ajtestbed I’m planning a solo backpacking trip next month and in pulling out my topos to decide on a route, I came across a note I wrote on the Hoover Wilderness topo that marked a trail junction I missed in this story below. It’s a nice little memory of a lower-case “a” adventure in the backcountry … Read more
5 gallon jerrycans are way too big for the vast majority of campers. The blue 4 gallon squat Aquatainer are a little easier to lug around, but still a pain and they take up lots of space in a car or truck bed. Buying single gallon water bottles sucks for lots of reasons. Solution? The … Read more
Orogenesis. The term means, more or less, mountain building. It’s also the name of a collective trying to turn a pipe dream of a trail into reality. 4,500 miles of rugged riding from the tip of the Baja peninsula to the mountains of British Columbia. Connecting the Baja Divide bikepacking route to the Oregon Timber … Read more
I have long been known to have pet peeves about the debris hikers drop along trails, but one piece of litter has become more annoying: the ubiquitous facial tissue. A used tissue lying boldly in the middle of the path could indicate a person who does not know better. But a tissue stashed under a … Read more
We’ve covered Tifosi’s shades before so we know they make good sunnies inexpensively. But after wearing Tifosi’s Sizzle shades for the last month, the question that comes to mind isn’t why the $35 Sizzles are so cheap, but why other sunglasses cost so much. The single shield lens—I have the matte Blackout frame with gray … Read more
Wow. This is from a tourism board in Australia’s Gold Coast, but, or, I guess not really a but at all—it really makes you want to dive deeply into the place. Or any place. Such does this short film drive home the absolute love for and connection with a person can have for a piece … Read more
For almost a year now whispers of an epic kayaking first descent have swirled through the whitewater community. The mission to Ecuador’s Río Chalupas was rumored to have tested the psyches of some of the world’s best expedition kayakers, but details were closely held pending the release earlier this month of a Teton Gravity Research … Read more
You know what’s awesome? The natural world. Sounds ridiculous, but even those of us who make the outdoors a priority take that for granted. Here’s a little hug from the big, wide, wonderful, soul-affirming planet.
Jonathan Cross is a ceramicist and this rad short is an art installation piece celebrating the closeness between cracked, parched earth and Cross’s work.
The tweet below pretty much sums up the situation: Today at Grand Canyon National Park we witnessed two young men defacing the iconic rock at Moran Point. If you know them or see anyone damaging our shared public lands, please call or text the NPS Investigative Services at 888-653-0009. @GrandCanyonNPS #GrandCanyon pic.twitter.com/63P2gZ1rLu — Paula Corrette … Read more