Matt Warshaw is stoked: He managed to drop f-bombs in quotes in two magazine profiles on the Encyclopedia of Surfing in the span of a couple months, one here in Adventure Journal and another in some startup we’ve never heard of called The New Yorker. Warshaw excels at using the profane to celebrate the sacred, and his EOS is worth a peek in print or online, encyclopediaofsurfing.com. Not to be overlooked are The History of Surfing and his spicy, funny Twitter stream. @EOS_4U
Author Derek Taylor is the former editor of Powder magazine. @dtpowski
Photographs: David Carlier, davidcarlierphotography.com, @davidcarlierphotography. Christian Pondella, christianpondella.com, @christianpondella
Amelia the Tropicat is holding down the Swell fort while author Liz Clark finishes writing her first book in California. Follow these two on swellvoyage.com and @captainlizclark.
Photographs: Jody MacDonald, jodymacdonaldphotography.com, @jodymacdonaldphoto
Yep, San Onofre got a shoutout in the Beach Boys song Surfin’ USA, but its roots are a lot deeper and more authentic than that. You can learn more about the beach that receives 2.5 million visitors a year at the California State Parks site, parks.ca.gov, the San Onofre Parks Foundation, sanonofreparksfoundation.org, and San Onofre Surfing Club, sanonofresurfingclub.org. Surfline offers a guide to the breaks, but you don’t need it: Just paddle out.
Author Kimball Taylor’s most recent book is The Coyote’s Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire. kimballtaylor.com
Photographs: Shawn Parkin, shawnparkin.com, @shawnparkin. Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center, surfingheritage.org
Author Jonathan Waterman was a climbing ranger on Denali and has set seven of his 10 books in the north, including In the Shadow of Denali, High Alaska, and Surviving Denali. jonathanwaterman.com, @jonatwaterman
Artist Ryan Thompson created Bad Luck, Hot Rocks, from which this story is pulled, after becoming enamored with the unusually poignant perspective on the human condition conveyed by the conscience letters. You can purchase the book at theiceplant.cc and learn more about Thompson’s art at departmentofnaturalhistory.com.
Seth Kantner grew up in a sod igloo above the Arctic Circle and is the author of the semi-autobiographical Ordinary Wolves and the collection of essays Shopping for Porcupine. The day after he filed his story, he headed north and off the grid for four months. sethkantner.com
Krista Langlois is a frequent contributor to Adventure Journal. kristaleelanglois.com, @cestmoilanglois
Craig Childs writes often about environments that appear to be austere but are, in fact, not. houseofrain.com
Photographs: Sarah Gilman, sarahmgilman.com. James Q Martin, jamesqmartin.com, @jamesqmartin
Most of Colin Fletcher’s books remain in print. The Thousand Mile Summer chronicles his first big walk, and The Man Who Walked Through Time is a must-read for fans of the Grand Canyon. For additional reading on Fletcher, check out the biography Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher, by Robert Wehrman.
Fletcher Collection photographs are provided by Andreas Cohrs, who runs colinfletcher.com and is the author of California Serendipity: The Thousand Mile Summer Revisited, which draws on Fletcher’s papers, maps, and photographs to craft a much deeper tale of Fletcher’s California adventure than he himself did.
The retired pharmacist who created the Trans-America Trail, Sam Correro, has devoted himself to supporting the trail and helping would-be travelers, a labor of love that takes up most of his retirement time. It continues to be a challenge, as conditions change frequently. Counties all too often shut down dilapidated bridges and roads, and re-routing can be complex. For the most accurate beta and maps, visit transamtrail.com—sites purporting to offer directions have provided inaccurate routing and sent people through private land.
Sarah and Tom Swallow ran their bicycle shop, Swallow Bicycle Works, until 2015, when they decided they could either pursue the life of shop ownership or adventure. They chose adventure and now have no fixed address. swallowbicycleworks.com, @swallowbicycleworks
Menus are produced, written, and photographed by Megan McDuffie and Michael van Vliet, who after living full time on the road for several years have settled on the East Coast. freshoffthegrid.com
For another dive into the photos of the Patagonia collection, check out Unexpected: A Retrospective of Patagonia’s Outdoor Photography.
Photographs: Jay Beyer, jaybeyer.com, @jaybeyerimaging. Andrew Burr, andrewburr.com, @andrew_burr. Greg Epperson, gregepperson.com. Ken Etzel, kenetzelphoto.com, @ken_etzel. Jeff Hornbaker, jeffhornbaker.com. Barbara Rowell, mountainlight.com. Mikey Schaefer, mikeylikesrocks.com, @mikeylikesrocks. Gordon Wiltsie, alpenimage.com, @gordonwiltsie
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