Category: Adventure Journal
When Your Partner Needs to Do Big Expeditions
One December, we sat around the pine kitchen island drinking pamplemousse La Croix and IPAs. Through the bubbles, Jake, my fiancée, excitedly t [...]
Birk Irving live from Mt Hood – ‘Dirk Days Ep. 4’
With a camera in hand and skis on his feet, Birk Irving has been keeping the people entertained with his recent series ‘Dirk Days’. S [...]
Trail Run the Alps, For Goodness’ Sake
Dan and Janine Patitucci’s VW van broke down in Utah a long time ago and while they waited for repair they went trail running. They snappe [...]
Ridin’ Bikes, Fixin’ Cars, Runnin’ Fencelines
Living with intention and dirty hands.
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As it Ebbs the Colorado River Comes Alive
The Colorado River is revealing its secrets. For decades a World War II landing craft lay submerged 200 feet beneath Lake Mead’s surface — but [...]
Turn Your Adventures Into Scientific Expeditions
When Gregg Treinish set out to hike the length of the Andes Mountains at age 24, there was a lot he didn’t know. For starters, he didn’t realiz [...]
An Astrophotographer Explains Why They Stand in the Cold All Night Long
The stars are best viewed when it's bone-chilling cold. Here's what makes it worth it.
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Eric Shipton’s Style and Whims Shaped Mountaineering History
In 1931, no one had climbed higher than Eric Shipton, a British coffee planter who cut his climbing teeth in Africa and made the first ascent o [...]
It’s Cold, It’s Far, It’s Dark, It’s Perfect
A little winter chill at this, the peak of summer.
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Beef Curry Noodle Bowl For the Hungry Backpacker
Serves: 2Total time: Home: 30 mins Camp: 15 mins[ratings]
This recipe was originally done years ago for the Washing [...]
A Guest Blog from John Muir*
I was longing for an adventure, but money was scarce and I couldn’t see how a bread supply was to be kept up. Or at least, that was my current [...]
Vanlife Is Dead and This Trend Is Replacing it (Camping)
Something called camping is the hot new thing.
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When Wilderness Kayaking Goes Wrong
Nouria Newman is a badass kayaker, but that doesn’t mean everything goes smoothly when she’s trying a new line on a new river in a new sea [...]
Here’s What You Pack if You’re, Say, Riding and Rafting Across Iceland
Friend of AJ and in-demand photographer Chris Burkard *technically* lives on California [...]
Western Wild Salmon Might Finally Get a Big Win They Desperately Need
For the last 35 years I’ve been covering what we call the “salmon wars” in the Pacific Northwest, writing so many stories about salmon heading [...]
K2 Sherpa Train Hauls 145 People To The Summit In One Day
No fewer than 145 people topped out on K2 last Friday, more than doubling in a single day the Savage Mountain’s highest yearly total of 62 summ [...]
Helping Water Find Its Own Level
In a mountainous village in the Peruvian Andes, community members care for an ancient system that helps provide water for avocado trees, hops, [...]
K2 welcomes Delilah Cupp to the team
Long time JSkis content queen and absolute ripper Delilah Cupp is no longer hanging with the Vermont-based brand. Del has signed on w [...]