An Ode to the Pulaski, the Hero's Tool
The Pulaski is not an elegant object—half axe, half mattock—it chops and cleaves, it excavates and grubs. It is, above all, a workhorse, just like...
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Hilary Lister Pulled Off Mindblowing Sailing Feats, Quadriplegia Be Damned
It is an interesting thing. For some, their biggest physical accomplishments in life, their grandest adventures, come after only immense physical ...
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Meet the Boundary-Smashing Climber Called The ‘Queen of The North Faces’
Born in 1908, Louise “Loulou” Boulaz reached her prime in the golden age of Swiss mountaineering, a time and place of abundant opportunity for any...
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culture
The Poignant Beauty of Camping With Kids
Parental aspirations are all too often dashed on the shoals of reality, and mine were no different. We would be a camping family from the very beg...
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gear
An Ode to My Chacos
I was dating this guy and we’d just gotten a permit to float the Rogue River in Oregon with a few friends. I was from the East Coast and had a pai...
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Conservation Legend Celia Hunter on Alaskan Development: To Hell With That
To those with restless, wandering souls, the promise of a frontier, a hazy zone marking the edge of the known and what lies over the horizon, is a...
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culture
The 20 Best Bad Reviews of National Parks on Yelp
Adventure Journal has more than 3,000 stories in our archive, most of which are evergreen. We like to put our most popular posts back on the homep...
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books
Siberia Is Vast, Melancholic, and Hilarious In This Masterpiece Book
Ian Frazier is a national treasure. He's maybe best known as a longtime New Yorker columnist and features writer, covering pretty much anything th...
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culture
A Few Thoughts on Sleeping Alone in Your Car
I bought my car, a teenage Subaru with three hubcaps and two working windows, because I knew I could stretch out in the back. I tried it before I ...
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historical badass
Climbing Legend Charlie Porter Climbed Everything and Said Nothing
In a career full of superhuman stories, Charlie Porter's 1975 climb on Baffin Island's Mt. Asgard stands out: He took a month just to ski in all hi...
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gear
Your Hydration Bladder Is Probably Gross—Here’s How to Fix That
Wash your hydration bladder. If not right now, tonight. If not tonight, tomorrow. If not tomorrow, well, how's your immune system? A few summers a...
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culture
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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