Spring is here and if you haven’t dusted off your hiking shoes you better have a good excuse-like a broken leg or recent ACL surgery. The whole season is spread out before you for walking out into the showy extravagance of nature, and here are the best places in America to do that in one […]
Desolate highways are no place to fulfill cravings for curry. If variety is the spice your life craves, you better pack your own. There is no limit to the types of veggies or color of curry that you can use in this recipe. Choose your own adventure and make this meal an art project. You’ll […]
Back in 2017, Joe McConaughy set the FKT of the Appalachian Trail, hike/running the whole thing, 2,190 miles, in just 45 days. Normally, we’re not all that interested in FKTs around here, but that is a monumental achievement. McConaughy—trail name: Stringbean—did it unsupported, filming along the way. There’s something raw and pure in this short […]
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It started with a broken-down car and an offhand joke. After five years in Edmonton, Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume and Magali Moffatt planned a months-long road trip home to Montreal, indulging their love of rock climbing as they toured throughout North America. Then their old Mazda 5 went into the shop for $4,000 in repairs, and the […]
New research shows some people’s brains register shifts in magnetic fields, just like migratory animals. See the full post >
They begin their migration in recent days fluttering north from the deserts of Mexico and Southern California, to the forests and beaches of the Pacific Northwest. Millions of bright orange butterflies, called painted ladies, their numbers swollen because of intense rains in California all winter long. More rain meant more plants which meant more food […]
In this installment of Kilian Jornet doing impressive mountain things, he’s running along razor-thin mountain spines in Åndalsnes, Norway. Exposed? You bet. Fun? Absolutely, if you’ve got the hooves of a mountain goat, which, clearly, Jornet does. See the full post >
It’s not top of the list when it comes to city breaks, but Leon McCarron was surprised—and heartened—when he visited Baghdad, a city that once upon a time was the center of the world. “We’re going to one of the most interesting places here,” says my guide Mustafa as he drives through the streets in […]
Snow, rain, muddy trails, gear-strapped bikes, and fire-warmed pubs. Must be biking in Scotland. See the full post >