If you’ve skied, you’ve probably relied on Jim Niehues’ work, whether you knew it or not. Here, the new Valerie…
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Just kidding. You probably have most of the stuff you need already. But…
“To my fellow creators, I say: keep creating. Keep doing the work. And never forget, you don’t have to listen…
At 11 p.m. on January 13th, I watched a group of eight guys push a 48-foot long boat into the…
Oregon, through infrared cameras: “You check email, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram… And by the time you’ve done all that, it’s…
I plodded my way up the Hayden Trail, headed up toward my fifth “summit” of the day as the sun…
“This day-glo Stonehenge is meant to represent human presence in the desert.” “We’re more like one in 400 than one…
I post a few sketches a week on my Instagram account, and got to thinking and drawing about life this…
“Browsing on the internet I found a few people that are keeping themselves busy with personal projects on a daily…
This isn’t necessarily one of those “Best Adventure Books Ever Written” lists—just a list of a few books I have…
Take 97 seconds and enjoy this: Good news for the environment, terrible news for the 935 Navajo Nation jobs that…
“A lot of the young doctors I hire work for me for a year or so and then they want…
The folks from Duct Tape Then Beer and I put together a little video for REI based on a blog…
My friend Jayson and I were out trail running on Saturday, for long stretches exposed to a 50 mph wind.…
It’s OK to want to go skiing: Illustrator Toby Morris covers 11 species of “Creatures of the Comments.” Check out…
I’ve been having fun drawing diagrams and cartoons for Instagram lately, because some jokes (and sentiments) work better in a…
Brody and Joey and KT go to Norway Some theories on the meteoric rise of coffee shops in cities, including…
I hate running, three to four times a week if I have time. I hated it yesterday for a little…
Alaska Alaska Alaska “I’d really like to write a book someday—I just wish I had the time to do it.”…
Well, it’s winter again, which means if you’re lucky, you’re out skiing, snowshoeing, ice climbing or doing some other fun…
Some wonderful visuals in this film about surfing in the Great Lakes: People in U.S. states who use the most…
At 5:55 a.m. Denver is dark and fairly quiet as Syd and I have an excited conversation about new movies…
“A lot of other professional ultrarunners are a little more scientific with what they put in their bodies, but if…
About five years ago, my friend Tommy told me what I thought was an insignificant thing: that he’d taken a…
Rad short video about a first ascent in the Indian Himalaya: I’m not going to act like I can come…
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make 2012 The Year Of Maximum…
I went to eight film festivals this year and I think this was my favorite film I saw in all…
No matter what you think of 2016, from “Wow, I’m glad it’s over soon,” to “It just flew by,” you…
At the top of a 50-foot-tall human tower comprised of nearly 100 people is a brave four- or five-year-old. Your…
Ski season is here. With any luck, you’ll have one or more powder days, and they will be the best…
Alex Honnold has fun re-creating Dan Osman’s legendary solo of Bear’s Reach on Lover’s Leap. This story about the early…
I usually don’t write non-humorous lists on this blog, but I’ve traveled a lot this year so it’s on my…
Happy Friday from the Avalanches: I believe these light paintings of dinosaurs could make you happy. An ode to zip-off…
You know what really brings a group of people together in the outdoors? No, not the person with all the…
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A good time to listen to John Muir (featuring Alastair Humphreys): A German coffee shop has an interesting idea to…
A couple times a week, someone who’s interested in writing or filmmaking or some other creative pursuit asks me something…
This would be so calming if it didn’t look so cold: An essay on why Die Hard is the perfect…
Here’s the thing about women: It is possible for a woman to be stronger than you. It is possible for…
2 1/2 wonderful minutes of Arctic scenery: Kelly Cordes continues to be one of the most inspiring adventure writers of…
You’ve seen the John Muir quote “The mountains are calling and I must go” on t-shirts, coffee mugs, wood cuts,…
Maybe you can imagine what Andrew Bird + Matt Berninger + Lou Reed equals, but now you don’t have to:…
Dear Phone: I love you. I mean, not in that Joaquin Phoenix-falling-in-love-with-his-operating-system way. But maybe in the I’d-probably-hug-you-if-I-hadn’t-seen-you-in-a-few-weeks-and-we-finally-got-together-for-coffee kind of…
Erik Gordon is a good dude who understands the importance of coffee: This guy says a pool noodle, although not…
Last Monday, my mom and I stood behind a fence at Arches National Park and took a couple photos of…
Paul’s Boots is live! “While antisocial personality traits do play a role, what really influences trolling behaviour is the social…
The Q train clicks and groans across the Manhattan Bridge, half-full of passengers on their way to Brooklyn on a…
Know your history: If you’ve always wondered what doing Nolan’s 14 feels like but never wanted to actually try it…
That’s right, it’s fall, aka autumn, aka your favorite season, that fleeting changing of colors, temperatures, clothing layers, and footwear…
So this is what our friends at Duct Tape Then Beer have been up to all summer: I kind of…