Entries from 2019-08-01 to 1 month

Never Before Seen Footage of Kelly Slater on the Cymatic In Hawaii

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…

Himalaya Fall 2018: Autumn Cho Oyu Teams Gathering in Base Camp

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…

Ocean Rower Spends 336 Days Crossing the Pacific

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…

As Seen At The Gun Show: Holt's Of London

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…

Chief Justice Roberts Tosses Landmark Climate Lawsuit into Limbo

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…

Do Better Helmets Really Mean Safer Cyclists?

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…

Backpacker Offers 100 Epic Summer Adventures

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…

“Land Gets Stolen, That’s How It Works”

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…

The Administration Scraps Climate Protections, Sacrificing National Parks to More Air Pollution

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…

WATCH: Start Your Week With A Warren Miller Classic

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…