ajtestbed I fought having dedicated cycling glasses for a long time. Thing is, you can get by just fine with regular sunnies, really. But after awhile, you get tired of beating up and sweating profusely on glasses you want to wear off the bike, and they don’t fit quite as well under a helmet, plus they … Read more
From Sonoran Rovers and craftsman Arjuna Steen comes this gorgeous short film that feels more wooden boat building than overloading buildout.
Federal officials will operate under new guidelines as they struggle with how to regulate a growing number of fast-moving battery-assisted bicycles in national parks and national forests. One new guideline emerged from a suit filed against the National Park Service that challenged its sweeping decision allowing e-bikes wherever conventional bicycles roll. Now, a judge ruled, … Read more
Back in Adventure Journal 07 we recommended the book Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei. It’s a collection of stories written by Tabei (co-written by translator Helen Rolfe), the first woman to summit Mt. Everest and to climb all Seven Summits, among a bushel of other mountaineering feats. Tabei was a hero … Read more
Has this tree achieved sentience? Or is it not a tree at all, but some dude tripping his face off? Wait, does it matter? What’s the difference? Warning, lots and lots of f-bombs in here, if that bothers ya.
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and one of the biggest overall (depending on if you measure volume vs surface area, etc.). It’s also one of the strangest, with suspended methane bubbles, legendary lake monsters, UFO sightings, even underwater UFO sightings. The weirdness, however, doesn’t overshadow the beauty.
A few years ago we posted a little trailer of Chris Smead’s new film, “The High Sierra Trail,” about Chris and a friend hiking over the spine of the southern Sierra Nevada to Mt. Whitney, but, it turns out, this wasn’t Smead’s first backpacking film. He’d also tackled the Rae Lakes Loop. While talking to my … Read more
We’ve written before about Ombraz, the company that makes sunglasses without arms—they’re held in place by nylon straps instead. The idea is the straps eliminate pressure points, making them more comfortable. That’s 100% true, but also, they’re pretty much perfect travel sunglasses since they’re effectively flat without the folded arms. Ombraz has kept things pretty … Read more
We reported yesterday about the flooding and mudslides wreaking havoc in Yellowstone, closing the park and requiring evacuations. This video shows a harrowing drive as boulders plummet down a mountain nearly cleaving this vehicle in two, like something out of a Jurassic Park film. Yikes.
Hey, it’s sandal season! Let the weird tans begin. We’re repubbing one of our fave essays about the glory of sandals, Chacos in particular for this writer. -Ed. I was dating this guy and we’d just gotten a permit to float the Rogue River in Oregon with a few friends. I was from the East … Read more