The pioneering primatologist turns 85 today and this documentary shows why she’s revered. See the full post >

Marin County, California, is a wonderful and frustrating place to be a mountain biker. The community is large, varied, and supportive. Bike shops are everywhere. The weather is idyllic, the terrain beautiful, with sharp, rising hills coated in lush redwood forests, and plenty of rolling golden hills, peeking above coastal fog. While Marin is laced […]

I brace myself as I open my email: Another note from someone who listened to my Bigfoot podcast, Wild Thing, and felt compelled to write me. Most of the time, it’s a nice fan letter. Every so often, it’s an outpouring of disappointment or an angry diatribe. And then there are letters like this one: […]

If you want to turn your travels into a story, how do you take notes while staying ‘in the moment’? Writer, filmmaker and adventurer Leon McCarron shares his tips. When I first began traveling, it was by bicycle from New York City to Los Angeles, then westwards across Australasia—with a little help from boats and […]

The Zambezi River, as it flows through Zambia, produces one of the most unique waves on earth. It’s a standing river wave that breaks only when the flow rate is high enough, and though there are other standing river waves around the world that get surfed, none can match the Zambezi’s wave’s muscular quality. A […]

You don’t have to choose between being a toughened adventurer and being feminine. You can be both. See the full post >

As Alaska’s climate warms, human waste left behind on the slopes of Denali will begin to emerge and foul local waterways. See the full post >

The toughest and strangest trail race around once again stymies all who dare enter. See the full post >

The 5Point Film Festival always packs a solid punch of adventure docs and shorts, and this year’s event in Carbondale, Colorado April 25-28 looks particularly good, based on the above trailer. You can find tickets and more info here. See the full post >

The blade pulled firm as it sliced, then caught. Energy swept through my body. I was in that moment, acutely aware of being alive. As the blade completed its arc, darkness engulfed it. In the foreseeable distance, ice didn’t seem to pose any threat to our continued, powerful stroking. Open water. For now. Eighteen months […]