Hiking Japan’s Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route by Dave Stamboulis
The Kii Peninsula of Japan’s Wakayama Province contains some of the country’s most remote terrain, home to endless mountain ranges, deep cedar forests, wild bears, and some excellent trekking. It’s...
Leave No Trace: What it is and why it's important by Jim Sutherland
This piece is my take on LNT. It’s mostly stuff I have picked up over more than thirty years of hiking, biking, and camping. Lately, I have started to refer to excellent sources such as NOLS, LNT...
Adventure Needed but Denied by Andrei Turró
As a person who works a full-time job I have always kept a kinda timetable of adventures and places I want to visit and when to visit them. I check the upcoming year how many extra public holiday d...
Gatewood Cape Review by Jada Lippincott
If you’re an avid backpacker or outdoors person, you know the importance of multi-use items. They make life easier, your pack lighter, and you happier. When you’re in the market for a new tent, it’...
Letter to an Appalachian Trail Hiker by Amiththan Sebarajah
I can only imagine some of the feelings you must be feeling. And all those questions: Is my pack light enough? Boots or trail runners? Will it rain in Maine? Will I get sick of ramen? Are two pair...
Rocky Mountain National Park Trip Report by Monica Stapleton
Back in 2022, I spent a summer working at Rocky Mountain National Park as a Wilderness Ranger. The work was enjoyable, largely in part due to the group of people I worked alongside and the post-wor...