culture
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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Justin Schmidt, 'King of Sting,' Was Like a Sommelier of Insect Sting Pain
Shackleton suffered tremendous adversity and pain and overcame the fear of starvation, freezing, and death. But did he ever willingly subject him...
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gear
Why Carbon Steel Pans Have Replaced Cast Iron In Our Camp Kitchen
Cast Iron pans are a ubiquitous part of camping lore. We love them, we do. But a couple years back I picked up a carbon steel pan for my home kitc...
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culture
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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culture
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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books
Here’s a Little Something to Get You Stoked on Walking
It’s easy to take walking for granted, to dismiss it when judged against an outdoors life packed with exciting gear like skis and kayaks and bike...
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historical badass
Mary Barr Fought Expectations as First Female Forest Service Air Boss
When Mary Barr was pregnant with her first child, she knew she wanted a woman obstetrician to deliver her baby. But she lived in rural, isolated n...
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gear
Is the Patagonia Work Wear Jacket a Down Puffy Beater?
A few years ago, I profiled Bay Area naturalist/artist/author Obi Kaufmann for our print publication. We went for a hike. I wore a synthetic shirt...
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culture
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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culture
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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culture
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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historical badass
Hannes Keller Showed the World Humans Could Reach the Ocean’s Black Depths
Ever turn a cup upside down in the bath or a pool and dunk it below the surface? The cup bobs there, buoyed by a pocket of air trapped in the b...
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