Picture, if you will, Sequoia National Park on a modern-day Fourth of July. Granite ablaze with summer sunshine? Check. Black bears frolicking through pine-fringed meadows? Check. Trees so wondrously large you could (at one ridiculous point in time) barrel a truck right through ‘em? Check. Oh, and don’t forget the overstuffed campgrounds, tourist hordes, and … Read more
I approached this review with a fair bit of skepticism. Any book whose title includes “Yeti Presents” deserves a dose of scrutiny, even if the subject it is presenting — Whitewater — is a topic of boundless potential and great personal interest. Also, I should disclose that this review came with a junket attached – … Read more
Alex Honnold and his wife Sanni McCandless became parents recently, when their daughter June was born earlier this year. It was not an easy birth for the baby or the mother, but, after some time in NICU, all is well, everyone is healthy. Honnold, as he seems to do with everything, took the difficult birth … Read more
Leo Houlding is one of the world’s foremost adventurers. He’s an alpinist, a big wall climber, a base jumper, and a terrifically articulate advocate for all of the above. In this film (below) from Coldhouse Collective, shot by Tyler Pycroft, Houlding leads a team of five on a first ascent of the northwest face of Greenland’s stunning … Read more
Some people just get it. The dude who runs @bikepackingsucks is one of those people. Here he takes an old Huffy, throws on his Bedrocks, and gives it a going over.
This story begins several years ago with a flash flood in the desert of northwest New Mexico. It was a large summer flood from over the horizon, the sky hot and blue. Dark chocolate water overtopped crumbling banks of sand and mud, filling a broad and formerly steep-walled wash. It wasn’t a tumultuous deathtrap like … Read more
Back in 2021, Volkswagen secured ownership of the Scout brand—of International Harvester fame—after a merger in which it acquired a trucking company that owned the rights to the name. Rumors started floating around last fall that VW was considering taking a run at Rivian with their own electric SUV and pickup, branded under the Scout … Read more
Chris Yates is a legendary British angler, writer, philosopher of nature. An incredible character who values being part of nature above everything—except tea. Tea is paramount. Heitor Da Silva is a Brazilian/Norwegian pro skater with, apparently, a soft spot for elderly British mentors. Whatever the reason for their pairing, this short film of the two … Read more
The Apennine Mountains run nearly the length of Italy, north to south. Do they have the grandeur of the Italian Alps? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what you find to be grand. Rugged, diverse, untrammeled in parts, they’re a relatively quick getaway for much of the country. Something apparent in this fun short film as … Read more
Her name is Savannah. She lives in New Jersey. Seven years, nearly 40 countries, and 28,583 miles ago, she set off with her owner, Tom Turcich, on a walk across the globe. This past Saturday the two of them walked into New Jersey, finishing the adventure. Turcich became the 10th man to walk around the … Read more