The AJ Newsletter
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Adventure Journal started as a printed quarterly. But between issues, the world keeps moving — and so do we. The AJ newsletter is where we put the things that don’t wait: a story we can’t stop thinking about, a place we just learned exists, a piece of gear that genuinely changed how we move through the outdoors.
We write it the same way we edit the magazine: with the assumption that you’re smart, you’ve been outside, and you don’t need hype. Every two weeks. Free.
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And if it earns it, there’s a printed quarterly that goes a lot deeper.
What’s in it
Stories worth your time
Writing that makes you want to go somewhere. Sometimes it’s ours; sometimes we find it elsewhere and point you toward it.
From the archive
Every issue surfaces something from 40 issues of AJ — a story that holds up, a place that’s changed, a writer worth knowing.
Gear we actually use
Not a round-up. One or two things, when genuinely worth mentioning. We’re not in the business of making you feel behind.
Places on the radar
Somewhere that came up in a conversation, on a map, or on a trail. Often obscure. Always for the right reason.
From the archive — Issue 12
“The Owens Valley sits in the rain shadow of the Sierra like something the mountains forgot to take with them. It is not beautiful in any way that photographs easily. But drive it once in late October, when the cottonwoods go yellow and the light comes in low and sideways off the White Mountains, and you will understand why people end up here and stop moving.”
Full story in the print archive · Available to subscribers