Like a baccarat player holding his cards close to his tuxedo, the buttoned-down headline barely hints at the payout to come: “John Fairfax, Who Ro...
Read moreThe uppermost switchback on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park is eight feet wide. Yet the last time I hiked out, I was stymied ...
Read moreThis is the best e-mtb I’ve ever ridden. Might as well get that out of the way. I’ve owned a few, demo-d a few, and borrowed a few from buddies, a...
Read moreBetween Laramie and Cheyenne, amid the rocky shrubland and aspen groves of Curt Gowdy State Park, 45 miles of trail unfurl in ribbons of dirt, r...
Read moreIf you’re in your mid-40s and feel it’s too late to follow your dreams of hardcore, on-a-shoestring international travel for months on end, well,...
Read moreIf you’ve ever bought a calendar or coffee table book featuring the grandeur of Colorado’s 14’ers, the stunning color photographs were almost certa...
Read moreOn April 4, 1948, 29-year-old Earl Shaffer shouldered a rucksack and started hiking near Mt. Oglethorpe in Georgia. He soon encountered a picnick...
Read moreFor three weeks in July, the world’s most elite bike racers climb steep mountains and sprint along historic cobblestones to capture the coveted y...
Read moreIt was called “The Children’s Blizzard.” A powerful, quick-moving snowstorm that blasted the American Midwest on January 12, 1888. It was one of t...
Read moreSpend enough time in the world of fisheries science, and you’re likely to hear an adage, coined by a researcher named John Shepherd, that neatl...
Read moreAng Rita Sherpa climbed Everest for the final time on May 23, 1996, alongside Göran Kropp, just days after the disaster that took the lives of ...
Read moreI brace myself as I open my email: Another note from someone who listened to my Bigfoot podcast, Wild Thing, and felt compelled to write me. Mo...
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