ajtestbed 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 Coast and had a pair of Keens, which are acceptable footwear on the East Coast. But in the West, Keens scream “dad shoes” — or worse, “East Coast … Read more
Ever wonder as you’re about to nose over a bulbous rock garden leading to an off camber drop what injury you’re most likely to suffer if things got sideways? Like, sideways in a bad way? For example, last December, while finishing a ride on the easiest part, just a steep descent on a slightly rutted … Read more
All entrances to Yellowstone National Park are closed after massive floods ripped apart bridges, tore roads from the sides of hills, and trapped nearby residents without safe drinking water or any way to evacuate. Park officials on Monday raced to rescue visitors from sections of the park via any means necessary. The Yellowstone River swelled … Read more
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Marc-André Leclerc’s story, beautifully and tragically told, is the focus of The Alpinist, one of the best adventure biopics of the past decade. It has been on Netflix for a little while, but now it’s streaming free, no subscription required, at DocumentaryMania. We highly, highly recommend it. Watch it here.
Sonya Wilson has created a climbing community for deaf climbers, just like her, increasing communication, openness, and friendship on the crag and in the parking lots.
All this weekend and into next week, West Hansen and Jeff Wueste will be paddling their two-man canoe from central Texas to the Gulf of Mexico in a 260-mile nonstop test of grit and endurance known as the Texas Water Safari. Hansen has finished the race 21 times before. He knows what he’s getting into, … Read more
Join Lael Wilcox as she crushes the Arizona Trail, all 827 miles of it, in 9 days, 8 hours, and 23 minutes. Burly, and a would-be record, except for the existence of this film (no media allowed according to the Arizona Trail Race Director).
Yosemite Falls in full roar is about as spectacular as a waterfall gets. The larger than it sounds Yosemite Creek plunges thousands of feet to the valley floor 2,400 feet below, a god’s firehouse of snow melt in the spring. Occasionally, from the proper viewing angle, the world’s most spectacular rainbow appears. Check out this … Read more
Arches National Park, in eastern Utah’s arid highlands, is filled with more than 2,000 sandstone arches spread over nearly 120 square miles. The arches formed from ancient rock fins or sea stacks; over eons, softer rock at the base of the structures weathered away, eventually vanishing completely, leaving behind a harder capstone in the form … Read more