REI Reveals New Mountain Bike Line, Wants to be Your LBS
REI bets you’ll want to buy your mountain bike from the same store you buy your backpacks and tents. See the full post >
Category: Latest News
Thank Goodness This Hand-Hewn Log Cabin Exists
Part cabin, part time capsule, part photography studio, one hundred percent awesome. See the full post >
So, New Balance’s New Pub Will Trade Strava Miles for Beer—Seriously
It’s like being a pro runner, just one paid in beer. See the full post >
Conversations With My Friend Old Doug, the Fir Tree
The Douglas fir was 150 feet tall, maybe taller. It leaned over the meadow, a steep green propped against open sky. After the day’s work was through, after the great horned owl’s round vowel had filled everything and faded to silence and filled everything again, I liked to tamp tobacco into my pipe and have […]
Study: Kids Who Spend Time in Nature Become Happier Adults
Decades-long study shows that the more time we spend outdoors as kids, the less chance we have of mental illness as adults. See the full post >
You Don’t Want to Go to the Black Hills—Too Pretty, Too Empty, Too Wild
The Grand Canyon has been hogging the spotlight lately, what with turning 100 and all, but let’s give other public lands celebrating birthdays their due—South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest turned 122 last Friday. The crew from More Than Just Parks has been branching out into making short films about national forests, too, and they’ve […]
Two Climbers Feared Stranded on Nanga Parbat, As Politics Muddy Rescue
Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard are overdue and may be stranded above 6,300 meters. Meanwhile, military tensions between India and Pakistan are their worst in years, grounding rescue flights. See the full post >
Into the ‘other’ Amazon, and the search for Brazil’s best beach
In Brazil’s ‘other rainforest’, John Malathronas finds—among other things—one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, potentially Brazil’s best beach, and black flies that cannot be killed. “The first expedition to arrive here on 20th January 1602 was Amerigo Vespucci’s,” says Marcelo, our gregarious and knowledgeable driver, as we inch through the jungle in […]
The Silk Road Mountain Bike Race Was a Gorgeous Sufferfest
1,700 kilometers of pedaling, struggling, freezing, and exhaustion through the beautiful wilds of Kyrgyzstan. See the full post >
Where Did the Time Go? Grand Canyon National Park Turns 100
If you have a gift idea in mind, the 10-carat diamond is the traditional 100th anniversary stone. It’s just a thought. At the least, a simple tip of the cap, a raise of the glass, a hearty huzzah will do: Grand Canyon National Park turns 100 today. The park first received federal protection back in […]