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Skirafting—Yes, Skirafting—Utah
What do you call a guy that devises some of the most creative omniterrain traverse ideas going? And that willingly and silently carries more than...
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We Need a Guidebook for Camping Etiquette
On a camping trip in southern Utah, my brother, a friend, and I pulled up late one night to a flat, open sandy area just off a road through BLM l...
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Gosh It Sucks Hitting Wildlife on the Road
A deer stands paralyzed in the middle of a mountain highway, stunned by the lights and deafening roar of an 18-wheeler barreling toward it. At the...
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When Giants Fall, We Must Listen
“God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir In just two years, wildfire has killed an estimated 13 to 19% of...
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Raise a Glass to The Snow Plow Drivers Who Keep Our Winter Passes Open
Kevin Maynard doesn’t bat an eye at these conditions. Highway 28 is visible, after all, and it’s not snowing. Still, as the Wyoming Department o...
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Are We Blowing It In Our Approach to Wildlife Conservation?
How should humans care for the beings that share the planet with us? This is one of the defining questions of our time. Between 1970 and 2018, w...
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What Is Hardcore Anyway And Should We Care?
A few years back I sat down at a bar in the San Diego airport while waiting for a flight to San Francisco, and the bartender and I got to talking...
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Climbing the Loneliest Volcano For a Sight Unseen By Modern Humans
Mt. Michael. Photo: Renan Ozturk, National Geographic When you imagine peering into a volcano's open mouth from above, what image comes to mind? ...
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The Art of Apprehensive Adventuring
Ravine Cyrique, Dominica, 2008 Halfway down the rope ladder, I paused to collect myself. “Are you sure about this?” I asked. But there was no one...
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A Few Words About Adventure Journal's New Direction
Dear friends, After 14 years (holy smokes!) of Adventure Journal as an online magazine updated multiple times a day, often from my mobile office ...
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Even My Tiny Alaskan Town Is Getting Screwed By the Housing Crisis
In Girdwood, Alaska, we’ll long remember the snowstorm of Dec. 6, just three months ago. But it won’t be for the school cancellations. We’ll reme...
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Stop Telling Women Not to Go Into the Backcountry Alone
"OH SHIT," I wrote in my journal. "All the light was just sucked out of the sky. The woods are VERY DARK." It was my first solo backcountry trip, ...
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