivers view cyclists as something less than human. See the full post >

Each year, as the earth’s tilt eases back toward the sun, the wintry northern hemisphere gives way to spring, and thousands of species of plants, insects, and animals stir back to life. Months later, as the planet leans away again, darkness and cold and slumber take hold. Phenology is the study of these rhythmic biological […]

There are more than 3,000 stories in Adventure Journal’s archives, most of which are evergreen, and occasionally we put the best of them back on the home page for new readers to see.—Ed. I hate running, three to four times a week if I have time. I hated it yesterday for a little over an […]