Author: Justin Housman
Meet the Dude Who Turned the Western States From Horse Race to Foot Race
The Western States endurance race is one of the most-cherished ultra runs in the world. Famously, it began as a horse race until in 1972 a [...]
Mellon Foundation Grants $13 Million to Tell National Park Stories
Last year alone, national park properties recorded nearly 300 million visitors. That’s more than twice the population of Japan descending on th [...]
Go Where You Feel Most Alive
What's more epic than epic?
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We’re Testing Out The Pakmule Cargo Carrier—Whaddya Want to Know?
I’ve had a Pakmule carrier in the garage for awhile now, but haven’t really had a chance to use it yet as [...]
Be the Envy of the Overlanding Instagram Set With This Suzuki Jimny
You can’t get the new Jimnys in the USA, sadly, but this puppy is already street and trail legal (at least [...]
Thousand’s ‘Chapter’ Bike Helmet Can Run Errands and Mountains
Maybe it’s a small thing but I don’t like wearing my mud-splattered, aggressive-looking mountain bike helmets when riding leisurely through [...]
3 Day Solo Bikepacking Across the Oregon High Desert
High, uncrowded Oregon.
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A New Outdoor TV Show We’re Looking Forward to Watching
PBS is soon to launch a new 6-part series we’re stoked to see. It’s called “America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston.” Thurston is a writer [...]
Fools In the Rain, A Thoroughly Enjoyable Scottish Adventure
Details are scant. Fools, we’re told from the title, are camping and boating and generally adventuring, in Scotland. There’s rain, we know [...]
30 Seconds of Nirvana From Grand Teton National Park
Ahhhhhhh.
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The Rough Stuff Fellowship, Revisited
They rode the impossible with pluck, style, and nothing electronic.
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Why Sometimes Just Finding Silence is Enough
We can’t believe this, but another outdoors media outlet has published an article saying music played loudly on speakers in the backcountry is [...]
Norman Baker Steered Reed Rafts Clear Across the Atlantic—Twice
There’s an almost irresistible romance to it. Thor Heyerdahl’s theory that the fantastic civilizations and architectural wonders of Central and [...]
‘Fire of Love’ Is One Hot Love Story
French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft were lovers of each other and volcanoes. The latter love affair ended their lives, but they pro [...]
Speaking of Hot, Here’s Your New Car Camper Love, the Renault Le Car Van
I don’t speak much French and I read even less so I can’t tell you a whole lot about what this ad says, but I will do my best to translate: “Bu [...]
Are These Pursuits Worth the Risk of Death?
What seems like a risk for some may be a walk in the park for others, true, but also, as Jeremy Jones says in this trailer, a no fall zone [...]
How ‘Green’ Is an Electric Truck Compared to Gas Cars?
The country likely hit peak sales of gas-burning cars in 2017. The next two years saw car sales decline, then plummet after Covid. Except EVs. [...]
Am I a Man? Or a Tree?
Is this a dude hallucinating or a tree having an existential crisis?
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