Need Awesome Casual Luggage? Try the Sherpani Fallon Wool Weekender
This summer we’ve been testing the Sherpani Fallon Wool Weekender. We’re so used to technical gear with Gore-Tex and polyester ripstop that we were stoked to try out a good-looking…
“Dare to Do” : Cross the World With Sarah Outen
On April 1, 2011, 24-year-old Sarah Outen set out from London to circle the world without the help of any motorized transport. She would spend the next 4.5 years biking,…
‘I’ve always been a fainter’ – Experimental heart surgery and a half-marathon in Bhutan with Scott Jurek
The sensation of coming out of a dead faint never gets any easier. It never gets any less uncomfortable: the disorientation, the slow return to your senses, the wiggling of…
Spinning and Crying in Joshua Tree
“Pull your body in close to the rock!” I hear Jonathan yell from below me. “What does that even mean?!” I yell back, my brake hand held firmly down. I…
Kelly Ann Sheridan shares tips for creating in the outdoors
You may remember Kelly Ann Sheridan’s work from her piece, “Plein Air Painting Road Trip: Western National Parks and National Forests” or from a gallery she shared last year called…
Plein Air Painting Road Trip: Western National Parks and National Forests
We had a tent full of red dust. We had campfires every single night (except for that night in the Wind River Range when the fire pit was dug below…
Review: “Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue” by Bree Loewen
“Found” by Bree Loewen is as much about the author searching for herself as it is the hundreds of harrowing rescues she participates in as a member of Seattle Mountain Rescue.
Overcoming self-doubt in the Grand Canyon
My heart was pounding, my hands were sweating, and my breath was short. One of my best friends and I had just obtained backcountry permits to hike to the bottom…
Recover: Awesome environmentally friendly apparel
There’s a ton of adventure gear out there. Why not buy clothes you feel good in that are also environmentally friendly? Recover agrees, so they use materials like water bottles and discarded…
Readjusting to “Normal Life” After Spending a Year in the Wilderness
My husband, Dave, and I spent a year in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – September 23, 2015 to September 23, 2016. For those of you who are unfamiliar,…