Last year, Brazilian shredder Jesse Mendes made his World Tour debut. Unfortunately, Mendes didn’t get as much time on the big stage as he presumably was hoping for, as a string of 25th and 13th place finishes left him with early exits for…

The surfing world is a small one. Way back in 1991, when Kelly Slater had a head covered in hair and Daniel “Tomo” Thomson wasn’t even in his teens, the two met at Lennox. At the time, neither of them knew what the future held. Kelly Slate…

As noted last week, the bulk of the fall climbing season in the Himalaya seems to be focused on Manaslu this year where more than 250 foreign climbers are gathering. But, that isn't the only mountain drawing quite a bit of attention this a…

Here’s a story I missed last month while I was on the road, but is still worth sharing now. It seems while I was off in upstate New York a few weeks back, an American ocean rower by the name of Jacob Adoram was busy wrapping up a solo, uns…

Yeah yeah been a while I know, life. Life, I tell you, it keeps getting in the way.The Bambi Basher and I used to make it a habit to visit the Holt's December sale and sink a few libations after we'd sharpened our appetites on the vol au v…

When Julia Olson and her colleagues at Our Children’s Trust filed a lawsuit against the federal government in 2015 for exacerbating global climate change, they couldn’t have imagined that Donald Trump would be president by the time the cas…

On Tuesday, March 19, in the year 2019 A.D., after weeks of teasing us that something absolutely huge was coming, Trek Bikes stunned the world when it revealed a brand-new bicycle helmet that’s lined with some sort of revolutionary squishy…

With the end of July firmly in sight, the summer season is already starting to wane here in the U.S. Before long, students will be headed back to school, the hot days and warm nights will start to fade, and will begin to turn our attention…

By now you have probably seen the disturbing viral video of the January 18 confrontation in which students from a Catholic high school—many wearing “Make American Great Again” hats—can be seen mocking a Native American elder, Nathan Philli…

Final replacement rule threatens public health and the health of our national parks, which are visited by more than 330 million people each year. Washington, DC – Today, after more than twenty months since the Trump administration took ste…

By: Matt Lorelli | July 29, 2019 Start your week with an ode to the forefathers of modern skiing. Filmed by the legendary Warren Miller. A couple of observations about this video. Was every skier world-class at moguls?! I mean, look at tho…

Vargo’s new V3 Pocket Cleats cut more than half the weight off the leading lightweight traction devices, Kahtoola Microspikes. But how well do they hold up on the trail for running and backpacking?That was the question that weighed on my m…

There are lots of articles and posts about letting the responsible person know about your travel plans. Should you not return home on time they are the trigger to begin the search process. This may be the most comprehensive plan made yet!!…

"I think there were about a hundred surfers out there on this day," says local Mundaka standout Txaber Trojaola of the idyllic-looking swell pictured above. "A strong swell hit the coastline of Bermeo and the wind and consistency of the sw…

This piece originally appeared on the Adventure Sports Network with support from our friends at Sanuk. It’s been a long, hot summer at Dave Rastovich and Lauren Hill’s place. Snaking along their driveway, off the road out of Byron Bay, Aus…

It’s been three months since I last spoke about my next book Chimborazo. It’s time I updated you and gave you another short teaser from the book to whet your appetite. When I last spoke about it back in June, I had just completed the firs…

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So you’re thinking about going on a thru-hike. It’s the first step (if only metaphorical) toward becoming “hiker trash,” the term we thru-hikers affectionately call ourselves. But before you walk off into the woods, you need to gear up. An…

Ben Fogle has achieved something noble and profound: he has made those series where semi-famous people sweat over contrived ordeals, such as pretending to be an Edwardian serf or going on quite a long walk, look even more trivial. In Our E…

You can be a well-seasoned backpacker and a dedicated mountain biker, and have had plenty of success putting the two together on long bikepacking trips, but planning a route can still be a little intimidating. All the camping gear, all the…

As a teenager in the 1950s, I was a voracious reader fascinated with several books that became the classic accounts of the so called “Golden Age” of Himalayan mountaineering. Among this treasure trove was K2: The Savage Mountain, the unfor…

New to Backpacking? Try a Mock Overnighter 09 MAY 2018 Camping Backpacking Skills Many people find it challenging and scary to transition from dayhiking to camping on a backpacking trip. Because many students in my Thru-hiking 101 needed t…

Thank you for “On the Road to 50: A grand beginning,” (HCN, 5/13/19) and your reporting on the artificially regulated Colorado River and the conundrum surrounding Grand Canyon’s identity. When the Marble Canyon Dam project was canceled, th…

Posted by Jeff on Sep 26, 2018 @ 7:06 am in Hiking News | 0 comments | Last modified: September 25, 2018 How did hiking evolve from the upper-class European sport of alpinism and the publication of an English travel guide into an activity…

Posted March 27, 2015 at 8:06 am · · All the latest videos can be found here, but here are the top rated videos of the past week: Also, don’t forget to tune in later today at 6PM EDT for live coverage of the qualifying round of the 2015 SC…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the public comment period on a proposed rule to replace the existing regulations governing the nonessential experimental population of the red wolf under section 10(j) of the Endangered Speci…

Christmas has passed, but I couldn’t resist the wordplay in the title, nor trust my memory to let it wait until next time; but no matter the season, this Saison really shines. Coming in at 7%, this barrel-aged blend is both fine for firesi…

Scarp Ridge Lodge sits just off the main drag in downtown Crested Butte, as it has since 1902. Of course, at the turn of the century, the lodge didn’t host backcountry skiers and fly fishermen. It was a Croatian Dance Hall, serving a commu…

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Posted by Jeff on Sep 23, 2018 @ 9:04 am in Hiking News | 0 comments | Last modified: September 23, 2018 Time is running out to see Colorado’s year-round alpine glaciers before they recede into extinction — which is, in some cases, a coup…